Bill Miller

Bill Miller is currently the President and CEO of the American Gaming Association (AGA), which advocates for casino operators, manufacturers, suppliers and employees. 

Who is Bill Miller? 

Miller built more than three decades of experience on Capitol Hill and represented business interests in Washington, DC before joining the betting sector. He began his career with the US Chamber of Commerce in January 1999, where he spent nearly 13 years rising to Senior Vice President and National Political Director, advising the business association's CEO and overseeing its legislative, advocacy and lobbying strategy. 

Education 

Miller earned a Bachelor's degree in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland between 1983 and 1988, before going on to earn his Juris Doctor from American University Washington College of Law, where he studied from 1991 to 1995. 

Career journey 

Miller began his three-decade career in Washington politics at the US Chamber of Commerce in January 1999, where he spent almost 13 years as Senior Vice President and National Political Director. In that role, he advised the business association's CEO and oversaw its legislative, advocacy and lobbying tactics, coordinating political and grassroots operations on many of the top issues facing the business community. 

He also became a regular commentator on outlets including CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg, FOX, ABC World News and PBS during this period. Miller left the Chamber in October 2011 to join Brunswick Group as a Partner, focusing on financial and investor communications, crisis management and stakeholder engagement on behalf of US and international corporations, as well as advising global investment firms through crisis situations. Alongside his political career, 

Miller also co-owned Tackle Box, Washington D.C.'s first lobster shack, from June 2008 to June 2015. His stint at Brunswick was brief, however, and in July 2012, Miller moved to Business Roundtable as Senior Vice President, serving as the association's primary liaison to Capitol Hill and the White House. 

Business Roundtable is the only US association made up exclusively of chief executives from leading American companies across all sectors of the economy. Miller remained there for close to seven years before joining the AGA as President and CEO in January 2019, succeeding Geoff Freeman, a role he continues to hold today. The AGA is the premier national trade group representing the $261bn US casino industry, which supports 1.8 million jobs nationwide.

Key achievements 

Since taking the helm at the AGA, Miller has positioned the organization as the leading voice for the US casino industry, advocating on regulatory, legislative and political matters on behalf of commercial and Tribal gaming operators. He has worked closely with organizations including the Indian Gaming Association to push for stricter regulatory enforcement over unregulated prediction markets and to protect Tribes' economic sovereignty. 

Miller's tenure has coincided with some of the most consequential shifts in the industry's history. He guided the casino and gaming sector through the widespread closures and recovery of the COVID-19 pandemic, while also overseeing the rapid nationwide expansion of legalized sports betting and digital iGaming following the Supreme Court's 2018 repeal of PASPA. 

US commercial gaming revenue has grown from $43.6bn in 2019 to record-shattering highs exceeding $53bn in subsequent years and Miller has strengthened the AGA's advocacy against illegal offshore gambling operators and unregulated "skill" machines during this period. 

Most recently, Miller welcomed the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision to rule against Kalshi's bid to overturn a Nevada regulatory prohibition on its prediction market offerings, calling it a ‘significant win’ for consumer protections and taxpayers, and a defeat for what he termed "backdoor sports gambling operations." 

Leadership and strategy 

Miller's approach to leading the AGA centers on defending the state and Tribal-regulated framework that underpins the US gaming industry, positioning it against what he views as unregulated competitors operating outside that structure. He has been vocal in his criticism of prediction market operators and regulators he believes are enabling them to bypass state gaming law. 

That defense of the regulated market has been consistent throughout his tenure, from steering the industry through the pandemic's disruption to championing the data showing bettors' growing preference for legal, regulated operators over illegal offshore books and unregulated machines.