Gretel and Glenn McCrory — 22 Who Made a Difference in 2022
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Gretel and Glenn McCrory — 22 Who Made a Difference in 2022
In June, Gorilla Gaming, based in Warwick — which has made poker tables for Hard Rock Casinos, Wynn Las Vegas, Encore Boston, and Foxwoods — was busy setting up shop in Las Vegas.
The reason? As GoLocal reported, it was an official table sponsor of the World Series of Poker on the Las Vegas strip.
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While running the free-to-play series, they said they realized they wanted to build their own tables instead of buying them.
Fast forward to 2022, and they were well-established in the global poker world. The company counts Golden State Warrior Klay Thompson and PGA golfer Sergio Garcia among its customers.
As Glenn McCrory told GoLocal — the sky is the limit for the company in Warwick.
“How big can we get is a good question,” Glenn McCrory told GoLocal over the summer. “Right now I’m working on turnaround time; currently it’s 6-8 weeks. If we could double staff, I could quadruple output.”
McCrory credits Gorilla Gaming’s website as one of the reasons for its popularity. Customers can choose how they want to customize their tables and see close to real-life renderings of the final product before it goes to production.
It’s a small Rhode Island business with a big presence — and for that, the McCrorys made a difference in 2022.