Michael Lawton has viewed his job as the Gaming Control Board’s senior economic analyst as a customer service role. Since 2010, he’s provided Nevada’s monthly and year-end gaming revenue results — which have ranged from all-time lows set during the pandemic to record highs reached in the last two years.
No matter whom he spoke with — Wall Street analysts, journalists, state lawmakers or Nevada’s Economic Forum — Lawton said his goal was to provide “an intelligent analysis” of what’s happening with the state’s casino industry and explain various trends.
Lawton, 53, is retiring from the control board next week after serving as a gaming agent, auditor and economic analyst for parts of four decades. For now, he hasn’t solidified any future plans.
