Richard Wilk

Originally from Toronto, Canada, Wilk has called Las Vegas home for more than 16 years. He has held contracts from multiple premier Casino Strip properties ranging from Executive Director of Player Development to Vice President of Marketing and Customer Development. No stranger to the Las Vegas nightlife landscape, he has helped opened two major Las Vegas Nightclubs, re-created and re-branded a third Nightclub. As Vice-President of Nightlife he has handled everything from operations, marketing, public relations, social media and VIP Host teams.

This casino and nightlife veteran brings a wealth of expertise to any venture he touches. With a solid background in marketing, branding and networking, he has built strong relationships with countless individuals ranging from celebrities, athletes, musicians and gamblers to Fortune 500 corporations and blue chip brands such as Microsoft, 4INFO, Affliction Clothing, the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas and Mandalay Resort Group, among others.

Richard has a solid reputation in the business and gaming sectors and is constantly sought out for his successful accomplishments in driving brand awareness and implementing effective, innovative strategic marketing, social and traditional media relations and entertainment programs.

Richard is a founding advisor for PLYFE.me, its a game that rewards users for their digital, social, and mobile activities with real world experiences and prizes. Richard is also an advisor at 4INFO, the largest mobile advertising platform in the U.S., in addition founding advisor at Palindrome Advisors, a not-for-profit organization. In 2004, Richard created The Wilk Group and used his networks to generate strategic partnerships, garnering success for his clients. This success has been chronicled in such print and broadcast media outlets as Casino Player, Discovery Channel, FOX, Las Vegas Review-Journal, LIFE, People, Travel Channel, Vegas Magazine and VH1, to name a few.

For fun you might catch Richard Wilk the actor on TV or in the Movies. Last seen in the hit movie "MiddleMen" playing opposite to Luke Wilson in two scenes or the very popular BBC Special "Gambling in Vegas."

If you are going to Las Vegas..you definitely want to know Richard Wilk.