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Rosie’s game supplier names Va. director of customer, regulatory relations

Boynton Beach, Florida-based Exacta Systems, which sells historic horse race software and machines, announced Wednesday it has hired Peter Phillips as director of customer and regulatory relations for Virginia. 

A disabled veteran with 25 years of service as a naval special warfare officer, Phillips most recently served as a deputy commandant for the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets. In his new role, he will provide services to Virginia Exacta customers and serve as a liaison to the Virginia Horse Racing Commission and the Virginia Equine Association. Exacta Systems provides gaming services to Colonial Downs and Rosie’s Gaming Emporium in New Kent.

Philips holds a degree in history from Virginia Tech and also attended the National War College. Other positions he’s held include serving as a director for the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) National Capital Region and as chief operating officer of Frontier Services Group, a security, aviation and logistics company founded and led by Erik Price, the former CEO of the private military company Blackwater.

“We are excited to bring an individual with such extensive leadership abilities and dedication to service of country and the commonwealth of Virginia,” Exacta Systems President Jeremy Stein said in a statement. “It is our great pleasure to be involved in historic horse racing in Virginia, and we look forward to helping continue the dramatic revitalization of Virginia’s racing and breeding industries.”

Founded in 2013, Exacta has also opened and staffed a Henrico office and will continue to expand its footprint and hire more Virginia residents as the historic horse racing market grows in the commonwealth, according to a company statement.

 

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Cville’s Castle Hill Gaming signs new HQ lease

Charlottesville-based slot-machine-gaming software developer Castle Hill Gaming signed the lease for its new 20,000-square foot headquarters in Albemarle County, where it will be the anchor tenant in the $45 million Stonefield mixed-use development.

Washington, D.C.-based real estate firm The Bernstein Companies is funding the development via its OPZ Bernstein Opportunity Fund. Construction has yet to be completed, and a timeline has not been announced for Castle Hill to move into Stonefield.

“We are thrilled to be expanding our headquarters where we can attract new talent in data science, software design and development to our new facilities once they are open,” Arthur Watson, CEO of Castle Hill Gaming, said in a statement. “The new facility will be a great place to develop our games and harbor innovation.”

Castle Hill Gaming, which provides Class II and Class III slot machine gaming to Native American tribal casinos, will receive a $1.3 million grant from the Virginia Jobs Investment Program to support the hiring and training of roughly 100 new employees, the company announced in June 2019. Albemarle County Economic Development Authority agreed to provide a matching grant.

Castle Hill employs data scientists, designers, developers and mathematicians. As of June 2019, Castle Hill Gaming employed approximately 50 people, with 25 based in Albemarle.