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John James the New CEO and President of Foxwoods Resort Casino

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Resort Casino Veteran Brings Over 25 Years of Native American Gaming Leadership to Foxwoods

 

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council announces tribal gaming executive John J. James has been named the new President and CEO of Foxwoods Resort Casino. James currently serves as Chief Operating Officer for Morongo Casino Resort & Spa located in Cabazon, California and will be taking the helm at Foxwoods beginning August 12.

James succeeds Felix D. Rappaport, whose untimely death in June of 2018 led to Tribal Chairman Rodney Butler taking over as the resort’s interim CEO shortly thereafter. With over 25 years of highly successful Native American gaming resort operations experience, James is uniquely positioned to lead Foxwoods into its next evolution as the premier entertainment destination in the Northeast. His expertise and vision will help build on Foxwoods’ solid foundation and maximize the tremendous growth opportunities that lie ahead.

“Over the past decade, Foxwoods transformed the traditional gaming model through a relentless pursuit of guest-first experiences resulting in the only true all-encompassing resort destination,” said Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Chairman Rodney Butler. “With his proven track record for innovation, John is the right leader to continue that commitment to our guests, fulfill our vision and ignite our passion for delivering a resort that excites and surprises. John perfectly represents our team’s values and beliefs, and we are ready to drive the future of Foxwoods together.”

James’ deep expertise across key business units including finance, innovative marketing and award-winning design and development allows him to take a “whole-brained” approach to growth and profitability.

“Foxwoods is the premier destination in the Northeast and a pioneer in the tribal gaming community, and I’m thrilled to be joining their stellar team,” said James. “Over the past 27 years, Foxwoods and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation have built a world-class resort casino with an unparalleled array of offerings for guests, and I look forward to working with the entire team to continue fortifying Foxwoods’ position as one of North America’s premier resort destinations.”

Prior to joining Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, James was Chief Executive Officer for Gila River Gaming Enterprises, Inc. where he led the tribe’s three casinos in achieving the highest recorded earnings in the State of Arizona. He also held chief executive roles at Seminole Gaming, Inc. and Pechanga Resort and Casino. Additionally, James served as a Vice President and General Manager for various successful Station Casinos properties in Las Vegas.

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, James attended the University of Nevada where he graduated from the accounting program. As he assumes his new role at Foxwoods, he and his wife Giselle will be relocating to Mystic, Connecticut.

 

About the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation:
The Mashantucket (Western) Pequot Tribal Nation is a federally recognized Indian tribe located at one of America’s oldest Indian reservations, Mashantucket, in Southeastern Connecticut.  As pioneers of the Indian Gaming casino industry, the history of the Mashantucket Pequots reveals one of America’s greatest come-back stories, featured at the Tribe’s world renowned Mashantucket Pequot Museum. Today, the Tribe owns and operates one of the largest Integrated Resort Casino destinations in North America, Foxwoods Resort Casino, along with a variety of complementary businesses including a world-class golf course, luxury spa, Pequot Pharmaceutical Network, and Pequot Plus Health Benefit Services.  As one of Connecticut’s highest revenue contributors and largest employers, the Mashantucket Pequots have provided the state more than $4 billion in slot revenue through a first-of-its-kind agreement, established in 1993.  Likewise, the Tribe has contributed hundreds of millions in donations and sponsorships for the benefit of communities and tribes in need, locally and throughout the U.S.

About Foxwoods Resort Casino:
As the largest resort casino in North America, Foxwoods Resort Casino offers guests a premier destination resort experience throughout its six world-class casinos; AAA Four-Diamond hotels featuring over 2,200 rooms; dining options for all tastes; luxurious spas; award-winning golf; state-of-the-art theaters; Tanger Outlet Mall; conference space for groups of all sizes; and free online casino games at FoxwoodsONLINE.com. There is always something new at Foxwoods, most recently the arrival of Foxwoods Extreme Adventures. Adventure knows no limit as guests can zipline, free fall, catapult or race around on a European-style indoor karting track. Foxwoods Resort Casino truly is The Wonder Of It All, providing a personalized and exciting escape for everyone. Foxwoods, opened in 1992, is owned and operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. For a detailed look at Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation visit Foxwoods.com.

 

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Vixio Strengthens Trust and Innovation with ISO 27001 Certification and Next-Generation Workspace Platform

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Vixio, a leading provider of regulatory intelligence and change management solutions, today announced two major milestones: achieving ISO 27001 certification for information security management and launching the latest evolution of Vixio Workspace, the company’s AI-enabled workspace to help compliance teams simplify compliance processes.

Together, these developments demonstrate Vixio’s continued commitment to helping compliance professionals operate with confidence, efficiency, and trust in an increasingly complex regulatory environment.

Stephen Lovell, Chief Product Officer for Vixio, said: “Our clients rely on Vixio to deliver accurate, timely and trusted regulatory intelligence. Achieving ISO 27001 certification and launching our enhanced Workspace platform reflect twin priorities: protecting sensitive information to the highest international standard, and equipping compliance teams with powerful, intelligent tools that simplify regulatory complexity. We’re turning our tried-and-true horizon scanning into simpler horizon planning capabilities.”

ISO 27001 Certification: Reinforcing Trust and Data Security

ISO 27001 is the globally recognised standard for information security management systems (ISMS), awarded to organisations that meet rigorous criteria for managing and mitigating data risks. The certification covers Vixio’s operations, systems and processes used to deliver its intelligence platforms and client services, ensuring robust controls are in place to protect sensitive information.

This milestone follows a series of investments by Vixio to enhance its infrastructure, data governance, and security frameworks, ensuring clients continue to benefit from reliable, secure and industry-leading regulatory intelligence solutions.

Vixio Workspace: Powering Compliance with Intelligence and Automation

Vixio Workspace, launched in 2025, is an AI-enabled, centralised, collaborative workspace that connects compliance and business strategy, enabling teams to integrate regulatory insight with workflow execution, create a fully auditable trail, and streamline both compliance and go-to-market processes. Since its launch, client feedback and growing market demand to simplify compliance processes have fuelled the next phase of its evolution.

 

“We designed Vixio Workspace to bring order to complexity and replace the old-fashioned spreadsheet systems,” added Lovell. “By combining Vixio’s trusted intelligence with secure, evidence-based automation, we’re empowering compliance teams to make faster, more confident decisions.”

Vixio has now expanded the tool with new features to help compliance teams manage regulatory change in one place: 

  • Triage Tool (‘Smart Inbox’): Available now, the Triage Tool (smart inbox) filters thousands of updates to the few that truly affect users, based on their watchlists, regions, and compliance focus. Using machine learning, it surfaces priority regulatory changes unique to each user. 
  • Vixio API: Also available now is a Vixio API, which allows clients to seamlessly connect Vixio’s regulatory intelligence and triage workflow into their own internal tools, dashboards, or compliance systems. This is in addition to Vixio Workspace’s plug-and-play deployment, which is designed for teams who prefer a fast, low-effort set up rather than custom integrations.
  • Requirements Extraction: Finally, coming soon, Vixio Workspace will feature a Requirements Extraction tool that allows users to search, snippet, and save passages directly from regulatory sources and documents to build precise compliance evidence.

These enhancements give compliance professionals a centralised, intelligent platform that saves time, reduces regulatory risk, and adapts as regulations and business priorities evolve.

“My initial reaction to the new Vixio Workspace tool is that I loved it. I think it will solve so many problems for compliance managers and compliance teams, having that single source of truth, having that workflow tool all built into one,” said Anoushka Thompson, Governance, Risk & Compliance Executive.

For these innovations and more, Vixio was recently recognised as a Compliance Solution of the Year at the 2025 International Business Awards and Best RegTech Platform at the FinTech Breakthrough Awards, both awards received for the second consecutive year. These accolades reflect the company’s continued leadership in delivering secure, intelligent, and transformative regulatory technology solutions to its global client base.

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Evolution launches Red Baron, a strategic crash game with soaring multipliers

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Evolution today announced the launch of Red Baron, a new and exhilarating online crash game in which a plane takes off with a winnings multiplier that can climb up to 20,000x. With this soaring prize potential on offer, players must decide whether to set Auto Cash Out, or to time a manual cash-out to perfection, just before the plane and multiplied payout fly away!
Players can stay informed throughout the flight with real-time statistics. These highlight top wins from recent rounds and provide live updates as fellow players cash out, adding a fun, social element of live engagement with other
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Red Baron is the third crash game from Evolution and is available in two versions to meet the needs of different markets and jurisdictions: one version comes with a live video stream featuring a red-uniformed game host; the other is a host-free version without the live stream. It follows Evolution’s successful Stock Market and Race Track titles, and is set to further strengthen the brand’s position in the crash genre.
Todd Haushalter, Evolution’s Chief Product Officer, said: “Our roadmaps are full of exciting game concepts and variants the world has never seen before. Red Baron is a great example of such a game. The ‘crash’ games genre is well-established online, but we saw an opportunity here to make the game more social, and also to simplify the gameplay and make it more appealing to a mainstream audience.”
Haushalter added: “I am so proud of how our team created a fun sense of competition between players and made the playing experience incredibly intuitive. I’m confident that both veteran crash players and first-time players will love what we have done with Red Baron. It continues down a path we are pursuing right now of speedier games like Ice Fishing, Stock Market and others, and I think it’s going to be very popular!”

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SiGMA Rome Wrapped: ELA Games Takes the Stage to Share Key Insights

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One of the highlights of the event was Yaroslav Soloshenko, Head of Business Development, taking the stage for a panel discussion titled “Battle For the Bottom Line: Does Product or Marketing Drive Growth.” The session brought together industry leaders from across streaming networks, affiliates, and studios to break down the balance between innovative product development and how they’re marketed.
Sharing Insights on the Global Stage
Yaroslav’s panel participation reflected ELA Games’ rising status as a key thought leader in the industry. He highlighted various challenges and rising trends while providing insightful solutions that have helped propel ELA Games forward.
He emphasised three areas of importance that help studios develop innovation and market to wider audiences: product flexibility, partner alignment, and a deep understanding of local markets when expanding. Yaroslav also pointed out the power that streaming and influencer promotion can have, but only when the content matches the audience’s preferences.
Yaroslav reflected on his panel speakership, “Speaking at SiGMA Rome was an opportunity to highlight how growth doesn’t work in isolation — it’s about how well product and marketing can work together. I had the pleasure of demonstrating how ELA Games’ strong product foundations, flexibility, and alignment with partners have allowed us to promote our games effectively and tailor experiences to diverse audiences. The conversation we had on stage reflected that long-term success becomes a formula once studios build adaptable products supported by deep industry knowledge.”
An Emphasis on Partner Value & Sustainable Growth
The ELA Games team shared in-depth conversations with operators, partners, and like-minded innovators to gather new perspectives and future-facing ideas. The team’s approach was one of collaboration and mutual value, which helped develop key relationships moving forward.
These exchanges reinforced the studio’s growth philosophy: player-focused game experiences, partner value, and a focus on positive gaming experiences. The insights gained in Rome will play a role in ELA Games’ roadmap as the studio continues its growth in Europe and beyond.

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