Legal Gaming in Europe Summit

NOVOMATIC Group of Companies - comprising NOVOMATIC AG as well as the Swiss sister subsidiaries ACE Casino Holding AG and C.S.C. Casino Systems Holding AG - is one of the largest international integrated gaming groups, specializing in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and sales of electronic gaming machines and advanced technology products, in addition to extensive operational activities encompassing casinos, electronic gaming halls and sportsbetting outlets.
Founded by the entrepreneur Prof. Johann F. Graf in 1980, the group has locations in 22 countries and exports its high-tech gaming equipment to 62 countries. The group also comprises Admiral Sportwetten GmbH, Austria's leading sportsbetting operator with more than 200 outlets, and operates a total of 145,000 gaming machines in the group's 900 plus owned electronic casinos and casinos as well as via rental concepts.
Ranked as number one in Europe, the group employs more than 15,700 staff worldwide (2,700 in Austria). For NOVOMATIC addiction prevention has always been a major concern and part of the company's corporate social responsibility concept. An own Responsible Gaming department oversees the implementation of prevention and protection programs and evaluates measures for the protection of minors and pathological gamblers with a modern and pan-European competence network

The IGC serves as a collective voice of the interactive gaming industry, building credibility in the industry and creating member benefits by aggressively addressing legislative and regulatory challenges and opportunities.
The IGC advocates strong regulation, including responsible gambling practices, and promotes cooperation within, and between, industry and government internationally.

The International Masters of Gaming Law is a non-profit association of gaming attorneys, regulators, educators, executives, compliance officers and consultants from around the world who are dedicated to education and the exchange of professional information concerning all aspects of gaming law. We produce two educational conferences each year. In 2011 the Spring Conference will be in Napa Valley and the Autumn Conference in Vienna. The IMGL publishes Casino Lawyer, Canadian Gaming Lawyer, European Gaming Lawyer, La Ley del Juego magazines and the UNVL Gaming Law Journal.
IMGL membership consists of over 225 members in 36 countries as well as members in 32 states and territories in the United States.

eCOGRA is the independent standards authority of the online gaming industry, specifically overseeing fair gaming, player protection and responsible operator conduct. In the ever-changing world of online gaming, eCOGRA and the 140+ eCOGRA-approved sites provide the consumer awareness, dependability and integrity demanded by today's online gamers. The non-profit organisation's members are continuously monitored to reassure online players that they are playing on the safest and most reliable software on the Internet.

GMM Business Solutions is an associated company of PKF Malta Accountants & Business Advisers. We are at the forefront in the offer of professional services to both major and smaller operators including start-ups. Using our extensive contacts of networks we can assist you to interact with other operators to increase your market potential. We pride ourselves in providing a one-stop-shop professional service for Remote Gaming Licences in Malta. Our professional services include the provision of assistance and step by step direction throughout the licence application procedure, company formation services, tax advice, trustee & secretarial services, opening of bank accounts, payment gateways, work permits, assistance in hosting 24/7, bandwidth provision, collocation and office space allocation. Each year we organise gaming related conferences as a direct approach to the industry, meeting both operators and providers in order to assess and keep abreast with this market's needs. Contact us, it could be the perfect way to keep the odds in your favour!

Presently the Firm also includes a number of professionals and graduates in economics, law and finance, with the support of specialised administrative staff.

iGaming Business has been involved in the iGaming sector for over 8 years. We specialise in publishing and providing high level information to the iGaming sector through magazines, events, websites and intelligent reports. With over 16,000 affiliates, operators and vendors regularly reading our information off-line and 75,000 online we are the biggest publishing company within the sector. Our events and conferences regularly attract 70+ exhibitors and over 2,100 delegates to all of the key markets in the world, from London, to Prague, to Sydney. With reports on a wide range of topics such as online casino's, skill gaming and Poker we offer specialist information to meet the needs of the industry.

Agicos is a press agency since 2004 concerning completely about gambling world. Since 2005, Agicoscommesse (Betting Press Agency) is the only one thoroughly committed to betting field. In 2006 Agicos became International with Agicos.com and in October 2007 started Agicoslotjamma, the first Italian agency concerning the slot market:

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Under the leadership of Fabio Felici, old hand at doing this line of work, an editorial staff made up of skilled journalists monitor every day gambling world and work out useful information for the creation of press reports for web sites and features. You can find us on Press, with important editorial spaces on Italian dailes and magazines and we dispatch news to all italian and foreign press. Agicos is partner of most important Italian press agency Ansa and we have disposal spaces on La Repubblica.it; Quotidiano.net and with Web Tv TgCom.

iNTERGAMINGi was rolled out in 2007 in order to service the growing demand for quality, up-to-the-minute news relating to the online gaming sector.

The iNTERGAMINGi team publish a quarterly magazine which contains in-depth analysis, future-focused comment, and interviews with leading industry players in the burgeoning web-gaming industry.

Gaming Intelligence is dedicated exclusively to serving the business intelligence needs of the global interactive gaming industry. Providing timely coverage and analysis of all the developments impacting industry stakeholders, GamingIntelligence.com and its sister publication GIQ Magazine are an invaluable daily tool amongst key decision makers within gaming operators, national regulators, the legal and financial communities and the wider media.

And with a highly regarded team of analysts possessing a wealth of knowledge in the fields of online gaming, risk management, marketing, finance and law, Gaming Intelligence is the industry's leading provider of independent, analytical and agenda-setting content.

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Journal des Casinos is a unique monitoring of casino industry with firsthand information:

• articles in English on French-speaking market from our desk of journalists
• a daily tailor-made press review since 1999. These seven latest days, 57 stories and press releases added in our newswire.

An online resource for casino trade and industry news

Casino City operates a network of popular player-oriented gaming information sites. With over three million visitors a month, the network provides strategy articles, news, popularity rankings of I-gaming sites, plus profiles of every land-based and online gaming property in the world. The network includes CasinoCity.com, Online.CasinoCity.com, CasinoCityTimes.com, RGTonline.com, and several others.

Casino City Press is a leading publisher and distributor of online gaming business information and market research. Casino City Press runs several online gaming business-focused websites including iGamingNews.com, iGamingSuppliers.com, and InternetGamblingReport.com. Print titles include Casino City's Internet Gambling Report and Casino City's iGaming Business Directory.

Founded in October 2002, it's the first daily information bureau that deals exclusively with gambling and betting, politics, economics, news, data and all is part of the gambling world.

Agipronews is addressed to the world of media, but it is also the “compass” of navigation and information, both Italian and foreign, for the dedicated to B2B's, the providers, the institutions.

News web on www.agipronews.it

A partnership agreement with the National agency APCOM that foresees the publication, inside its own daily of schedule, Agipronews

The presence on National newspaper, as: La Gazzetta dello Sport, Il Messaggero, TuttoSport, repubblica.it, corriere.it

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IGA Magazine is the first media exclusively dedicated to the iGaming industry and affiliation. It’s a bimonthly magazine which is composed of the last informations regarding the iGaming industry, exclusive interviews and analysis from professionals of the sector.

IGA Magazine is a magazine but also a web site which is daily updated in order to bring the last and more important news to the industry players and to all people who are interested on it.

Finally, IGA Magazine is free.

Macau Business, a 132-page monthly magazine is De Ficção Multimedia Projects' flagship publication. Launched in May 2004, focuses on Macau's business community and economy and has achieved immense market credibility and penetration - in both circulation and reach - owing to its present monthly circulation of 25,000 issues and an aggregate growth rate of 800 percent to date. Besides local and international availability, Macau Business maintains a highly visited website - which recently logged its nine millionth pages viewed. Its subscribers span South East Asia, North America and Europe.

DeFicção Multimedia Projects is the only independently owned, non-Chinese local publishing group engaged in publishing two monthly magazines, several other publications, event management and soon, the hospitality field.

GAME SPECTRUM is the only magazine focused on the gaming and entertainment industry on the Balkans and in Eastern Europe. It is a bi-monthly magazine covering various aspects of the gaming and entertainment business from new trends and technologies in the industry to regulatory issues and new market developments. Main objective of the magazine is to inform timely and accurately all involved parties, including operators, manufacturers and players about news in the industry, present various opinions on current topics, introduce new products and companies.

GAME SPECTRUM is a bi-lingual magazine (English and Bulgarian), which includes the following main sections - news, articles on featured products, companies or persons, expert analyses, legal opinions, industry events and various other information about the industry.

GAME SPECTRUM is a magazine oriented towards everyone involved in the gaming and entertainment business - casino operators, slot managers, gaming equipment manufacturers and distributors, legislative institutions, as well as everyone interested to keep up to date with the new developments in the industry.

Gioco News is a very full gaming network with a monthly review (with 100 pages, Gioco News is the only Italian magazine with a section in English language and the only gaming review delivery out of Italy) a daily-news online - www.gioconews.it - the point of reference for gambling industry, and two others specifically daily news online dedicates about Poker and Casinos worlds http://poker.gioconews.it and http://casino.gioconews.it)

Game Time International (GTI) is a publishing house of Haw Ji Co., Ltd. and was initiated in early 1995 in Taiwan. GTI Magazine is currently circulated in over 130 countries worldwide, featuring the worldwide coin-op climates, especially those in Taiwan, China, and other Asian countries. GTI is also the organizer of the annual GTI Asia Taipei Expo in Taiwan and GTI Asia China Expo in China. GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2011 will be held on May 5 to 7, 2011 in Taipei City, Taiwan. GTI Asia China Expo 2011 will be held in the fall of 2011 in China.