Kevin F. O'Toole is an attorney and gaming regulator in the United States. He was appointed the second Executive Director of the

Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is a governmental agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, founded in 2004 as the state licensing and the regulatory agency responsible for overseeing slot machines and casino gambling in the state. The ...

in 2009. He was named the 2012 Regulator of the Year for the Americas, along with Mark Lipparelli, by the International Masters of Gaming Law in recognition of his contributions to gaming law. O'Toole began his career as a Deputy Attorney General for the

New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) is a governmental agency in the U.S. state of New Jersey that was established in 1977 under the Casino Control Act, N.J.S.A. to ensure the integrity of the casino gaming industry, including spor ...

. From 1997 to 2007 O'Toole served as the Executive Director for the Gaming Commission of the

Oneida Indian Nation The Oneida Indian Nation (OIN) or Oneida Nation is a federally recognized tribe of Oneida people in the United States. The tribe is headquartered in Verona, New York, where the tribe originated and held its historic territory long before European ...

, which operates Turning Stone Casino in

Verona, New York Verona (called ''Te-o-na-ta-le'', "''pine forest''" by the Haudenosaunee) is a town in southwestern Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 6,293 at the 2010 census. The town was named after Verona, Italy. Verona is located so ...

. He was appointed a Commissioner for the Nation in 2007. O'Toole assisted in the development of the Minimum Internal Control Standards (MICS) for the

National Indian Gaming Commission The National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC; ) is a United States federal regulatory agency within the Department of the Interior. Congress established the agency pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in 1988. The commission is the only ...

. O'Toole also served as a member of the Tribal Relations Committee for the sport of Boxing and the Boxing Commission for the Oneida Indian Nation Athletic Commissions.

Publications

* Native American Casinos—Models of Regulatory Oversight (Fredric E. Gushin and Kevin F. O'Toole, 2007)

Education

O'Toole is a graduate of the

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ( ; also known as Wharton Business School, the Wharton School, Penn Wharton, and Wharton) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in ...

and

Rutgers University Law School Rutgers Law School is the law school of Rutgers University, with classrooms in Newark and Camden, New Jersey. It is the largest public university, public law school and the 10th largest law school, overall, in the United States. Each class in the ...

References

External links

*http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gaming-control-board-to-begin-its-work-to-permit-table-games-at-pennsylvania-casinos-80853357.html *http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2009/04/pennsylvania_gaming_control_bo.html *http://www.pgcb.state.pa.us/?pr=262 *http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/glr.2000.4.203 *http://m.pressofatlanticcity.com/mobile/article_b6ea3308-a748-11e1-8218-0019bb2963f4.html *http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/07/25/after-first-year-of-table-games-sugarhouse-posts-impressive-numbers/ *http://www.gaminglawmasters.com/news/index.php#imgl {{DEFAULTSORT:Otoole, Kevin F. Living people American people in gambling regulation New Jersey lawyers Gambling in Pennsylvania 1950 births 20th-century American lawyers 21st-century American lawyers