BetMarkets: 4 - 5 March - Vienna. The 3rd BetMarkets is aimed at any sports book professional and focuses on terrestrial and online sports betting and the merging of the two. European Gambling Briefing (EGB): 22 - 23 April - Budapest. Developed in response to the critical regulatory, legal and business changes shaping the European industry, the European Gambling Briefing conference offers a complete picture of this sector.

The newly configured International Gaming Expo (IGE) received a highly positive endorsement from buyers, who travelled from 126 sovereign territories to attend the inaugural event, which was staged across the entire ground floor of London’s Earls Court 1 & 2 exhibition halls. Attendees at the total gaming show, which comprised 335 exhibitors from the low-stake gaming, remote gaming, lotteries, betting and land-based casino sectors, numbered 16,692.

Auf der International Gaming Expo vom 27.-29. Januar 2009 in London wird sich ISA-GUIDE erstmals dem internationalen Fachpublikum mit einem eigenen Messestand präsentieren. Mein Sohn Ulli und ich freuen uns sehr auf unseren ersten offiziellen Messeauftritt in London. Wir besuchen die Messe seit vielen Jahren, waren bislang aber noch nie mit einem eigenen Ausstellungsstand vertreten. In diesem Jahr haben wir uns als Medienpartner der Messe für den deutschsprachigen Raum positioniert...

“It is during times of uncertainty that the real value of exhibitions come to the fore. Very few people in business are able to predict quite how 2009 will unfold and it would appear that the only certainty is uncertainty. “Our exhibitions work on the basis that they attract a vast cross-section of international suppliers and an even bigger constituency of buyers. That’s 20,000 sourcing various new products and services from around 450 exhibiting companies.

London, 15. Januar 2009 - Gerade in Zeiten großer Verunsicherung zeigt sich die wahre Bedeutung von Messen. Niemand kann heute vorhersagen, wie sich das Jahr 2009 wirtschaftlich entwickeln wird and es scheint, dass die einzige Gewissheit die Ungewissheit ist. Unsere Messen bringen die ganze Bandbreite internationaler Anbieter und Zulieferer sowie einen interessierten Käuferkreis zusammen.

London, January 15th, 2009: Aristocrat Leisure's incoming Chief Executive Officer, Jamie Odell will prepare for his new role, which is effective from 1st February and subject to regulatory approval, with a fact finding trip to London's International Gaming Expo, where he will be hosted by the gaming giant's European division, a leading exhibitor at the event.

Swedish designer, manufacturer and developer of digital poker tables, Connected Table will hold no fewer than five aces when making its ICEi debut at the 2009 International Gaming Expo, which runs between January 27th – 29th at London’s Earls Court Exhibition Centre. The company’s third generation digital poker tables are equipped with crystal clear touchscreens and a 170° viewing angle.

Organisers of the upcoming ATEI and International Gaming Expo (27-29 January) are reporting an uplift in pre-registration figures from buyers based outside the United Kingdom. The depreciation of the British pound against the euro, US dollar and other major currencies has had a considerable bearing on the cost of staying in London and in some cases the cost of purchasing equipment which has been sourced and manufactured in the UK.

Mark Smith, managing director of Gamesman, the UK-based components developer, believes that the upcoming International Gaming Expo will be the most important for a decade as the international gaming industry seeks to navigate turbulent economic waters. Smith, whose company will be making its 12th appearance at the Earls Court-based gaming exhibition, explained...

Leading automated roulette wheel manufacturer Zvonimir Company will hope to put IGE 2009 in a spin after announcing that their fifth appearance at London’s Earls Court Exhibition Centre will see them exhibit their ‘King Roulette’ range of wheels. Visitors to ICE, part of the International Gaming Expo (IGE), will have the chance to see Zvonimir’s new version of their best selling ‘High Class Classic’.

Telecommunication partnership, Solutions and Infrastructure Services Limited (SIS) will invite the world to Malta when the global e-gaming industry descends on London’s Earls Court Exhibition Centre for ICEi, part of the 2009 International Gaming Expo (IGE). The result of a joint venture between Siemens SpA, Italy and Midi Plc, Malta, SIS offers consultation and support for new gaming companies setting up in Malta...

Service provider of local e-payments, GlobalCollect will use ICEi 2009 (27-29 January, Earls Court, London) to celebrate its partnership with DX Exchange, which enables ‘Residents’ of the virtual world ‘Second Life’ to exchange European currencies for virtual money for the first time. Using GlobalCollect’s online payment platform, WebCollect, the Second Life community has had, since 2007, the ability to buy Linden Dollars, the virtual community’s currency, by means of credit card payment in US Dollars.