For many years, women have served alcohol to gamblers in casinos, but they rarely supervised the whole operation. Women now run four of Atlantic City’s nine casinos. Some industry officials say that could be the future of the gambling industry. The gambling business Caesars Entertainment hired Jacqueline Grace last week to run the Tropicana casino as its senior vice president and general manager. She is one of two Black women running casinos in Atlantic City. She joins Melonie Johnson, who took over leadership of the Borgata this year as its president. Terry Glebocki, CEO of the Ocean Casino Resort, and Karie Hall, senior vice president and general manager of Bally’s, also head casinos in Atlantic City. “I hope I live to see the day where this is not considered news,” Johnson said. She added: “it’s probably going to be another 10 years before we get all the inequity out of the workforce.” The American Gaming Association is the national trade group for the casino industry. It does not keep information about how many U.S. casinos are run by women. Several casino officials and experts, however, say Atlantic City has more woman-led casinos than any other area of the country. The women agreed that the number was far less than the number of men who hold those jobs. Several estimated it was about 10 percent. “I think it speaks to the…changes in the gaming industry, which was traditionally very male-oriented, over the past few years,” said David Schwartz. He is a gambling historian with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Title: More Women Lead Atlantic City Gambling Operations
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4567/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='More Women Lead Atlantic City Gambling Operations' data-article-id='5094'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='15083'>For many years, women have served alcohol to gamblers in casinos, but they rarely supervised the whole operation.</span> <span data-start-time='15083' data-end-time='22125'>Women now run four of Atlantic City’s nine casinos.</span> <span data-start-time='22125' data-end-time='30438'>Some industry officials say that could be the future of the gambling industry.</span> <span data-start-time='30438' data-end-time='46771'>The gambling business Caesars Entertainment hired Jacqueline Grace last week to run the Tropicana casino as its senior vice president and general manager.</span> <span data-start-time='46771' data-end-time='53625'>She is one of two Black women running casinos in Atlantic City.</span> <span data-start-time='53625' data-end-time='64063'>She joins Melonie Johnson, who took over leadership of the Borgata this year as its president.</span> <span data-start-time='64063' data-end-time='81688'>Terry Glebocki, CEO of the Ocean Casino Resort, and Karie Hall, senior vice president and general manager of Bally’s, also head casinos in Atlantic City.</span> <span data-start-time='81688' data-end-time='88958'>“I hope I live to see the day where this is not considered news,” Johnson said.</span> <span data-start-time='88958' data-end-time='102188'>She added: “it’s probably going to be another 10 years before we get all the inequity out of the workforce.”</span> <span data-start-time='102188' data-end-time='108542'>The American Gaming Association is the national trade group for the casino industry.</span> <span data-start-time='108542' data-end-time='115896'> It does not keep information about how many U.S. casinos are run by women.</span> <span data-start-time='115896' data-end-time='129521'> Several casino officials and experts, however, say Atlantic City has more woman-led casinos than any other area of the country.</span> <span data-start-time='129521' data-end-time='137146'>The women agreed that the number was far less than the number of men who hold those jobs.</span> <span data-start-time='137146' data-end-time='142125'>Several estimated it was about 10 percent.</span> <span data-start-time='142125' data-end-time='157188'>“I think it speaks to the…changes in the gaming industry, which was traditionally very male-oriented, over the past few years,” said David Schwartz.</span> <span data-start-time='157188' data-end-time='164500'> He is a gambling historian with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4567/B.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=15988 data-hint-location='102188' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4567/what_is_the_american_gaming_association.wav'>What is the American Gaming Association?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='the national trade group for the casino industry'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4567/the_national_trade_group_for_the_casino_industry.wav'><span>the national trade group for the casino industry</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4567/a_national_school_for_casino_operators.wav'><span>a national school for casino operators</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4567/a_video_game_trade_association.wav'><span>a video game trade association</span></div><div class='choice' 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