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Washington State Gambling Commission
P.O. Box 42400
Olympia, WA 98504
360-486-3440
360-486-3629 (fax)
Rick Day – DIRECTOR
Rick Day was appointed Director with the Washington
State Gambling Commission in August 2001. He was born and raised in
Montana, is married and has three children. He attended Gonzaga
University in Spokane for one year, and then graduated from Montana
State University with a degree in Sociology/Criminal Justice.
Since moving to Washington he has graduated from the University of
Washington with a Master's in Public Administration.
Rick began his law enforcement career as a police officer in
Montana. He has worked in the criminal justice system for over 30 years.
About 20 of those years have been in state law enforcement-regulatory
work involving tobacco, liquor, and gambling investigations.
Rick has about 25 years of leadership experience including:
- Organizing the first Department of Corrections in Montana’s history and providing leadership and management for more than 1,000 positions, 25 field offices, eight secure facilities, and probation and parole;
- Managing statewide criminal and dangerous drug investigations, criminal history records and fire prevention and investigation units: and,
- Establishing and managing Montana’s first criminal and regulatory gambling investigation bureau following the re-location of the responsibility from the Department of Revenue to the Attorney General.
Rick believes listening is the most important function of effective leadership and he intends to look for ways to encourage open dialogue with the Legislators, our stakeholders and agency staff.
