Inside Asian Gaming

inside asian gaming MArch 2016 12 Industry profile IAG: Let’s start at the beginning. Tell us a little about your career before you entered gaming. KR: I grew up in the suburb of Liverpool and Chester Hill, in Sydney, Australia. My mother was a single Mum who put herself through nursing school. To be honest I hated school and left in year 10. My escape from school came when I saw an ad in the paper for a job as a dental nurse, which I got; then I spent some time as a personal assistant before moving on into hospitality, pulling beers in a pub in Auburn in Sydney. But as soon as I saw the gaming room I was in – that’s all I wanted to do and I made the gaming room mine. IAG: So that’s how you got into gaming? KR: Yes, I started at Guildford Leagues as their promotions manager then was contracted by a Sydney Hotel in Liverpool … yes, strange to head back there … I ran the gaming rooms at a place called the Liverpool Hotel and Corner Pub, it was a unique two-licensed venue with 60 machines. In my time there we won an award as the number one gaming venue for hotels in all of New South Wales! IAG: How did you join Paltronics? KR: Stephen Cowan was one of the owners of Paltronics and the Liverpool Hotel was one of Paltronics’ customers. Thankfully, one day Steve offered me a job in sales in New South Wales. I said that’s totally not me, but he said that’s why he wanted me! He didn’t want someone who was trained as a sales professional but rather someone who just cared about people. I’ve been with Paltronics ever since – that was 16 years ago. IAG: How did you come to Macau? KR: My husband-to-be was offered a senior executive job here in Macau with one of the large slots companies so I knew I was coming to Macau. Steve at Paltronics asked me to open Paltronics Asia, up here in Macau. They definitely would have set up here anyway as Sands was a major client, but the fact I was coming to Macau anyway just made it all Kylie Kylie Rogers is not only Vice President of Asian Operations for Paltronics but also is on the Board of the International Ladies Club of Macau, a well- known non-profit organization helping a number of charities and Macau’s needy since 1982. IAG caught up with the cheerful Australian over coffee in Taipa to get to know her a bit better.