Frank A. Schreck
Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Renowned gaming attorney responsible for shaping the Las Vegas gaming industry. More than 40 years representing the nation’s most respected public and private gaming entities. Former Nevada Gaming Commissioner.
Frank Schreck is one of the nation’s most distinguished gaming law attorneys. Drawing on more than four decades of experience working with the world’s leading gaming companies, he has been integral to the evolution and expansion of the gaming industry into what it is today. Frank’s work focuses on licensing matters and all other aspects of regulatory compliance. Working with noteworthy clients—Apollo Management, Scientific Games Corporation, Blackstone Real Estate Advisors, Wynn Resorts Ltd., and Caesars Entertainment, to name a few—he is known for his investigatory perspective and for getting gaming deals done by navigating complicated regulations, financial requirements and other challenges that arise. Frank is co-chair of Brownstein’s Gaming Law group.
Frank’s gaming work extends far beyond representing his client’s interests in Las Vegas. He is a pioneer in the licensing of companies involved in multijurisdictional transactions. Beginning in 2006 with his representation of Apollo Global Management and TPG in the purchase of Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc., Frank has utilized the “VoteCo” licensing structure he created to assist public companies, large financial institutions and private equity firms in numerous multijurisdictional projects throughout the U.S. and internationally. His gaming law work extends to Japan, Macau, Puerto Rico, Spain, Australia and Great Britain.
A pivotal player in shaping Nevada’s gaming regulations, Frank is a former member of the Nevada Gaming Commission—in fact, he is the youngest member ever appointed in its history. He also served in leadership roles at the International Association of Gaming Attorneys, including as president and chairman of its annual conference.
Overview
- University of California Berkeley, JD, graduated 1968
- Yale University, BA, graduated 1965
- Nevada, State Bar of Nevada
- Clark County Bar Association - Member
- International Association of Gaming Advisors - Member
- Nathan Adelson Hospice - Board of Trustees
- State Bar of Nevada - Member
- Nevada, State Bar of Nevada
- Clark County Bar Association - Member
- International Association of Gaming Advisors - Member
- Nathan Adelson Hospice - Board of Trustees
- State Bar of Nevada - Member
- University of California Berkeley, JD, graduated 1968
- Yale University, BA, graduated 1965
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus

- Gaming Law, Las Vegas (2012)
- Gaming Law
- COVID-19
- 2015 Honoree, International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA)
- Top Rated Lawyer in Gaming, American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell™, 2013
- AV® Preeminent™, Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating
- Chambers USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers, Gaming & Licensing in Nevada 2005-2013; Star Individual in Nevada 2012; Star Individual Nationwide and Nevada 2013-2016
- Super Lawyers, Mountain States, 2007-2016
- Super Lawyers, Mountain States, Top 100 List, 2014
- Legal Elite, Nevada Business Journal, 2008-2015
- Nevada's Most Influential Citizens, Nevada Business Journal, 2010
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Additional Information
- Experience
- Served as regulatory counsel to Scientific Games Corporation in its recent purchase of Bally Technologies Inc., and continues to serve as regulatory counsel to Scientific Games.
- Served as gaming counsel for Blackstone Real Estate Advisors in its purchase of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas from Deutsche Bank and continues to serve as regulatory counsel to Blackstone and The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
- Served as gaming counsel for Deutsche Bank in creating a licensing structure and obtaining the appropriate gaming licenses and approvals for its purchase of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
- Served as gaming counsel for the licensing of private equity firms TPG and Leonard Green & Partners in their acquisition of the Palms Hotel and Casino and continues to serve as regulatory counsel for the Palms.
- Coordinated and supervised obtaining licensing and other regulatory approvals in more than 20 US and foreign jurisdictions for Apollo Global Management and TPG in their purchase of Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. (now Caesars Entertainment) in a $32 billion transaction. Continues to serve as regulatory counsel for Apollo, TPG and Caesars Entertainment.
- Serves as regulatory counsel for Apollo Global Management in its purchase of American Gaming Systems Inc., and continues to serve as regulatory counsel for Apollo and AGS, Inc.
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