Kirk Hendrick said he plans to step down as chair of the Nevada Gaming Control Board after the state legislative session ends in June. Appointed by Governor Joe Lombardo in January 2023, Hendrick said he could remain through the Board’s July meeting, depending on the governor.
Hendrick’s planned departure leaves the governor to determine when the Board receives new leadership.
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Nevada Gaming Control Board chair Mike Dreitzer urged the state-licensed gambling industry to take further action against prediction markets during a speech at the IGA conference, according to a report published on 9 April 2026. He warned against easing pressure on sports event contract platforms.
Nevada Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager said AJR5 would not advance after missing the first committee deadline in the 2025 legislative session. The proposed constitutional amendment had passed both chambers in 2023; it needed to pass them again before voters could consider it in a 2026 referendum.
Illinois Gaming Board chairman Charles Schmadeke said on 5 June that he had told Governor JB Pritzker he would leave the role on 1 July. He said the decision followed two terms as chair.
CFTC acting chair Caroline Pham said she will leave the US agency when the Senate confirms Brian Quintenz. Commissioner Kristin Johnson has indicated she plans to depart later this year, while two other commissioners are due to leave by month-end; the departures would leave one member on the five-person commission.
The chairman of Nevada's gaming regulator was among industry figures who warned about casino-style prediction markets at the NCLGS Summer Meeting in July. Prediction markets have expanded rapidly into products functionally similar to sports betting over the past 18 months.