{"id":2502633,"date":"2026-07-15T06:41:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T06:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2502633"},"modified":"2026-07-15T06:41:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T06:41:27","slug":"accel-entertainment-announces-management-changes-cdc-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/accel-entertainment-announces-management-changes-cdc-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Accel Entertainment announces management changes \u2013 CDC Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Accel Entertainment announced Tuesday that Stan Guidroz, current CEO of the company\u2019s Toucan Gaming subsidiary, has been promoted to chief operating officer of Accel.<\/p>\n

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The appointment is effective July 14. In connection with Guidroz\u2019s appointment, Mark Phelan, who serves as president and chief operating officer, will relinquish the chief operating officer title.<\/p>\n

As previously announced, Phelan will continue to serve as president and will become Accel\u2019s CEO in August.<\/p>\n

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\u201cStan is a proven leader who has made significant contributions to Accel\u2019s growth, and this promotion reflects his track record and the depth of talent across our organization,\u201d said Accel Chairman and CEO of Entertainment Andy Rubenstein in a statement. \u201cStan has built Toucan into a premier operator and a model for the disciplined accretive growth we are pursuing across our markets. He will continue to draw on his deep Louisiana and industry-wide relationships as he takes on broader operational leadership across the company.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I transition to chief executive officer, I look forward to working closely with Stan,\u201d said Phelan. \u201cHis operating discipline and extensive industry experience will allow us to continue to successfully execute our strategic roadmap for growth and deliver long-term shareholder value.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guidroz has served as CEO of Toucan, Accel\u2019s Louisiana operating subsidiary, since 2021. He has built a growing Louisiana route and overseen a series of disciplined accretive acquisitions, including the recent acquisition of Rice Palace Truck Stop Casino. He has more than two decades of Louisiana gaming experience, including his tenure at Jacobs Entertainment, where he led the company\u2019s Louisiana operations as vice president and president of its Cash Magic truck stop casinos, growing the business to 27 locations, and served as chief operating officer of Colonial Downs Racetrack.<\/p>\n

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Earlier in his career, Guidroz founded a convenience-store company that grew to 19 stores before its sale to Conco. Guidroz founded the Louisiana Video Gaming Association in 2015 and served as its president through 2025, during which he helped advance significant legislation for the state\u2019s local gaming market.<\/p>\n

As chief operating office, Guidroz will oversee Accel\u2019s day-to-day operations across its markets.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m honored to take on this role and to build on the strong operating foundation this team has established,\u201d said Guidroz. \u201cI look forward to working with Andy, Mark, and the entire team to drive operational excellence across Accel\u2019s markets. The relationships and trust we\u2019ve built in Louisiana are exactly what makes disciplined growth possible, and that\u2019s the partnership-first approach I intend to bring to every market Accel serves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Separately, the company announced that Chief Compliance Officer Derek Harmer will transition from his role to pursue other opportunities effective March 31, 2027. Harmer will join the company\u2019s gaming Compliance Committee effective April 1, 2027.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thank Derek for his many contributions to Accel and are pleased that the company will continue to benefit from his expertise through his service on the gaming Compliance Committee,\u201d said Rubenstein.<\/p>\n

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\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source cdcgaming.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Accel Entertainment announced Tuesday that Stan Guidroz, current CEO of the company\u2019s Toucan Gaming subsidiary, has been promoted to chief operating officer of Accel. Story continues below The appointment is effective July 14. In connection with Guidroz\u2019s appointment, Mark Phelan, who serves as president and chief operating officer, will relinquish the chief operating officer title. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2502635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[362952],"class_list":["post-2502633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-accel-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Accel-Entertainment-announces-management-changes-\u2013-CDC-Gaming.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2502633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2502636,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502633\/revisions\/2502636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2502635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2502633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2502633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2502633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}