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NEWS

Gaming Technology Summit Returns for Fourth Big Year May 24-25 

LAS VEGAS (Jan. 20, 2006) – The gaming industry’s premier technology conference, Gaming Technology Summit, returns for its fourth year, May 24-25, 2006, at the Green Valley Ranch in Las Vegas. Attendance has grown steadily each year, and in 2006 the show itself will grow bigger and better with an expanded program, larger exhibit floor, golf outing and a new project management conference.

“Since Gaming Technology Summit launched in 2003 it has been a hit with gaming professionals who appreciate an event that provides real educational value and content,” says Saverio R. Scheri III, Managing Director at WhiteSand, co-producer of GTS. “The show has enjoyed phenomenal growth because professionals at all levels of the casino and hotel operation recognize Gaming Technology Summit as the leading source of practical information on using technology to enhance the business value of the gaming enterprise.”

Scheri announced events new to Gaming Technology Summit in 2006, and unveiled a stellar lineup of keynote presenters:

• GTS introduces the Project Management Forum, designed specifically around the needs of the Casino/Gaming industry.  The workshop provides techniques and approaches for identifying, planning, managing and measuring project success. It will be presented by Michael R. Wood, a former gaming CIO who is a nationally recognized expert in the field of Business Process Improvement and author of “The Helix Factor – The Key to Streamlining Your Business Processes.”  It runs 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. May 23, prior to the start of Gaming Technology Summit.

• After several days of intensive seminars and workshops, GTS attendees will be able to unwind at the inaugural GTS Golf Challenge, Friday, May 26, on the Lexington Course at The Revere Golf Club.

• GTS 2006 builds on its tradition of attracting top names for its keynote sessions. This year’s keynote presenters include Don Speer, Chairman, VCAT; and Marshall Andrew, CIO, Station Casinos.

Gaming Technology Summit addresses the critical role of technology throughout casino hotels and the demands it places on gaming professionals to learn new skills, integrate systems and make hardware and software investment decisions. More than 450 technology professional and vendors from Australia, Austria, the Bahamas, Canada, Lithuania, the Philippines, Portugal, the U.S. and the United Kingdom attended GTS 2005.

The Summit is produced by WhiteSand Consulting, which provides strategy, operations and technology consulting services to the gaming and hospitality industries; and by Ascend Media Gaming Group, the leading producer of trade magazines, newsletters and trade shows serving the gaming industry around the world,

Learn more about the Summit and register online at www.gametechsummit.com.

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Media contact Stephen Gibbs, Ascend Media Gaming Group Marketing Director,
(913) 344-1334; sgibbs@ascendmedia.com; or www.ascendgaming.com

Exhibitors/sponsors contact Lesley Grashow, Ascend Media Gaming Group Trade Show Sales Manager, (203) 938-2782; lgrashow@ascendmedia.com

WhiteSand Consulting contact James Nickerson, Director, (609) 677-8253; jnickerson@WhiteSandConsulting.com or www.WhiteSandConsulting.com