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Maybe lobbying China’s communist party will be easier than Frankfort for ex-Churchill Downs Inc. official

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Brett Hale, most recently known as the senior vice president for corporate affairs at Louisville-based Churchill Downs Inc., has moved on to a new job with Louisville-based Yum! Brands.DBrettHale

[I cannot help wondering (joking) whether dealing with government of China will be easier than dealing with the Kentucky General Assembly.]

Before coming to Churchill, Hale worked with the American Gaming Association, which recently announced Churchill would be added to its board.

Hale’s name surfaced in a recent story in The Hill, where he was quoted describing Churchill’s interest in online gambling and new AGA President Geoff Freeman’s odd position balancing those views against Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman Sheldon Adelson, who is opposed to online gambling and whose company also is on the AGA board.

Brett Hale, senior vice president of corporate affairs at Churchill Downs, which owns race courses and casinos, said his company plans “to move aggressively” into Internet gambling. Las Vegas Sands also has an executive on the AGA’s board.

“It’s certainly a delicate situation because Sheldon is a political force and his view is well-known on Internet gambling. It’s going to be tricky for Geoff to navigate those waters because Sheldon is so politically active,” Hale said.

Another story about the move is at Gambling Compliance (registration required).

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