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PENN Entertainment, Inc. (PENN) has announced a new corporate organizational structure as part of a board-approved reshuffle.
The move, says the leaders at PENN, is engineered to streamline roles and “sharpen strategic focus.” The top-level changes at the gaming giant come on the heels of multiple new 2025 physical locations and the end of the company’s deal with ESPN.
PENN reshuffle attempts to sharpen strategic focus
PENN made investors aware of the paradigm shift via a corporate announcement and signalled the end of the line for some senior figures.
The company confirmed that two senior executives will depart as part of the reorganization, with not only the individuals stepping down, but their roles will be “eliminated.”
Both are senior decision makers: Todd George, Executive Vice President of Operations (EVP), and Rich Primus, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO).
“As we turn the calendar to 2026, we are restructuring our corporate organization in order to achieve greater operational efficiencies, deepen customer engagement across channels, maximize free cash flow, and drive shareholder value,” said Jay Snowden, PENN’s Chief Executive Officer and President.
Two senior roles eliminated
George and Primus held significant responsibilities within the company, and PENN is internalizing their efforts.
George was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company’s physical casino and racetrack portfolio, so his departure signals further belt-tightening at PENN.
It also heralds their attempt at more “cost saving” and the core gears of the business being handled at regional levels, rather than one senior decision maker post.
Eliminating the CIO signals that the company’s in-house infrastructure will assume decision-making authority for the IT landscape across physical and digital casinos and platforms, as well as for cybersecurity and data governance.
“Both Todd and Rich have made significant contributions to PENN’s evolution over the past decade and helped build the strong foundation we have in place today,” said Snowden.
PENN ramping up partnerships
As we reported, PENN announced a deal with Kambi in November 2025 to expand its on-property locations. This includes supporting 30 PENN properties across 13 US states.

Kambi is pleased to announce a retail sportsbook partnership extension with PENN Entertainment.
The extension, relates to on-property sportsbooks active by end of 2025, provides PENN Entertainment access to Kambi’s premium retail sports betting technology until 31 July 2027.… pic.twitter.com/6c2GHOUGuU
— Kambi (@KambiSports) November 26, 2025

Kambi became a significant investment for PENN after the company acquired a sought-after source code for a player account management (PAM) platform.
With PENN looking to internalize systems and George’s departure as CIO, the software-driven management platform aims to bring user account management in-house.
Featured image: PENN
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This year’s season of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) is officially underway, with Choctaw Casino and Resort in Durant, Oklahoma, to offer poker players 18 WSOP Circuit ring events this January.
These will take place from Wednesday, January 7, through to Monday, January 19, 2026. The $1,700 buy-in ‘No Limit Hold’em Main Event’ at Choctaw will have a $1,000,000 prize pool guarantee.

Mark your calendars!
The WSOP Circuit rolls into Choctaw Jan 7th–19th with 18 Ring Events!
See the full schedule on WSOP+ !
Click the link below for more info https://t.co/aiASfDTN5v pic.twitter.com/6DEUCh5f8F
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) January 5, 2026

The Main Event at the historic host venue will run two Day One flights, with Flight A taking place on Friday, January 16, and Saturday, January 17, with both starting at 11AM local time.
In its announcement about the venue, WSOP states the last time the circuit made its way through to Choctaw was in October of 2025 when Matthew Higgins won his 9th WSOP Circuit ring in the Main Event. It was here that he won $218,436 and his largest career score in a WSOP-related event.
Choctaw Casino in Durant, Oklahoma, hosts WSOP event
“Along with the WSOP Circuit Main Event, several favorites amongst Circuit players at Choctaw are featured on the event schedule,” the company says.
“The $500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Gargantuan, which includes an impressive $100,000 prize pool guarantee, is scheduled to offer two Day One flights on Friday, January 16, starting at 10 AM and 3 PM.
“Kicking off the series on Wednesday, January 7, at 11 AM will be the first flight of the $500 No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack, another event offering a $100,000 prize pool guarantee.”
The WSOP Circuit ring winners at this event will receive a $5,000 package to attend the WSOP Circuit Championship at their choice of either the WSOP Europe 2026 or WSOP Paradise 2026. The former will take place at King’s Casino in Prague, Czech Republic, from March 31 through to April 12, 2026. The Paradise event will be at the end of the year, at the Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas.
The $5,000 packages to either of the events will include entry, as well as free hotel accommodations.
Featured Image: Credit to Choctaw Casinos & Resorts on X
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