Norton used his experience as an Atlantic City casino pioneer to advise state governments - including in Louisiana, Illinois and Indiana - on how to adopt riverboat gambling, and in 1998 founded his own gambling consultancy company based in Indiana. in Las Vegas, and served as president of Gold River Gaming and Argosy Gaming. He later worked for Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands Corp. “In New Jersey, he personally identified the opportunity, did the market feasibility and economic impact studies, and worked with the legislators and Attorney General’s office in drafting the Casino Control Act and the regulations that allowed casinos to open in 1978.”īefore working for Resorts, Norton worked in the hotel industry in the Bahamas. “Steve was instrumental in the proliferation of gaming expansion that occurred outside Nevada,” said his son, Rob.