IMGL 2014 Spring Conference

Platinum Sponsor

Konami Gaming, Inc. 
www.KonamiGaming.com
Konami Gaming, Inc. is Born from fun® with entertaining games that ignite player’s imaginations and an innovative casino management system that drives business forward. Konami is a complete gaming manufacturer that develops, designs, manufacturers, distributes, sells and services slot machines and a casino management system, SYNKROS. Konami’s headquarter is located in Las Vegas and their products are distributed throughout North America, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and Southeast Asia. For more information please visit our website or contact Thomas Jingoli, CCO/Senior Vice President at 1-702-616-1400.

Gold Sponsors

GTECH
www.gtech.com
GTECH S.p.A. is a leading commercial operator and provider of technology in the regulated worldwide gaming markets, delivering best-in-class products and services, with a commitment to the highest levels of integrity, responsibility, and shareholder value creation. The Company is listed on the Milan Stock Exchange under the trading symbol “GTK” and is majority owned by De Agostini S.p.A. In 2012, GTECH had €3.1 billion in revenues and 8,600 employees in approximately 60 countries. For more information, please visit www.gtech.com.

GTECH provides a comprehensive suite of gaming products, including machine gaming, systems, interactive, sports betting, and lotteries. It designs, manufactures and distributes top-performing games, cabinets, central systems and associated software to legal gaming markets around the world through its SPIELO product brand. The SPIELO brand represents a complete range of end-to-end gaming products for diverse gaming segments, including distributed government-sponsored markets, commercial casino markets, and Amusement With Prize (AWP) markets.

On June 3, 2013, SPIELO International’s parent company, Lottomatica Group, changed its name to GTECH S.p.A. As part of this change, the company’s formerly separate business units, including SPIELO International, are being brought together under the GTECH corporate brand name to become a unified, customer-facing structure. With this realignment, the company is taking the final steps to effectively deliver comprehensive gaming solutions that meet their customers’ evolving requirements. 

Bronze Sponsors

Avigilon
www.Avigilon.com
Avigilon designs and manufactures high-definition surveillance solutions that deliver the best evidence. Our award-winning Avigilon Control Center (ACC) software with High-Definition Stream Management™ (HDSM) technology delivers the best image detail in the industry, leading to faster response times, reduced investigation times, and superior overall protection.

Avigilon components work together in an end-to-end solution or work with your existing systems to enhance their current capabilities. We offer a variety of configurations that let you customize your own powerful, scalable and cost-effective surveillance solution.

Avigilon helps protect and monitor diverse locations, including stadiums, retail environments, schools, casinos, critical infrastructure, transportation stations, and more. Offering the broadest range of high-definition IP cameras from 1 MP to 29 MP, our cameras come in a variety of formats, including dome, panoramic and fixed, and can be used for countless applications. 

Continent 8 Technologies 
www.continent8.com
Continent 8 Technologies provides highly reliable co-location, managed services and network solutions for today’s online business-critical service platforms. Our customers benefit from our continued investment in advanced data centres, high quality networks and online technologies. Having multiple centres of excellence around the world, including London, Paris, Dublin, Malta, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Singapore and Montreal, Continent 8 provides a truly global service capability to its clients, regardless of geography. 

Our services enable organisations to rapidly deploy to market and implement business critical back office or public frontend systems, across the globe.  Continent 8 is ideally positioned to provide local expertise in the provision of hosting services in both highly regulated and technically challenging geographic locations around the world. We have developed reliable and secure solutions for organisations in multiple industry verticals.

CrossPay Services
www.crosspayservices.com
CrossPay Services is a boutique payment processing firm whose vision is to provide our clients with solutions containing only the services they need without additional and unwanted products. Our strategic partnerships and open platform enables us to develop simple and unique solutions enhancing our clients’ competitive edge.

CrossPay Services works closely with our clients to ensure that they get the most out of our tailored solutions. Our employees provide hands-on support whenever and wherever needed. CrossPay Services is committed to building long term partnerships with our clients and contribute to their success.

Gamblit Gaming
www.GamblitGaming.com
Gamblit Gaming is the leading technology provider in the emerging interactive entertainment meets gambling space, enabling a wide range of game genres to accommodate gambling experiences in online and on-site deployments worldwide. Gamblit’s platform provides all essential regulated technology, customer operations, and licenses; freeing up game developers, publishers, and casino operators to focus on making the best possible game experience for their players. Founded with the goal of bridging the gap between games and gambling, Gamblit’s executive team has deep roots in both industries. The company is headquartered in Glendale, California.

Gaming Laboratories International
www.gaminglabs.com 
For nearly 25 years, Gaming Laboratories International, LLC has been the world leader in providing independent testing, inspection and certification services to the gaming, wagering and lottery industry. GLI also offers independent network and information security assessments to its regulatory, lottery and supplier clients. With 20 laboratory locations located across Africa, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, Europe, North America and South America, GLI is the only global organization of its kind to hold U.S. and international accreditations for compliance with ISO/IEC 17025, 17020 and guide 65 standards for technical competence in the gaming, wagering and lottery industries.

International Game Technology
www.IGT.com 
IGT (NYSE: IGT) specializes in the design, development, manufacture, distribution and sales of gaming machines and systems products worldwide. IGT is a supplier to the commercial casino market which includes riverboats and racinos; tribal jurisdictions; government sponsored gaming programs including state lotteries; the convenience gaming market; and the charitable gaming market. The company's name - International Game Technology - reflects its global reach, product emphasis and history of technological innovation. The hallmark of IGT’s game development success is to consistently deliver engaging content that balances flexible configuration options and proven profitability with unparalleled game play concepts. IGT takes seriously its role as a responsible global citizen in the countries and communities where it does business. IGT's community involvement ranges from monetary gifts and in-kind donations to employee volunteer time and service.

Lionel Sawyer & Collins
www.lionelsawyer.com 
Lionel Sawyer & Collins is Nevada’s largest private law firm with more than 150 legal services professionals and support personnel working in our Las Vegas, Reno and Carson City offices. Since its founding in 1967 by Samuel S. Lionel and former Nevada Governor Grant Sawyer, Lionel Sawyer & Collins has achieved a preeminent position in the State of Nevada, serving public and private clients of all sizes, from individuals and business start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. We are a full-service commercial law firm, and our practice includes gaming (one of the largest in the world), government relations, financial services, healthcare, real estate, employment and labor, litigation, estate planning, intellectual property, regulatory, utilities, environmental, mining, land use, tax, energy, telecommunications, water and business law.  Led by Mr. Robert Faiss, our gaming attorneys have been recognized internationally by the major legal ranking services, including Chambers & Partners, Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers and Martindale-Hubbell.  Our firm is the Nevada member of the prestigious Lex Mundi, SCG Legal, and Business Counsel, Inc. legal networks. These organizations hold their members to the highest standards of legal representation and the law firm members are some of the world’s most prestigious law firms. These affiliations assist in extending our Firm’s sphere of influence globally on behalf of the Firm’s clients. 

IMGL Supporter

Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers 
www.AGEM.org
AGEM is an international trade association representing manufacturers and suppliers of electronic gaming devices, systems, table games, key components and support products and services for the gaming industry. AGEM works to further the interests of gaming equipment suppliers throughout the world. Through political action, trade show partnerships, educational alliances, information dissemination and good corporate citizenship, the members of AGEM work together to create benefits for every company within their organization. Together, AGEM has assisted regulatory commissions and participated in the legislative process to solve problems and create a business environment where AGEM members can prosper while providing a strong level of support to education and responsible gaming initiatives.

California Tribal Business Alliance
www.caltba.org 
The California Tribal Business Alliance was formed in 2004 by California Indian Tribes for the purposes of safeguarding and enhancing the success of the business enterprises of its Tribal Government Members and to protect and enhance the sovereignty of its Member Tribes.  The California Tribal Business Alliance works with like-minded governments, businesses, and community and civic organizations to develop productive alliances based on mutual respect and cooperation.  The Member Tribes are the Pala Band of Mission Indians, the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians and the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians.

Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency
www.gaming.mdlottery.com
The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency’s core mission is to generate revenue to help support the good causes of Maryland including education, public health, public safety, human resources and the environment. Since its inception in 1973, the agency has contributed $13.3 billion in revenue to the state and awarded more than $20.8 billion in prizes to players.

Tal Ron, Drihem & Co.
www.rd-law.co.il
Tal Ron, Drihem & Co. is a leading international law firm providing cutting-edge legal, incorporation and banking services to top tier gaming, technology, media and capital markets clients. Based in Tel Aviv with offices in Limassol, London, Hong Kong and British Anguilla, the firm has been established in 2003 by former members of Gornitzky & Co., experienced in providing the highest legal services to online businesses, entrepreneurs and private clients. The firm, headed by Advocate Tal Itzhak Ron, is an international one-stop shop providing unique legal and strategic services. The firm has incorporated and provides ongoing legal support for Israeli and offshore subsidiaries of many publicly listed high tech and gaming companies. Representation of Forex Websites, Binary Options and Gaming platforms, Financial Technology and algo-trading companies, and major businesses in the adult and dating industries is also an expertise of the firm. It has been recommended both by European Legal 500 and International Financial Law Review (IFLR), as well as Lawyer Monthly Capital Markets Law Firm of the Year.