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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.

San Diego, California • April 23-25, 2014

Program and Speakers

As of April 22, 2014

Wednesday, April 23

5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
IMGL Welcome Reception

Thursday, April 24

8:45 am – 9:00 am
Welcome & Conference Overview    
Speaker: Joerg Hofmann, President, IMGL and Senior Partner, MELCHERS law firm, Germany

9:00 am – 10:15 am
KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION
Internet Gaming in the US
This panel will include gaming regulators, will address not only the economics of Internet gaming in the US, but also legal and practical issues include the following: Will Internet gaming be forced to remain within single state borders or can it expand to interstate? How will the US Department of Justice react if states attempt to enter compacts to create multi-state Internet gaming? Must Internet gaming always be associated with at land-based casino operation? What are some of the necessary safeguards for intra-state Internet gaming and what are the challenges to gaming regulators? Will these change if multi-state Internet gaming becomes a reality? are there differences in representing an Internet gaming operator as compared with a land-based casino operation? Will Internet gaming – either single state or multi-state – adversely affect land-based gaming operations?
Moderator: Anthony N. Cabot, Partner, Lewis Roca Rothgerber, Nevada
Speakers: A.G. Burnett, Chairman, Nevada Gaming Control Board, Nevada
Mark A. Clayton, Shareholder, Lionel Sawyer & Collins, Nevada
Stacey Cohee, Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Division of Gaming Enforcement, Delaware
Violet Golden, Acting Chairman, Virgin Islands Casino Control Commission, Virgin Islands
Eric Meyerhofer, CEO, Gamblit Gaming, California
Stephen D. Schrier, Partner, Blank Rome LLP, New Jersey

10:30 am – 11:30 am   
IMGL BREAKOUT
Impact of Social Casino Gaming
Social casino games or “for fun” gambling games via the internet are one of the most controversial forms of gaming entertainment today. Are these gambling type games grooming kids to gamble by blurring the lines between gaming and gambling? Who makes the games and who plays them? How are they monetized? What type of player protections are in place and how do you keep underage players from engaging in this activity? Should they be banned along with internet gambling or be regulated separately from other social games? These questions and others will be addressed by this panel of experts.
Moderator: Connie Jones, Director of Responsible Gaming, International Gaming Technology, Nevada
Speakers: David Chang, Chief Marketing Officer, Gamblit Gaming, California
Jamie Nettleton, Partner, Addisons Lawyers, Australia
I. Nelson Rose, Professor of Law, Whittier Law School, California

10:30 am – 11:30 am
INDIAN COUNTRY SERIES
All the Easy Ones Are Done
Conflicts over attempts to establish new tribal gaming locations continue to develop unforeseen consequences.  Attempts to implement the IGRA section 20 remedial provisions are often characterized as “reservation shopping” or, as “off-reservation gaming.”  But routes expressly permitted must still work through the administrative process, and navigate the judicial gauntlet.  These cutting edge cases are generating a new body of Indian law that threatens to return Indian country to the termination period.
Moderator: Judith A. Shapiro, Esquire, Washington D.C.
Speakers: Scott Crowell, Owner, Crowell Law Office – Tribal Advocacy Group, Arizona
Phil Harju, Tribal Attorney, Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Washington
Paige Masters, Associate, Crowe & Dunlevy, Oklahoma

11:35 am – 12:45 pm
IMGL BREAKOUT
General Counsels in the Gaming Industry: Roles, Risks, and Challenges
A company’s general counsel is its point person for managing legal issues, conflicts, and risk. In the gaming industry, a general counsel must navigate its company through a heavily regulated, rapidly changing legal and political environment. Our panel brings together general counsel from some of the most well-respected companies in the gaming industry to discuss challenges encountered by general counsel including with respect to regulatory compliance, stakeholders/shareholders relations, responsible gaming, and human resources/employment. We will be actively soliciting audience participation, so come prepared with questions and insights and be ready for a lively discussion!
Moderator: Michael Lipton, Q.C., Senior Partner, Dickinson Wright, LLP, Canada
Speaker: Uri L. Clinton, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Baha Mar Ltd., Bahamas
Katie S. Lever, General Counsel and Sr. VP of Legal & Compliance, Bally Technologies, Inc., Nevada
Kevin Mullally, Vice President of Government Relations & General Counsel, Gaming Laboratories International, LLC, Missouri

11:35 am – 12:45 pm
INDIAN COUNTRY SERIES 
The Future of Indian Gaming in California and Beyond: Internet Gaming—With or Without IGRA?
A Quarter Century after Congress passed the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, Native American casinos have matured and growth has leveled off. In the face of dwindling Indian country land development opportunities, and major resistance to off-reservation casinos, some tribal governments have embraced commercial gaming on equal footing with non-Indian casinos. What does this mean to the future of IGRA?
Moderator: Victor Rocha, Owner and Editor, Pechanga.net, California
Speakers: Steve Bodmer, Deputy General Council, Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, California
Jerome L. Levine, Partner, Holland & Knight LLP, California
D. Michael McBride III, Chair, Indian Law & Gaming Practice Group, Crowe & Dunlevy, P.C., Oklahoma

1:00 pm – 2:20 pm
IMGL Awards Luncheon

2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION
The Crackdown on Internet Sweepstakes Cafes
This lively panel will explore the issues surrounding the proliferation of “Internet sweepstakes cafes”. Designed to evade state antigambling laws, these storefront operations pose as legitimate businesses to offer slot-machine-like gambling.  On this panel, we will explore the background and nature of these Internet sweepstakes cafes, the legal and policy considerations surrounding these businesses, and the status of federal and state enforcement actions against them.
Moderator: Kate C. Lowenhar-Fisher, Partner, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Nevada
Speakers: Tiffany Conklin, Commissioner, California Gambling Control Commission, California
Keith Kaneshiro, Prosecuting Attorney, City of Honolulu, Hawaii
Donald McGehee, Chief of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division, Michigan Attorney General, Michigan
Donna B. More, Partner, Ungaretti & Harris, Illinois
Michael E. Zatezalo, Managing Partner/Director, Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter Co., L.P.A, Ohio

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
IMGL BREAKOUT
California Cardrooms – Contributions and Challenges
This panel discussion will include an overview of the California Cardroom industry, its contribution (taxes, jobs, recreation) to local communities and municipalities and the competitive and regulatory challenges card rooms face. Panelists will provide the perspective of owner/operators, legal representatives and regulators with the goal of providing an educational overview to the IMGL audience.
Moderator: John Roberts, Executive Director, Pokagan Gaming Commission, Michigan
Speakers: Lauren Hammond, Commissioner, California State Gambling Commission, California
Kyle R. Kirkland, President & General Manager, Club One Casino, Inc., California
Darrell Miers, Co-founder, Core Partners, California

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
INDIAN COUNTRY SERIES
Indian Gaming Unique and Hot Topics
This panel will explore hot topics and unique qualities of Indian gaming under federal and tribal law and Tribal-State compacts, with a focus on California and Minnesota and from the perspective of a leading federal official. Panelists will address what makes tribal gaming different from other types of gaming, tribal exclusivity, key regulatory requirements, community relations and agreements with local jurisdictions, and hot topics –including the impact of internet cafes, compacts, and state lottery games
Moderator: Jane Zerbi, Esquire, Law Office of Jane Zerbi, California
Speakers: Jonodev Chaudhuri, Acting Chairman, National Indian Gaming Commission, Washington, D.C.
Ray Patterson, Executive Director, Yocha Dehe Tribal Gaming Agency, California
Kevin C. Quigley, President and Managing Member, Hamilton Quigley & Twait PLC, Minnesota
Robert Smith, Chairman, Pala Band of Mission Indians, California

5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
The Social and Economic Impacts of Tribal Gaming After 25 Years of IGRA
In 1988, when the US Congress passed the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), it was not possible to predict the profound socioeconomic and cultural changes that would occur on and near American Indian reservations in the United States due to gaming on tribal lands. By now, it is clear to those both in and outside of Indian Country that the two major policy mandates of the 1988 IGRA have been achieved. This presentation will provide detailed evidence of tribal gaming’s success for both on and off tribal lands.
Speaker: Katherine A. Spilde, Ph.D. MBA, Associate Professor, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management and Endowed Chair, Sycuan Institute on Tribal Gaming, California

6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
IMGL Reception & Dinner on the USS Midway
For more information go to Events section

Friday, April 25

8:30 am – 9:30 am
KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION
Hot Transactions in the Gaming Industry
The gaming industry, like many other industries, is undergoing extensive changes. With the economy improving, business models are quickly changing and merger and acquisition activities are exploding across the industry. Moreover, financing transactions are becoming daily occurrences and creative financing strategies are being developed for the industry. This panel will explore those new business models, mergers and acquisitions and financing strategies and how regulation may impact their growth.
Moderator: Marc H. Ellinger, Partner, Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch, L.C., Missouri
Speaker: Frank Donaghue, Vice President Regulatory Affairs, Chief Compliance Officer, Penn National Gaming, Inc., Pennsylvania
Dana Messina, Chief Financial Officer, Club One Casino, California
Robert Miller, Principal, Miller Companies, Illinois
Tal Itzhak Ron, Chairman, Tal Ron, Drihem & Co. – Law Firm, Israel

9:30 am – 10:30 am
KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION
Doing Gaming Business in North America
The panel will discuss the practical North American regulatory, licensing and approval processes faced by foreign gaming casino operators, manufacturers (hardware and software) and financers, including their owners, directors, officers and employees in both the commercial casino industry and Indian/First Nation Country. In the North America gaming market, one size does not fit all. The panel, composed of experts in the multi-national gaming arena, will address this fact and make practical suggestions regarding what can be done to minimize the hassles and costs of the regulatory/licensing/approval process in a complex, multi-jurisdictional environment.
Moderator: Robert W. Stocker II, Member, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Michigan
Speakers: J. Kelly Duncan, Partner, Jones Walker LLP, Louisiana
John Maloney, Principal and General Counsel, Law Offices of John K. Maloney, Nevada
Joc Pečečnik, Chairman of the Board, Interblock, Slovenia
Randall Sayre, Gaming Consultant, RES Consulting, Nevada
Britt R. Singletary, Partner, Singletary & Thrash P.A, Mississippi

10:45 am – 12:00 pm
IMGL BREAKOUT
Latest Developments in the Regulation of Internet Gambling Outside the US
The regulation of iGambling in many jurisdictions outside the US is well-established and has shown to be both effective and reliable. However there are developments in certain of these jurisdictions, leading to refinements and planned improvements in their regulations for both social and taxation purposes. Some jurisdictions, like the UK, are taking the opportunity to update their iGaming regimes while in other parts of the world the regulation of i-gaming is being newly considered. And across the Member States in the EEA there is the important issue of possible change in anti-money laundering regulation (which will affect not only i-gaming but terrestrial gambling) and also possible value added tax (sales tax) implications for on-line operators.
Moderator: Tony Coles, Consultant, Jeffrey Green Russell Limited, United Kingdom
Speakers: Frieder Backu, Attorney at Law, SSW Schneider Schiffer Weihermuller, Germany
Maire Conneely, Senior Associate, A&L Goodbody Solicitors, Ireland
Keith Furlong, CEO, Interactive Gaming Council (IGC), Canada
Luiz Felipe Maia, Founding Partner, Oliveira Ramos, Maia E Advogados Associados, Brazil
Quirino Mancini, Head of Media, Sports & Gaming Practice, SCM Lawyers, Italy

10:45 am – 12:00 pm
INDIAN COUNTRY SERIES
Land-Into-Trust Acquisitions for Gaming: Policy and Practice
In recent years, there has been a great deal of controversy surrounding the acquisition of land-into-trust for tribal gaming purposes.  Is the acquisition of land-into-trust leading to a rapid expansion of Indian gaming, particularly into urban areas?  Are land-into-trust acquisitions helping some tribes while harming others?  This session will: provide an overview of the process of acquiring land-into-trust for gaming; review BIA policies and procedures for approving land-into-trust applications for gaming; examine historical trends regarding BIA approvals of land-into-trust applications; examine trends in land-into-trust applications pending before the BIA; and review recently approved/disapproved applications and the rationale behind them.
Moderator: Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier, Partner, Snell & Wilmer, Arizona
Speaker: Alan P. Meister, Ph.D., Principal Economist, Nathan Associates Inc., California
George Skibine, Counsel, Dentons U.S. LLP, Washington, D.C.
Troy Woodward, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Indian Gaming, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
IMGL Networking Luncheon

1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
IMGL BREAKOUT
Gaming License Investigations: Regulatory vs. Police
Gaming licensure investigations vary considerably from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. An understanding of the investigative approach taken in any jurisdiction is helpful in avoiding mistakes and misunderstandings which can impede the licensure investigation.  This session will explore the origin and purpose of the gaming licensure investigation and the differences between a regulatory investigation and a police investigation. An experienced panel of practitioners and regulators will provide information and insight on investigative trends and suggested approaches.
Moderator: James B. Deutsch, Partner, Blitz Bardgett & Deutsch, Missouri
Speakers: Norman DesRosiers, Tribal Gaming Consultant, California
Richard Lopes, Chairman, California Gambling Control Commission, California
Stephen Martino, Director, Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency, Maryland
Roger M. Morris, Senior Partner, Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP, Colorado

1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
INDIAN COUNTRY SERIES
Advances in Technology
From yesterday’s paper bingo and ink daubers to today’s server-based games to tomorrow’s interactive gaming – advances in technology continue to shape the landscape of the Indian gaming world.  In many cases, Indian gaming has led the way in developing new technologies that can be seen on any casino floor. This panel, which brings together experts in gaming technology, tribal gaming law, and tribal gaming regulation, will discuss the technological challenges currently facing Indian gaming as well as provide a glimpse at what new technology is on the horizon and how Indian gaming can prepare for the next step in gaming evolution.
Moderator: Jamie Hummingbird, Cherokee Nation Gaming Commission, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Speakers: Douglas Florence, Business Development Director, Avigilon, Nevada
Stephen M. Hart, Partner, Business Section, Lewis Roca Rothgerber, Arizona
Tina Kilmer, Vice President Product Compliance, Bally Technologies
Daniel Little, Associate Commissioner, National Indian Gaming Commission, Washington D.C.
G. Dean Luthey, Jr., Senior Partner, Gable Gotwals, Oklahoma
Les Stanley, Executive Director, Rincon Gaming Commission, California
Richard Williamson, Sr. Vice President Regulatory Education, BMM Testlabs, Nevada

2:15 pm – 3:30 pm
KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION
Challenges for U.S. Payment Processing
On October 13th, 2006, the United States government passed the Unlawful Internet Enforcement Gaming Act (UIEGA), which prohibited the acceptance and/or processing of payments from and to online gaming operators involving U.S. citizens.  Nevertheless, online gaming operators that continued accepting U.S. facing business post UIEGA, did so by manipulating banks and credit card companies into processing iGaming transactions, leaving many of them with a bad taste for iGaming business.  With the emergence of legalized online gaming in three (3) U.S. states in 2013, namely in Delaware, Nevada and New Jersey, most believed therein that this was the end of UIEGA; however, several financial institutions and credit card companies alike continue to prohibit the facilitation of online gaming payments therein despite the new regulatory framework and the passage of new laws legally permitting such activities in those jurisdictions.  This panel will discuss the impact of these continued prohibitions imposed upon the U.S. iGaming Industry, by U.S. banks and financial institutions, as well as the resulting need for online payment processors to fill this gap.
Moderator: Morden “Cookie” Lazarus, Partner, Lazarus, Charbonneau, Canada
Speakers: Marion Goldstein, Executive VP, Corporate Development and General Counsel, Amaya Gaming Group Inc., Canada
Dickson Jay, President, CrossPay Services US Inc., Canada
Matthew Katz, CEO, CAMS LLC, California
Edwin-Dario Monzon, Partner, Lazarus, Charbonneau, Canada
Jason Noto, Esq., Director of Regulatory Compliance for Online Gaming and Alternative Markets, New Jersey

3:45 pm – 4:30 pm
IMGL Member Business Meeting

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
IMGL Closing Reception

San Diego, California – April 23-25, 2014

Social/Networking Events

As of April 22, 2014

Wednesday, April 23

5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
IMGL Welcome Reception
Kin Spa Pool Deck
Join old friends and make new ones while enjoying the sunset with views of the Harbor and Coronado Bridge. This tropical outdoor setting will get you in the spirit of Southern California and all that San Diego has to offer.

7:30 pm – Evening
IMGL Delegate Dinner On Own
Area Restaurants

Thursday, April 24

1:00 pm – 2:20 pm
IMGL Awards Luncheon
Lael’s Restaurant

6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Dinner Banquet aboard the USS Midway Air Craft Carrier
Sponsored by: GTECH

6:30 pm
Meet at the Seaport Village Entrance to walk to the USS Midway.

7:30 pm
Dinner on Midway’s Flight Deck

9:30 pm
Walk back to Hyatt or enjoy San Diego nightlife on your own.

The IMGL Conference Co-chairs and our dinner sponsor GTECH have a special dinner planned aboard the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier. After walking along the San Diego Harbor past Seaport Village, you will climb up to Midway’s Hangar Bay. Here you can view the exhibits go inside the planes and browse in the gift shop.

Dinner will be served at 7:30 on the Flight Deck under the stars and among the jets. After dinner walk back to the Hyatt or onto the Gaslamp District to enjoy the best of San Diego’s nightlife.

Friday, April 25

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
IMGL Networking Luncheon
Lael’s Restaurant

4:45 pm – 6:00 pm
Closing Reception
Marina Room

CONFERENCE ADJOURNS

Accommodations

ABOUT THE MANCHESTER GRAND HYATT

Experience San Diego, California hotel living on a grand scale at Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego. The best of San Diego is right outside the door. Wake to the sun sparkling off San Diego Bay, indulge in breakfast on the boardwalk atSally’s, then head out to Seaport Village or enjoy a coastal cruise, a walk through the Gaslamp Quarter or a day at San Diego Zoo, SeaWorld or Balboa Park.

The Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego is an award-winning luxury hotel.  It was recently named one of the “Best Meeting & Conference Hotels in the U.S.” by Groups International. Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego has garnered over 36 awards for excellence in meeting planning and food and beverage.

The hotel features an array of premium amenities including our bayside pool, city-view tennis courts and a serene spa. Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego is distinctively heralded among the best hotels in San Diego.

San Diego, California
Confirmed Speakers

As of April 22, 2014

Keynote Speaker

Katherine A. Spilde, Ph.D. MBA, Associate Professor, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Endowed Chair, Sycuan Institute on Tribal Gaming, California

Speakers

Frieder Backu, Attorney at Law, SSW Schneider Schiffer Weihermuller, Germany

Steve Bodmer, Deputy General Council, Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, California

A.G. Burnett, Chairman, Nevada Gaming Control Board, Nevada

Anthony N. Cabot, Partner, Lewis Roca Rothgerber, Nevada

David Chang, Chief Marketing Officer, Gamblit Gaming, California

Jonodev Chaudhuri, Acting Chairman, National Indian Gaming Commission, Washington, D.C.

Mark A. Clayton, Shareholder, Lionel Sawyer & Collins, Nevada

Uri L. Clinton, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Baha Mar Ltd., Bahamas

Stacey Cohee, Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Division of Gaming Enforcement, Delaware

Tony Coles, Consultant, Jeffrey Green Russell Limited, United Kingdom

Tiffany Conklin, Commissioner, California Gambling Control Commission, California

Maire Conneely, Senior Associate, A&L Goodbody Solicitors, Ireland

Scott Crowell, Owner, Crowell Law Office – Tribal Advocacy Group, Arizona

Norman DesRosiers, Gaming Consultant, California

James B. Deutsch, Partner, Blitz Bardgett & Deutsch, Missouri

Frank Donaghue, Vice President Regulatory Affairs, Chief Compliance Officer, Penn National Gaming, Inc., Pennsylvania

J. Kelly Duncan, Partner, Jones Walker LLP, Louisiana

Marc H. Ellinger, Partner, Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch, L.C., Missouri

Douglas Florence, Business Development Director, Avigilon, Nevada

Keith Furlong, CEO, Interactive Gaming Council (IGC), Canada

Violet Golden, Acting Chairman, Virgin Islands Casino Control Commission, Virgin Islands

Marion Goldstein, Executive VP, Corporate Development and General Counsel, Amaya Gaming Group Inc., Canada

Lauren Hammond, Commissioner, California State Gambling Commission, California

Phil Harju, Tribal Attorney, Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Washington

Stephen M. Hart, Partner, Business Section, Lewis Roca Rothgerber, Arizona

Joerg Hofmann, President, IMGL & Senior Partner, MELCHERS law firm, Germany

Jamie Hummingbird, Cherokee Nation Gaming Commission, Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Dickson Jay, President, CrossPay Services US Inc., Canada

Connie Jones, Director of Responsible Gaming, International Gaming Technology, Nevada

Keith Kaneshiro, Prosecuting Attorney, City of Honolulu, Hawaii

Matthew Katz, CEO, CAMS LLC, California

Tina Kilmer, Vice President Product Compliance, Bally Technologies, Nevada

Kyle R. Kirkland, President & General Manager, Club One Casino, Inc., California

Morden “Cookie” Lazarus, Partner, Lazarus, Charbonneau, Canada

Katie S. Lever, General Counsel and Sr. VP of Legal & Compliance, Bally Technologies, Inc., Nevada

Jerome L. Levine, Partner, Holland & Knight LLP, California

Michael Lipton, Q.C., Senior Partner, Dickinson Wright, LLP, Canada

Daniel Little, Associate Commissioner, National Indian Gaming Commission, Washington D.C.

Richard Lopes, Chairman, California Gambling Control Commission, California

Kate C. Lowenhar-Fisher, Partner, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Nevada

G. Dean Luthey, Jr., Senior Partner, Gable Gotwals, Oklahoma

Luiz Felipe Maia, Founding Partner, Oliveira Ramos, Maia E Advogados Associados, Brazil

Stephen Martino, Director, Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency, Maryland

Paige Masters, Associate, Crowe & Dunlevy, Oklahoma

John Maloney, Principal and General Counsel, Law Offices of John K. Maloney, Nevada

Quirino Mancini, Head of Media, Sports & Gaming Practice, SCM Lawyers, Italy

Stephen Martino, Director, Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency, Maryland

D. Michael McBride III, Chair, Indian Law & Gaming Practice Group, Crowe & Dunlevy, P.C., Oklahoma

Donald McGehee, Chief of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division, Michigan Attorney General, Michigan

Alan P. Meister, Ph.D., Principal Economist, Nathan Associates Inc., California

Dana Messina, Chief Financial Officer, Club One Casino, California

Eric Meyerhofer, CEO, Gamblit Gaming, California

Darrell Miers, Co-founder, Core Partners, California

Robert Miller, Principal, Miller Companies, Illinois

Edwin-Dario Monzon, Partner, Lazarus, Charbonneau, Canada

Donna B. More, Partner, Ungaretti & Harris, Illinois

Roger M. Morris, Senior Partner, Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP, Colorado

Kevin Mullally, Vice President of Government Relations & General Counsel, Gaming Laboratories International, LLC, Missouri

Jamie Nettleton, Partner, Addisons Lawyers, Australia

Jason Noto, Esq., Director of Regulatory Compliance for Online Gaming and Alternative Markets, New Jersey

Ray Patterson, Executive Director, Yocha Dehe Tribal Gaming Agency, California

Joc Pečečnik, Chairman of the Board, Interblock, Slovenia

Kevin C. Quigley, President and Managing Member, Hamilton Quigley & Twait PLC, Minnesota

John Roberts, Executive Director, Pokagan Gaming Commission, Michigan

Victor Rocha, Owner and Editor, Pechanga.net, California

Tal Itzhak Ron, Chairman, Tal Ron, Drihem & Co. – Law Firm, Israel

I. Nelson Rose, Professor of Law, Whittier Law School, California

Randall Sayre, Gaming Consultant, RES Consulting, Nevada

Stephen D. Schrier, Partner, Blank Rome LLP, New Jersey

Judith A. Shapiro, Esquire, Washington D.C.

Britt R. Singletary, Partner, Singletary & Thrash P.A, Mississippi

George Skibine, Counsel, Dentons U.S. LLP, Washington, D.C.

Robert Smith, Chairman, Pala Band of Mission Indians, California

Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier, Partner, Snell & Wilmer, Arizona

Les Stanley, Executive Director, Rincon Gaming Commission, California

Robert W. Stocker II, Member, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Michigan

Richard Williamson, Sr. Vice President Regulatory Education, BMM Testlabs, Nevada

Troy Woodward, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Indian Gaming, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.

Michael E. Zatezalo, Managing Partner/Director, Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter Co., L.P.A, Ohio

Jane Zerbi, Esq., Law Office of Jane Zerbi, California

See & Do

While You’re in San Diego…

In a historical sense, San Diego is California’s oldest city, but it’s also its most modern; growing in late twentieth century to become California’s second largest city–and one of the largest in the United States.

Most of the popular tourist sights are concentrated in the downtown and waterfront areas, with Sea World and historic Old Town a few miles to the north, and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park just a bit further away.

Click on the links below for more information about the city of San Diego, attractions to visit, places to eat and tours to take.

• San Diego Restaurants
• San Diego Attractions
• San Diego Photo Gallery with photo tours
• Fast Facts and General Information about San Diego