Robert McLaughlin

Robert McLaughlin, Former Director New York State Lottery

Biography:
Robert J. McLaughlin was formely the Deputy Director and General Counsel at the New York Lottery, Mr. McLaughlin oversaw the regulatory development of the nation’s first finite-pool video gaming lottery system as well as the implementation of eight video lottery gaming facilities across the state. Mr. McLaughlin also led the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries committee on reviewing the $4.7 billion merger between the Lottery’s on-line company GTECH and Lottomatica.
Prior to his service at the Lottery, Mr. McLaughlin served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the State Environmental Facilities Corporation where he initiated a new corporate “shelf” form of disclosure, assisted in the implementation of an aggressive refunding schedule and established an outline of guidelines for SWAP transactions.
Mr. McLaughlin also served as First Vice President and Counsel to the former Greater New York Savings Bank in Brooklyn, New York and was a member of the law firm of Pieper Hoban & Royce, P.C. in Mineola before beginning his career in government.
Mr. McLaughlin received his Juris Doctorate degree (1986) and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management (1983) from St. John’s University.

Former NY Lottery CEO Robert J. McLaughlin JoinsHodgson Russ LLP
ALBANY, New York (may 7, 2009) -- Robert J. McLaughlin has joined Hodgson Russ as a partner in the law firm's Real Estate & Finance Practice Group. Mr. McLaughlin focuses his practice on gaming and lottery law, financial transactions, and government compliance. Drawing from his extensive experience in both the regulatory and the business sides of the industry, he assists gaming facilities, online gaming providers, state lotteries, and other entities in matters involving compliance with the complex federal and state regulations governing the gaming industry. He represents gaming and lottery clients before various government commissions and regulatory agencies. Mr. McLaughlin is a former chief executive officer, director, and general counsel at the New York Lottery, where he oversaw the regulatory development of the nation's first finite-pool video lottery gaming system as well as the implementation of eight video lottery gaming facilities across the state. Mr. McLaughlin also led the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries committee on reviewing a multi-billion-dollar merger that created one of the world's leading gaming solutions providers. He recently served as a director at Grant Thornton LLP, where he advised gaming clients on matters including financial management, internal controls, privatization and securitization, and compliance with regulations that include the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Patriot Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, and anti-money-laundering statutes. As the former counsel to both the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation and The Greater New York Savings Bank, Mr. McLaughlin also represents clients in a wide range of matters involving public finance, environmental issues, infrastructure, real estate, and banking. His experience includes public finance; administrative hearings; environmental reviews; corporate governance and compliance; workouts, loan sales, and foreclosures; and commercial finance and leasing. Hodgson Russ attorneys facilitate the U.S. legal aspects of transactions around the world. We practice in virtually every substantive area of law and generally use multidisciplinary work teams to serve the specific, often complex, needs of our clients, which include public and privately held businesses, governmental entities, nonprofit institutions, and individuals. Hodgson Russ has offices in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, and Johnstown, New York; Boca Raton and Palm Beach, Florida; and Toronto, Ontario.
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The New York Lottery Announces Appointment of New Acting Director
SCHENECTADY, New York, USA (August 10, 2007) -- The New York Lottery today announced Deputy Director of the New York Lottery Gardner Gurney has been appointed to serve as Acting New York Lottery Director...................Read the full story at: Vol.40 No.8

Robert J. Mclaughlin Named Director of The New York Lottery
Former Lottery Deputy Director and General Counsel to Lead Lottery Division
NEW YORK, USA (November 3, 2006) --Robert J. McLaughlin of Guilderland, New York was named today as Director of the State Division of the Lottery. As Deputy Director and General Counsel at the New York Lottery since May of 2004.............................Read the full story at: Vol.37 No.6