For Gaming Executive, Betting on Charity Is a Winning Proposition

By Bob Levey

Once upon a time, gambling-industry executives would give neither a nickel nor the time of day to charity.

These men (they were always men) were servants to their bottom lines. Although their employees and many of their customers lived near the casinos, managers never doubled down in support of a local cause.

If a dollar was flashed in their halls, it went into a drop box near a gaming table or into a slot machine. The business of casinos was business, and little attention was