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Mark
Lunter Joins Rush Street Gaming
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Chief Marketing Officer
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Chicago,
IL – June 2017 / Newsmaker Alert / Rush
Street Gaming announces that casino marketing executive Mark Lunter
has been named Chief Marketing Officer. Lunter most recently served as
Regional Vice President of Marketing for Caesars Entertainment, leading
marketing strategies for its Eastern and Mid-South regions, including Horseshoe
Baltimore, Horseshoe Tunica, Tunica Roadhouse and Harrah’s Philadelphia.
Prior
to working for Caesars Entertainment, Lunter served as Vice President of
Marketing for Harrah’s Philadelphia, overseeing a 50-person team across
six departments; and earlier, he was Senior Director of Marketing for Caesars
Entertainment’s North Region, with responsibility for five properties in
four markets with total revenues exceeding $1 billion. An innovative database
marketer, Lunter began his gaming career as a financial analyst with Harrah’s
in 2005.
“We’re
excited to welcome Mark Lunter to the Rush Street family,” said Ron Baumann,
COO of Rush Street Gaming. “With our rapidly expanding operations, including
the recently opened Rivers
Casino & Resort in Schenectady, New York, Mark’s experience of
successfully integrating strategies across multiple geographies will be
a huge asset.”
A Cleveland
native, Lunter earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information
Systems at Miami University of Oxford, Ohio, and an MBA from Case Western
Reserve University in Cleveland.
Lunter
will be based out of Rush Street Gaming’s headquarters in Chicago, and
his appointment is effective immediately.
About
Rush Street Gaming
Rush
Street Gaming, LLC, and its affiliates were founded by Neil Bluhm and Greg
Carlin. Rush Street is one of the fastest-growing gaming companies in North
America, launching four casinos in four years within the past decade. Rush
Street developed and operates Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, repeatedly voted
“Best Casino in Pennsylvania” by readers of Casino Player magazine;
SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia, annually voted a “Top Workplace” by
its Team Members in The Philadelphia Inquirer; and Rivers Casino
in Des Plaines, the top-grossing casino in Illinois and the first casino
in the world to receive LEED Gold certification. Rush Street’s fourth casino,
Rivers Casino & Resort in Schenectady, opened in February 2017. Since
2008, Rush Street and its affiliates have invested more than $3 billion
of capital and created more than 9,000 jobs. For more information, visit
www.rushstreetgaming.com.
Media
Contact:
Jack
Horner
for
Rush Street Gaming
267-932-8760
x 302
412-600-2295
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