Kevin Mullally steps down as CEO of UAE’s Gaming Regulator

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The gaming regulator for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority (GCGRA), announced that industry veteran Kevin Mullally is stepping down as the agency’s first chief executive.

According to a press release, the GCGRA board has appointed Jim Murren, the authority’s chairman, as interim CEO, effective immediately. Murren is chairman of Resorts World Las Vegas and former longtime MGM Resorts chairman.

Mullally, a longtime regulator who served as executive director of the Missouri Gaming Commission and vice president/general counsel of Gaming Laboratories International, joined the UAE regulator in September 2023, during its establishment phase. He was credited in the press release as “guiding the creation” of the regulator’s “foundational regulatory frameworks and supporting the UAE’s commitment to international standards of integrity and oversight in the commercial gaming sector.”

In a farewell LinkedIn post, Mullally called his tenure at GCGRA “one of the greatest professional honors of my career.” Under his leadership, the GCGRA launched the UAE Lottery and established “an efficient, modern regulatory framework” for responsible gaming. Mullally cited family reasons for his departure, expressing his intent to return to Kansas City with his family.