Trade Shows and Conferences News

The tradeshow floor of the upcoming Global Gaming Expo will be flooded with products based on the Gaming Standards Association's award-winning G2S Protocol.

After a successful debut in Macau this June, G2E Asia 2008 will include a pavilion dedicated to the internet gaming industry.

I have attended quite a few online gaming conferences in my two years and two months in the online gaming industry and I have never experienced anything like this past week in Amsterdam. Each night I was out until 4 or 5am and had to get up again at 8am for a day full of 30 minute meetings and meals. Every. Single. Day.

Surprise! What do you think of the new Online Casino City Times newsletter? Do you like? It is a pretty hectic time over here between the launch of our new and improved newsletter, the launch of our GPWA Times magazine, and preparation for the big Casino Affiliate Convention in Amsterdam next week. Yes, Amsterdam. How many places are there in this world where it is completely acceptable to smoke the weed in front of your CEO and all your clients? Not many, my friends.

Nearly everyone in poker has a take on how the government's recent crackdown on Internet gambling will affect traditional casino cardrooms, or 'brick-and-mortar' poker rooms, as they have come to be known.

Alex Pratt works in the fastest-growing segment of the gambling industry, but casino bigwigs trolling the floor last week at the Las Vegas Convention Center didn't treat him like a high roller.

Gaming companies are deploying a variety of communications and planning strategies to grapple with crises.

Joanne Jenio and Donald Hohman are among entrepreneurs betting their ideas for games will make it onto casino floors -- and make them rich in the process.

The growing importance to casinos of a thriving culinary scene was on display this week at the Global Gaming Expo.

Technological advancements and the international expansion of gaming dominated the discussion at Wednesday’s G2E keynote panel as international industry leaders gave their insights on what will define the next generation of global gaming.

Ultimately, the gambling customer will make the final choice, Mark Yoseloff, the chairman of Shuffle Master, said after participating in an hour-long round-table discussion with other gaming company chief executive officers.

The annual Global Gaming Expo (G2E) began Tuesday afternoon at the Las Vegas Convention Center with hundreds of exhibitors competing for the attention of casino executives and media.

Atronic will show why they are "More Than Just a Game" at this year's Global Gaming Expo Show.

Gambling heavyweights from around the world will make the annual pilgrimage to their industry Mecca for G2E, gaming's biggest insider conference and trade show, with nearly 30,000 participants expected from Nov. 13-16.

Gaming professionals who attend the G2E Conference this year can request a certificate of completion from G2E organizers via the G2E Web site once the event is over.