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ICEi boasts record-shattering line-up
of e-gaming exhibitors
London’s Earls Court Exhibition Centre is all set to host the most
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comprehensive display of remote gaming products and services
ever seen as ICEi shapes up with what will be the biggest
collection of suppliers housed together under one roof anywhere
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in the world. Show organisers, Clarion Gaming, have revealed a
record-shattering line-up of e-gaming exhibitors for the Earls
Court event, taking place across 26/27/28 January, totalling no
fewer than 124 companies drawn from 33 sovereign
jurisdictions. The 2010 showcase will have
25 per cent more exhibitors than
last year’s event occupying an
area of 3,500 square metres
(37,675sq.ft), 25 per cent
bigger year-on-year.
Huge casino representation
GREaT
Foundation to
hold social
at IGE gaming super-show
responsibility
awards at IGE
The International Gaming Expo, taking place at
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London’s Earls Court Exhibition Centre across 26-28
awards
UNITED KINGDOM
January, is all set to provide gaming professionals from
across Europe and beyond with all the necessary tools they
The GREaT Foundation, for-
merly known as the Responsi-
require to get 2010 off to the best possible start. bility in Gambling Trust, will be
using January’s International
international international participation design, components, consult- Gaming Expo to promote and
gamingexpo that makes IGE unique,” ing and much, much more. acknowledge the unique work
UNITED KINGDOM explained Julian Graves, man- Visitors can expect plenty of undertaken by the gambling
aging director of Clarion innovation from the main industry to help care for the
A comprehensive and cos- Gaming Events.“W ith around players with the 14 biggest small percentage of people in
mopolitan line-up of 400 of 70 per cent of exhibitors showcases spanning displays the UK who are classified as
the world’s most respected drawn from outside the in excess of 200 square being ‘problem gamblers’.
gaming suppliers drawn home market, it is a pure metres: Novomatic - Austrian In addition to having a stand
from 50 countries will be reflection of gaming without Gaming Industries, IGT- presence at the b2b gaming
complemented at the IGE in borders, a true United Europe, WMS Gaming, event in the world, The GREaT
London by a plethora of Nations of risk-based enter- TCSJohnHuxley, Atronic Foundation will also be holding
expert analysis and debate, tainment where manufactur- International Amatic Indus- its inaugural Awards Presenta-
high profile product ers, distributors and tries, APEX Gaming, Aristo- tion at the Earls Court Exhibi-
launches, social networking operators stand side-by-side crat Technologies, Bally tion Centre. The presentations,
opportunities and a vast to develop new, exciting Technologies, Gold Club, taking place at a photo-oppor-
spread of ‘total gaming solu- forms of profitable play deliv- Elektroncek, Konami Gaming tunity on Tuesday 26 January,
tions’, the like of which has ered to an expansive audi- and Gaming Partners Inter- the first day of the exhibition,
never been seen before in ence in ever more diverse national. Three of these - will recognise those gaming
London, revealed show venues and channels.” WMS, Bally and Konami - have organisations whose dona-
organisers Clarion Gaming. He added: “The ability to also raised the stakes by tions have, in the judgement of
The land-based casino bring together such a geo- expanding their IGE pres- an independent evaluation
sector in particular will be graphically and culturally ence compared with 2009. panel drawn from all sectors of
strongly represented on and diverse collection of compa- Regular visitors to IGE the industry, exceeded reason-
off the show floor with nies at a single venue is the will already be aware of the able expectations. The gold
around half of the confirmed most persuasive argument to size and scope of the and silver level awards will be
exhibitors parading new explain IGE’s importance to immense range of products made to companies for dona-
products, systems, services the international casino com- and services on offer from tions made between April and
and innovative concepts munity as the premier venue Earls Court exhibitors. The the end of November 2009.
specifically for the traditional to source new products and 2010 show will boast an So far this year, a total of
casino arena. Elsewhere on services that will make a even greater selection, 367 companies have con-
the show floor visitors will commercial difference.” boosted by the arrival of 33 tributed money with the Foun-
discover myriad creative The exhibitor line-up first-time exhibitors drawn dation some £650,000 short of
ideas from specialists drawn reads like a who’s who in from 18 countries, bringing its £5m target for the year
from every strand of the casino supplies, with every- with them a whole host of 2009/10. Geoffrey Godbold,
broader gaming and wager- one and everything a casino fresh ideas to benefit the the ICEi section of the show. simply spoilt for choice CEO of the GREaT Founda-
ing community: low-stake needs on the list. IGE plays operator’s bottom line. The Julian Graves remarked: when it comes to planning tion, believes that the awards
high volume gaming, server- host to every leading brand casino debutants, whose “The presence of the global their 2010 product purchas- will help raise the profile of the
based gaming and interactive in the development of slots, combined exhibit space will industry’s key originators of ing, identifying new trends, work undertaken by the
video lotteries, traditional lot- live gaming, multi-player total more than 1,000 square gaming concepts, coupled keeping abreast of peers’ gaming industry and encour-
teries, bingo, remote gaming games, terminals and kiosks, metres, join a further 53 with a greater diversity of activities and discovering age more organisations to
and sports betting in all forms management systems, cash remote gaming specialists suppliers at this year’s IGE unique opportunities to gain become donors. He explained:
- online, offline and virtual. handling, security, signage, also making their IGE will ensure that visitors a competitive edge over the “I can’t think of another indus-
“It’s the sheer breadth of furnishings and interior maiden appearance within attending Earls Court will be coming 12 months.” try that has done more under
its own steam and of its own
volition to help the proportion-
ately small numbers who get
Second International Casino Conference
into problems gambling. The
industry has been very suc-
seeks solutions to combat ‘challenging times’
cessful in hiding its light under
a bushel in this area and I
hope that the awards will
casinoconference isers Clarion Gaming and open to all casino industry. High on the agenda The conference, which also incor- provide a platform from which
UNITED KINGDOM industry professionals, will reconvene will be the impact that rising unemploy- porates an exclusive networking party the business can broadcast its
at London’s Earls Court Exhibition ment and greater job insecurity is for all attending delegates, will analyse achievements and successes,
The second International Casino Con- Centre on 25 January. having on disposable incomes and dis- how the casino industry is responding which eclipse those of other
ference (ICC), taking place on the eve After last January’s successful inau- cretionary spend, alongside growing to these and other challenges, seek to high profile sectors, notably
of the 2010 International Gaming Expo gural event, industry insiders, CEOs, competition from online and remote identify the major opportunities and the drinks industry.
under the stewardship of the European experts, operators, regulators and gaming channels, EU regulations threats over the coming year, reveal The GREaT Foundation
Casino Association, will explore a opinion leaders will again converge on affecting operators’ ability to maintain what operators can do to more easily awards will take place on
plethora of challenges for operators the ICC for frank and revealing discus- revenue bases and the rising tide of anticipate future trends and consider Tuesday 26 January at 16.00
and their suppliers. The ECA’s one-day sions on the most pressing issues cur- competing new products from the the implications of undergoing a com- hours in the Earls Court
symposium, co-hosted by IGE organ- rently being faced by the European media, telecoms and other sectors. plete transition. Seminar
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