Hector Rivera Davila has been named Executive Director of Gaming for Puerto Rico by the Tourism Company of Puerto Rico. Mr. Rivera Davila was a former regulator before serving the private industry as Casino Director with Hilton International, Marriott International, and Ladbrokes, then with International Endeavors in Puerto Rico and South America. The Puerto Rico Tourism Development Act of 1993 was enacted to provide the Government of Puerto Rico with adequate tools to develop a world-class tourism infrastructure in response to an increasing demand for more facilities to accommodate a new generation of business and leisure customers.

It is a rare selection by a gaming regulator to appoint a gaming operator, and in this the Puerto Rico tourism organization has made an outstanding choice. As an Associate of Spectrum Gaming, a renowned international casino consulting firm based in New Jersey, Mr Rivera Davila has also contributed towards the formation of new regulations for Puerto Rico, which will become effective during 2007.

At the Tourism Company, Mr Davila said that he “will implement a new slots monitoring system linked to all casinos from the Games Division office, overseeing the security and integrity of the systems in casinos, with strict regulations to attract serious investors to develop more hotel projects within our Island. We have the most sophisticated controls in the Caribbean Region and we will be a rôle model for others to follow”.

Consulted about the Rivera Davila appointment, gaming expert Ricki Chavez-Munoz said: “We first came across Mr Rivera Davila when he was a gaming director for Ladbrokes in Lima, Peru, and then met him in San Juan when he was with Spectrum Games. We can state categorically that he will bring a wealth of experience to his new position. He is very well known and respected in the many gaming jurisdictions where he has been involved with different projects”. (E-03.08.07)

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