Richard Schuetz
Richard Schuetz is the CEO of American Bettors’ Voice, a non-profit entity designed to give sports bettors a voice at the table in the U.S. betting scene. He also owns Schuetz LLC, a gaming and regulatory consulting entity.
Before this, he was Executive Director of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission, a position he held from 2015 to 2017. Before Bermuda, he served as a California Gambling Control Commission commissioner for four years. Also, during his tenure in California, he was the consultant to the Governor’s office and the Senate Government Organizational Committee on Internet gaming and sports betting. Before this, Mr. Schuetz served for over 30 years in the casino industry and academic positions relating to the industry and its regulation.
Mr. Schuetz entered the industry working nights as a blackjack and dice dealer while attending college and has since served in a great many capacities, including operations, finance, and marketing. He has held senior executive positions in numerous jurisdictions across the United States, including the gaming markets of Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Reno/Tahoe, Laughlin, Minnesota, Mississippi, and Louisiana. In addition, he has consulted around the globe.
In Las Vegas, he was the President and CEO of the Stratosphere Tower Hotel and Casino, a facility with over 1,000 rooms, eight food outlets, a casino, and the tallest observation tower in the United States. The facility had over 3,000 employees. He also held executive positions with resorts chaired by Mr. Stephen Wynn, Sheldon Adelson, William Boyd, and others. During his tenure in Las Vegas, he was the executive who oversaw the casino operations at the Stardust. This hotel-casino complex had the largest sports betting operation in the US. Beyond that, he has extensive tribal experience, serving as an executive with Grand Casinos, Inc.
Mr. Schuetz has served on the boards of Shuffle Master Gaming, the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino (where he was also President & CEO), and Casino Publishing. He sat on the International Advisory Board for the Institute for the Study of Gambling & Commercial Gaming at the University of Nevada, Reno. He was the Co-moderator of the Institute’s Executive Development Program with Dr. William Eadington. He sits on the National Council of Problem Gambling and All-In Diversity advisory boards. He was named an Honorary Professor of Casino Marketing at the Conrad Hilton School of Hotel Administration at the University of Houston, was the marketing columnist for Casino Executive Magazine, and has taught Casino Management & Regulation at the Ecole Hoteliere Lausanne in Switzerland and the University of Macau and Macau Polytechnic Institute in Macau, SAR China. Richard was the consultant to the City of Detroit, where the city introduced casino gaming, and served in a similar position to Kansas, where the state introduced casinos. He has lectured throughout the world on the topics of gaming, gaming regulation, and casino marketing.