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| Lotteries to be featured at Gaming Technology Summit | |||
NEWSLAS VEGAS (April 17, 2007) – The Gaming Technology Summit will include for the first time a series of conference sessions focusing on technology in the lottery industry. The new lottery track recognizes the importance of lotteries in the gaming industry, and the intersecting technology paths of lotteries and casinos. These sessions will be presented on May 24, the final day of the fifth annual Summit, scheduled for May 22-24 at the Green Valley Ranch in Las Vegas. Already, more and more lotteries are using games that borrow from the excitement of casino games, but that still meet the definition of a lottery. And this trend is sure to continue in the future. “Lotteries can’t survive with the technology of yesteryear, with numbers games and lotto, because their competition is far more technologically savvy and provides more interactive products,” said Buddy Roogow, director of the Maryland Lottery, one of the Summit’s speakers. “You have to make things exciting for players, and give them a different way to relate to lotteries. This is the kind of conference that lottery professionals need to attend, because it’s going to open their eyes to what’s going on outside the lottery world.” Other highlights of the Summit include the return of the Project Management Forum, an expanded conference program and an outstanding lineup of presenters, including three top keynote speakers: Thomas J. Matthews, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of IGT; Felix Rappaport, President and Chief Operating Officer of Luxor; and Jay Walker, Chairman of Walker Digital LLC, entrepreneur and founder of Priceline. For complete information, a current speaker list, and to register, please visit www.gametechsummit.com. The Gaming Technology Summit addresses the critical role of technology throughout all types of gaming facilities and the demands it places on gaming professionals to learn new skills, integrate systems and make hardware and software investment decisions. More than 500 technology professionals and vendors from the United States, Canada, Australia, Mexico and the United Kingdom attended GTS 2006. Given the Summit’s popularity, the exhibit area has been expanded for 2007, providing even more opportunities for vendors to reach key customers. Sponsorships are also available. Any company interested in being a part of GTS should contact Lesley Grashow, Trade Show Sales Manager, Ascend Media Gaming Group, (203) 938-2782 or lgrashow@ascendmedia.com. The Summit is co-produced by WhiteSand Consulting, which provides strategy, operations and technology consulting services to the gaming and hospitality industries; and Ascend Media Gaming Group, the world’s largest and most experienced gaming industry media resource and the leading producer of trade magazines, specialized conference and expos, websites, eNewsletters and targeted specialty publications serving the gaming industry worldwide. #
# # Media contact: Charles Anderer, Director of Trade Events, Ascend Media Gaming Group, (718) 432-8529; canderer@ascendmedia.com. |
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