Las Vegas - Global Gaming Expo's (G2E) popular Casino Design conference, the only conference dedicated to casino architecture, design and d'cor, will move to November to be held alongside G2E 2008. By joining with the gaming industry's premier trade show and conference event, Casino Design will now be able to offer features such as the Casino Design pavilion on the G2E show floor and expanded networking opportunities. G2E 2008 is scheduled for Nov. 18-20, 2008, with the Casino Design conference taking place on Nov. 17, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Las Vegas – The organizers of Global Gaming Expo (G2E) today announced Lisa Jensen has joined the sales team of the premier gaming trade show and conference event brand as the national accounts manager. Jensen brings more than 15 years experience in managing sales, client relations and contract negotiations for businesses within the gaming and trade show industries. Jensen will begin her new position on April 1.

Global Gaming Expo 2007 attracted a record 30,173 gaming professionals from 99 countries around the world, a 5 % increase in attendance over last year, according to official audited attendance figures released by G2E organizers Reed Exhibitions and the American Gaming Association (AGA). G2E 2007, the world’s premier trade show and conference event for the gaming industry, was held November 13-15 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

The Chairman of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) pressure group, Alfonse D’Amato, has announced that he expects online poker to be legalized in the US within 18 months. Speaking at G2E, the former US Senator said that pending sanctions by the World Trade Organization due to The White House’s current policy on Internet gambling could be the major driver for legalization.

Annual G2E in Las Vegas opened its doors for business at 12 noon on the first day, but there were many people there early to attend some of the specialist speaking sessions. One of them was about the current situation of the Latin American market, where participated experienced executives of the region. The executives that have been part of the panel in “Emerging Gaming Markets: Latin America” session were Miguel Mikasinovik (IGT Latin America), Martín Canepa (Codere) and Clive Tilley (Tilley Entertainment).

Two former Massachusetts Institute of Technology students who teamed with classmates and took Las Vegas casinos for millions in the late 1990s by counting cards at blackjack tables said the practice is still going on across North America. But Mike Aponte and Dave Irvine were quick to tell an audience Wednesday at the Global Gaming Expo they are no longer active participants.

After 16,30 hs yesterday, the doors of the Las Vegas Convention Center closed and a new edition of Global Gaming Expo came to an end, breaking records of exhibitors and attracting the attention of the whole industry to the world gambling capital. For three days, more than 750 companies showcased their products and services at the Convention Center, and more than 140 conferences allowed worldwide executives to debate about the most important issues of the sector.

It was held “State of the Industry: Internet Gambling at the Crossroads” keynote session at G2E, in which panelists said pending sanctions by the WTO due to US policy on Internet gambling could be the major driver for legalization. On the heels of today’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on a bill proposing an independent study on the feasibility of legalizing and regulating online gambling...

Las Vegas exhibition gathered the most important manufacturers and suppliers worldwide, which once again chose this event as an international launching platform for their latest novelties for the market. Many visitors gathered in Las Vegas Convention Center for G2E, which opened yesterday evening, where the most important companies worldwide are exhibiting their new developments.

From now on, G2E 2007 expects to draw more than 30,000 gaming industry professionals to Las Vegas to explore industry innovations from all over the world and get a first-hand look at the future-minded ideas that are changing the business gaming. G2E 2007, which is the gaming industry’s largest international trade show and conference event, starts today and finishes next November 15th, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Las Vegas - Global Gaming Expo (G2E) 2007 will provide tribal gaming professionals with a host of tailored educational and business opportunities such as a keynote on the state of tribal gaming, a new tribal gaming track at the G2E Training & Development Institute, a dedicated conference track and special networking opportunities. G2E is scheduled for Nov. 13-15 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, with the G2E Training & Development Institute taking place Nov. 12 and the new G2E Leadership Academy taking place Nov. 12 and 13.

Las Vegas - When the international gaming community convenes in Las Vegas for the annual Global Gaming Expo, Gaming Laboratories International will have an impressive presence, bringing its first-hand knowledge of and experience in more than 400 gaming jurisdictions around the world.