Mohegan — Ray Pineault had been president and chief executive officer of Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment for all of two weeks when he appeared before the Nevada Gaming Control Board this past June.
Things had gotten a bit out of hand during Mohegan Sun Casino Las Vegas’ March debut, and it had fallen to Pineault to smooth things over.
While Mohegan Sun’s offer to pay a $60,000 fine for opening-night violations of COVID-19 protocols might have helped do the trick, it’s easy to believe Pineault’s reportedly sincere, it’ll-never-happen-again apology played well with the state gaming regulators. Pineault, a Phil Collins look-alike who’s worked for the Mohegan Tribe, of which he’s a member, for 20 years, tends to come across as authentic.
“I take full responsibility,” he told board members, attributing the missing masks and instances of an absence of social…
