Coconut Creek casino hires VP
Hyder Jaffer has been selected as the new vice president of finance for Seminole Casino Coconut Creek.
According to the casino, Jaffer is a 15-year veteran of the casino and finance industries and most recently was director of finance at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, Calif., owned by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians, in Southwest California.
Before joining Pechanga Resort & Casino, he had been casino accounting manager and regulatory compliance manager of Majestic Star Casino & Hotel in Gary, Ind. Prior to that, he was casino controller of Harrah’s Joliet Hotel & Casino near Chicago.
Jaffer will manage a staff of more than 100 people and be responsible for overseeing all financial matters including accounting, cage, count rooms, regulatory compliance, purchasing, accounts receivable/payable, payroll, financial analysis and budgeting. He reports directly to the general manager.
NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, moved on to "night baseball" and "pass the trash" during a Dr. Pepper-infused midnight game in the 1980s at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and now play in a regular neighborhood Hold 'Em game in Plantation. I have been given the assignment of writing about the gambling life in South Florida casinos for the Sun-Sentinel...which means sitting around watching poker on TV now counts as research.
