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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (October 1, 2008) – John J. James, Chief Operating Officer of Seminole Gaming, will welcome attendees to the fourth annual Florida Gaming Summit when it gets underway with an evening reception on Monday, October 6, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino here. This popular event will explore the current issues and trends related to gaming in Florida, and expected to attend are gaming operators, regulators, investors, tribal gaming leaders, attorneys, architects, vendors and other industry-related professionals.
“We are ready for an important edition of the Florida Gaming Summit,” said Charles Anderer, Group Publisher, Gaming, for BNP Media, co-producer of the conference along with Spectrum Gaming Group. “With parimutuel facilities in Miami-Dade preparing to add slot machines, the controversy over the Seminole compact and various other hot-button issues to discuss, the timing couldn’t be better.”
Sessions on Tuesday, October 7, include an analysis of Florida gaming from Wall Street’s perspective, an overview of responsible gaming issues, an examination of the Seminole compact, reviews of slot machine performance and potential at parimutuel facilities and the legislative outlook for gaming throughout Florida. There is also a special presentation on the leisure and travel industry and how the gaming industry impacts the choices made by consumers.
In addition to James, the exceptional speaker lineup includes keynote presenters James F. Allen, Chief Executive Officer, Gaming Operations, for the Seminole Tribe of Florida and Steven A. Geller, a Florida State Senator who is instrumental in shaping the state’s gaming policy. In total, some two dozen expert speakers will participate.
Complete conference details, including registration and travel information, are available at www.floridagamingsummit.com.
Florida Gaming Summit sponsors include Bally Technologies, Becker & Poliakoff, Energenic, Gaming Laboratories International, Greenberg Traurig, IGT, JCM Global, Konami, Suzo-Happ, TransAct Technologies and US Bank.
Attendees can also explore the products and services offered by a number of exhibitors. Confirmed to date are: Accuvant, American Gaming Systems, Avatier, Aware Digital, Axis, Buckhead Beef, Café Bravo, CashCode, Dallmeier Electronics, Energenic, Ewing Cole, Global Casino Supply, Global Connect, Imperial Casino Games, KHS&S Contractors, New Orleans Promotions, NICE Systems, NVT, TekVisions and Vigitron, Inc.
To learn more about sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities, contact Lesley Grashow at grashowl@bnpmedia.com.
About the producers:
BNP Media Gaming Group (www.bnpevents.com/gaming) is the world’s largest and most experienced gaming industry media resource and the leading producer of trade magazines, specialized conferences and expos, websites, e-newsletters and targeted specialty publications serving the gaming industry worldwide.
Spectrum Gaming Group (www.spectrumgaming.com) is an independent research and professional services firm that provides economic and feasibility studies, impact analyses, regulatory services, customer-service audits, and operational assistance for private-sector and public-sector clients on five continents. Spectrum publishes the Gaming Industry Observer newsletter and produces the East Coast Gaming Congress and Pennsylvania Gaming Congress.
Source: BNP Media Gaming Group and Spectrum Gaming Group
Media Contact: Allison McCoy, Vice President, Business Development, Spectrum Gaming Group, ammcoy@spectrumgaming.com
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