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Penn National taps CEO for company’s board

Regional casino operator Penn National Gaming named CEO Tim Wilmott to the company’s board of directors Friday.

Wilmott, who joined Penn as president and COO in February 2008 and was named CEO in November 2013, will become the seventh member of the board. The company operates almost 30 casinos and racetracks in 18 states and provinces including M Resort in Henderson.

Prior to joining Penn, Wilmott was an executive with Harrah’s Entertainment, now Caesars Entertainment Corp., since 1987 and was COO at Harrah’s for four years.

Contact reporter Howard Stutz at hstutz@reviewjournal.com or 702-477-3871. Follow @howardstutz on Twitter.

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