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SOSH Architects was founded in 1979 on the core conviction that quality design continually rewards the community, the client and the design team. The firm has steadily grown from a company of four partners to its current size of approximately 60 design professionals engaged in the execution of major master planning, architecture and interior design commissions worldwide.

The company philosophy drives a design process that values exploration, visualization and the contributions of multiple voices consistent with their belief that the best design solutions are the result of thoughtful collaboration.

SOSH’s principals, Thomas J. Sykes, Thomas J. O’Connor, William A. Salerno and Nory Hazaveh, continue the commitment of personal involvement in each project. With offices in Atlantic City and New York, SOSH Architects has established a worldwide reputation for master planning, architectural design, interior design and strong project delivery achievement. SOSH’s success is based on the passion and purpose they bring to every design opportunity. They challenge convention, explore options and generate the kind of unexpected solutions that are the hallmark of their practice.

For three decades, SOSH Architects has had the opportunity to work on an impressive array of hospitality design projects. From master planning to restaurant renovation, and from new tower construction to resort expansions, SOSH has handled every aspect of hotel and casino design on multiple properties in the major urban markets of New York, Philadelphia and Atlantic City, as well as in California, Arizona, Nevada, Mississippi, Indiana, Louisiana, Connecticut, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia. These properties include gaming floors, hotel rooms, restaurants, nightclub and entertainment venues, ballrooms, retail stores, lounges, pool and spa retreats, administrative support space, food service facilities and day care centers—each use bringing with it a unique set of challenges and technical requirements.

Ongoing or recently completed projects include Revel Resort in Atlantic City (which premiered in May 2012), several projects for Seminole Hard Rock Casinos on the East Coast, Scioto Downs in Columbus, Ohio, the phased master plan expansion to Fantasy Springs Golf Resort in California and the first phase of design for Genting Group’s Bimini Bay resort in the Bahamas. The success of the Spotlight 29 Casino near Palm Springs, California and the collaboration that resulted in the property’s stunning design received first prize for Casino Design in the prestigious Sarno Awards.

For more information, visit www.sosharch.com or contact sosh@sosharch.com.

SPIELO International designs, manufactures and distributes top-performing games, cabinets, central systems and associated software to legal gaming markets around the world. The company offers a complete range of end-to-end gaming products for diverse gaming segments, including distributed government-sponsored markets, commercial casino markets, Amusement with Prize markets and, as a result of integration with SPIELO G2, interactive and sports betting markets.

SPIELO G2 is the leading provider of i-gaming and sports betting products and services to regulated gaming markets, as well as the top supplier to the world’s lottery industry, operating more poker networks in regulated gaming markets than any other provider.

SPIELO International serves more than 1,650 customers on five continents and has shipped more than 225,000 gaming machines worldwide. The company holds more than 350 gaming licenses and is licensed to sell gaming machines in 25 U.S. states, including Nevada, plus 142 tribes.

SPIELO International is 100 percent owned by Lottomatica Group, a market leader in the Italian gaming industry, as well as one of the largest lottery operators in the world based on total wagers and a leading provider of lottery and gaming technology solutions worldwide. Lottomatica is majority owned by the De Agostini Group, a century-old publishing, media and financial services company.

SPIELO International also is an affiliate of GTECH, a leading gaming technology and services company. SPIELO International is a platinum member of the Gaming Standards Association and supports open industry standards such as Game to System and System to System.

SPIELO International has a dedicated workforce of approximately 2,100 employees. Major offices are located in Belgrade, Serbia; Gibraltar; Graz, Austria; Hyderabad, India; Las Vegas, Nevada; Lima, Peru; London, United Kingdom; Luebbecke, Germany; Monaco; Moncton, Canada; Rome, Italy; Stockholm, Sweden; Warsaw, Poland; and Växjö, Sweden.

For more information, visit us at www.spielo.com

During the past 40 years, the Native American-owned firm of Thalden Boyd Emery Architects has become one the best-known casino-hotel architects in America—especially among gaming tribes, having worked with more than 72 tribes and 24 First Nations, building more than 125 casino projects and more than 400 hotels.

Some of TBEA’s past clients have included Harrah’s, Hilton, Holiday Inns Worldwide, Hyatt, Marriott, Radisson, Donald Trump and Delaware North Companies, Inc. Hotel & Motel Management magazine ranks TBEA a “Top Design” firm in the hospitality industry in the United States. It is a company with extensive experience designing destination resorts, gaming floors, atriums, hotel rooms, entertainment venues, convention space, multi-use space, retail, restaurants and parking garages for tribes in the United States and Canada.

The company, with its highly experienced staff of 40 professionals, consolidates offices in Las Vegas, St. Louis, Tulsa and Phoenix, combining the Native American background and design expertise of Chief Boyd, AIA, the creative hotel and casino design expertise of Barry Thalden, AIA, and the design and production talents of Rich Emery, AIA.

Since 1971, Thalden and Boyd have been architects for resorts, hotels and casinos, and for Native American tribes. In 1982 Emery joined them and rose to lead design and production. As a team they are passionate about design.

TBEA’s approach of creating “ordinary to extraordinary” is based on developing unique and exciting visions and bringing them to life. Building on Thalden’s personal experience, designing theme parks, the firm became known for theme design. TBEA took the leading edge of the wave of mega-resorts in Las Vegas, designing technical theming drawings for resorts like the Venetian Casino, Hotel & Resort. The firm has built a reputation for delivering projects on time and on budget.

TBEA provides full architectural services including master planning, engineering and interior design. Its mission is to help improve the lives of Native Americans through economic redevelopment.

Thalden Boyd Emery Architects is an active associate member of the American Gaming Association and the American Institute of Architects, and an associate member of the National Indian Gaming Association.

To learn more, visit www.thaldenboydemery.com or contact Linda J. Roe, VP of business development, at 702-384-4884.

Ainsworth Game Technology is a leading-edge designer of innovative gaming machines and game combination software. Ainsworth distributes a range of gaming products, entertaining stand-alone progressives and linked games through its sales offices and distributors in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe and the United States.

In 1995, Len Ainsworth founded Ainsworth Game Technology Limited with a commitment to become the leading manufacturer and supplier of gaming machines, software and related equipment. Today, Ainsworth is a premier manufacturer of global gaming products with more than 200 years of combined gaming experience. “Ainsworth Game Technology is committed to a culture of quality, innovation and excellence,” says one company official.

Hardware

Ainsworth provides enhanced technology options featuring the A560 family of cabinets, peripherals and supporting hardware to meet the continued technology demand of the industry, and to provide hardware to support market-leading premium game designs.

Ainsworth’s wide-screen A560 is the strategic choice for gaming operators seeking to diversify their gaming floor. The wide-screen A560 range provides state-of-the-art downloadable capability with its dual wide-screen LCD platform, powerful Quadtronic processor, compact storage, high-quality sound system and an ergonomic player interface supporting up to 18 play buttons.

During 2013, Ainsworth will continue to showcase its latest addition: the A560st Slant Top cabinet. Said Ainsworth Chief Executive Officer Danny Gladstone, “The new A560st is an extraordinarily engineered cabinet providing a spectacular presentation no matter where it is placed on the gaming floor.”

QX32 Jackpot Controller

Ainsworth now provides the ultimate in jackpot solutions with an endless range of options through the QX32, an intelligent controller that sets itself apart from the competition. Not only does it manage multiple jackpot banks, the QX32 also has the ability to simultaneously manage both symbol and mystery jackpot pools.

In addition, the QX32 intelligent controller is a highly cost-effective and development-efficient hardware that removes dependence on third-party developers and supports Ainsworth’s aggressive global link progressive strategy.

Leading Global Game Portfolio

Ainsworth provides a wide range of game titles that are developed using a base of new and proven product brands, incorporating stand-alone and link progressives, including premium products supported with market-leading game options and features.

For more information, visit www.ainsworth.com.au or call 702-778-9000.

The Wells Fargo Gaming Division is a specialized lending group serving gaming businesses and Native American governments and their gaming enterprises nationwide. The division customizes its services to fit the needs of various industry segments, including casinos, riverboat casinos, racinos and gascinos.

As an industry leader since 1982, Wells Fargo has a team of relationship managers dedicated to serving the gaming industry. That experience in the gaming industry, coupled with the strength and stability of Wells Fargo, means Wells Fargo can provide the guidance and resources gaming clients need to meet their financial goals.

Wells Fargo is committed to maintaining long-term relationships with its customers. Its relationship managers take the time to understand their clients’ business—from day-to-day operations to long-term vision and goals—and provide them with ideas and strategies to help them stay on top of their business priorities and keep pace with the changing market conditions that affect them.

Wells Fargo seeks to become its clients’ trusted business partner, working closely with them through all business and market cycles. And the depth and breadth of Wells Fargo’s financial services give them the flexibility to serve clients’ needs as their companies grow and evolve over time.

In addition to serving the financial needs of the gaming industry, Wells Fargo also is committed to the communities where its customers live and work. Wells Fargo believes in sharing its success by giving back to nonprofits and educational institutions that address vital community needs and issues.

Wells Fargo donates both financial contributions and team members’ personal volunteer hours. To Wells Fargo, supporting the gaming industry means not only providing financial products and services for clients’ businesses, but giving back to friends, families and neighbors in their communities.

Wells Fargo’s Gaming team can provide industry-specific guidance about:

• Financial risk management
• Raising capital
• Cash flow management
• Equity investments for high-risk and start-up gaming opportunities*
• Employee and tribal member benefit packages
• Tribal lending and governmental financial services

* Investment and insurance products not FDIC-insured; no bank guarantee; may lose value

Deposit products offered by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Member FDIC

Aruze Gaming America is a rapidly growing provider of distinctive video and stepper slots, communal gaming products and multi-terminal stations. Aruze’s global business units operate in the Americas, Japan, Australia, Macau, Africa and European markets.

Since 1983, Aruze’s innovative approach to product development has enhanced the entertainment experience for all players. “We have little interest in following the path of other gaming companies,” says Chief Executive Officer Rich Pennington. “Our goal is to be a leader in innovation and enhanced entertainment value.” Recent examples of Aruze’s successful development approach include products such as Paradise Fishing, Lucky Big Wheel and Innovator steppers.

At NIGA, Aruze will display more than 60 games, including its game-changing Innovator steppers with Radiant Reels technology. This revolutionary stepper technology attracts the player with large reels incorporating dynamically illuminated, multi-colored LED lights and variable spin speeds. All of these design elements focus on building anticipation and celebrating winning events. Innovator games capture the players’ attention and deliver on Aruze’s commitment to fun. Among the new Innovator titles on display are Aladdin and The Lamp, Alibaba, The Gold, Crystal, Sapphire Chance and d’Artagnan and the Musketeers.

Aruze also will exhibit Lucky Big Wheel, one of its multi-player G-Station games. This eye-catching product revives the traditional big-6 casino game with technology that engages the player and provides strong returns to the operator. Closing out the showcase will be the latest G-Deluxe game, Knight of La Mancha, a multi-bonus game featuring a knight in shining armor and his legendary adventures.

For more information, contact Marsha Aranas, brand manager, at marsha.aranas@aruze-gaming.com.

Bally Technologies is proud of its many years of partnership with tribal gaming operators, and looks forward to continuing to provide games, systems, mobile and interactive solutions to help Native American casinos continue their prosperity. This year, Bally has a host of solutions for tribal gaming operators.

NASCAR and Pawn Stars Video Slots

NASCAR features a lineup of who’s who in racing royalty—Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick and Jimmie Johnson. Players select their favorite driver and the game screen changes to reflect that driver’s team colors and branding. The games are delivered on Bally’s Alpha 2 Pro Series V22/32 cabinet, available with both a life-changing Cash Connection wide-area progressive top jackpot award and stand-alone versions for non-WAP jurisdictions.

Bally continues to bring the world’s top TV shows to casino floors in Pawn Stars, featuring Rick, grandfather Richard (“Old Man”), grandson Corey and Chumlee, from the hit TV series Pawn Stars on the History Channel. 

Systems Business Excites Players

iVIEW DM, Bally’s award-winning picture-in-picture-style player-user-interface, coupled with the Elite Bonusing Suite’s DM Tournaments solution, enables powerful, floor-wide slot tournaments on any manufacturer’s touch screen-enabled gaming devices.

Last year, DM Tournaments made it possible for one California casino operator to host the “World’s Largest Slot Tournament,” earning Bally a certified Guinness World Records achievement. The record-setting event featured more than 1,100 players simultaneously competing in a tournament in one location on slot cabinets made by five different slot-machine manufacturers.

Bally Interactive

Bally’s internet and mobile solutions provide casinos with a single view of the player across online, mobile and traditional land-based gaming platforms. Bally has a full suite of interactive solutions including the Bally Mobile platform for concierge casino apps and mobile websites; its open iGaming platform, which enables casinos to deliver play-for-free and wager-based poker, table games, video slots and sports betting and choose from best-of-breed content; and a library of interactive games based on proven casino-gaming content.

For more information, contact Laura Olson-Reyes, senior director of corporate marketing and communications, at 702-584-7742, lolson-reyes@ballytech.com or visit www.bally.com.

BMM Testlabs is a prominent gaming testing laboratory and technical consultancy, providing professional technical and regulatory compliance services to the industry since 1981. BMM’s services cover the full range of all classes of gaming hardware and software testing, including in-depth mathematical analysis required to verify compliance with the technical standards for various jurisdictions.
   
BMM also provides field service inspections, audits and forensic investigations. In the U.S., BMM has been forging relationships with tribal gaming jurisdictions and supporting their efforts to develop, analyze and refine technical standards, conduct forensic evaluations, perform IT system security audits and help develop policies and procedures for technical compliance management.   

BMM Testlabs’ commitment to partner with and support tribal gaming regulators is visible through such efforts as its Regulatory Outreach Program, customized seminars and training workshops at conferences and trade shows and tribal-focused newsletters. By providing up-to-date information about the constantly changing regulatory arena, BMM’s clients can make well-informed critical decisions to ensure that they meet the continued goal of protecting tribal assets.

As a leader in regulatory and compliance training, BMM continues to offer free education through its critically acclaimed i-gaming boot camp program, Finding Your Path. This seminar of industry experts was created to offer tribal gaming regulators crucial insight into current and future i-gaming business practices and their impact on each TGRA.
   
Teams of highly qualified and experienced engineers and mathematicians are employed throughout all of BMM’s lab locations around the world, testing and certifying the full gamut of systems and equipment necessary to make a gaming operation successful. BMM is dedicated to providing the services required to maintain the integrity of gaming by offering manufacturers, regulators and operators the highest standards of technical compliance in the industry. BMM’s global compliance expertise and commitment to innovation and quality are the foundation of its growing client partnerships worldwide.
   
BMM employs more than 200 people in 12 countries and operates 11 gaming labs. BMM serves more than 400 jurisdictions. BMM’s world headquarters are located in Las Vegas, Nevada, with offices in Mexico City, Mexico; Lima, Peru; Melbourne and Sydney, Australia; Singapore; Macau; Busan, South Korea; Moncton, Canada; Barcelona, Spain; Graz, Austria; Rome, Italy; and Midrand, South Africa.
   
For more information, visit www.bmm.com.

Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc. exists to create beautiful places for a balanced world. Simple and eloquent, the statement embodies Cuningham professionals’ passion for design and its impact on their clients, communities and the world. Their “Beautiful Places, Balanced World” approach to the business and practice of architecture is one they’ve nurtured for more than four decades.    

Founded in 1968, the multi-disciplinary design firm provides architecture, interior design, urban design and landscape architecture services for a diverse mix of client and project types, with significant focus over the last 20 years on gaming and entertainment. Bolstered by a staff of 230 and offices in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Biloxi, Denver, Seoul and Beijing, Cuningham Group has expanded services and markets to meet a growing demand from some of entertainment’s largest and most respected clients.
   
Their portfolio includes casinos, hotels, theaters, convention centers, restaurants, retail venues, master plans and support facilities for gaming and resort destinations throughout the U.S. and around the world.
   
Cuningham Group’s top priority is design excellence through a client-centered, collaborative approach. Their “Every Building Tells a Story” philosophy toward gaming design emphasizes one-of-a-kind solutions—creating experiences and a sense of place by telling stories through a modern interpretation of metaphors that reflect the vision of the client and the character of each property and site.
   
Recent projects include the final completion of the multi-phase $650 million transformation of Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort in North Carolina into a sophisticated, world-class mountain resort. The expansion and renovation was recognized with HOSPY Awards for Best Lobby and Best Suites in 2011 and Best Buffet and Best Theatrical Experience in 2012. The firm also has two major projects currently under construction. The $97 million Margaritaville Resort and Casino in Bossier City, Louisiana will be complete in May 2013, while a new 22-story, 381-room hotel tower for Potawatomi Bingo Casino in Milwaukee, Wisconsin will open in 2014.
   
Cuningham Group is consistently ranked among top firms in publications such as Building Design + Construction and Engineering News Record, and its design work has been honored with more than 140 industry and market awards, including recognition at the 2012 Casino Design Awards for the firm’s role in designing two of the industry’s most outstanding projects. Ultimately, Cuningham Group believes good design enhances one’s interaction with a space, and they have enhanced the experiences of countless people in the places they work and play.
 
For more information, visit www.cuningham.com.

Global Cash Access is focused every day on redefining the possibilities of cash access products, cash handling and related services throughout the gaming industry—both in the U.S. and abroad. The technologies GCA creates are the standard bearers for the entire industry.

More than 1,000 gaming establishments worldwide come to GCA for ideas and innovative concepts. In 2012, the company processed more than 90 million transactions and dispensed more than $20 billion in cash. GCA’s global presence enables the company to work side-by-side with its clients worldwide—that means real customer service delivered in real time.

GCA’s broad suite of Xchange products provides robust, vertically integrated gaming payment solutions to the casino industry. Recently, GCA introduced its newest Xchange product, Table XChange, which connects table games to a casino’s existing TITO network, allowing for scanning and printing TITO vouchers. This technology creates a common currency across the casino, creates a bridge between slots and tables, and helps casinos identify valuable crossover players. The TableXchange device further streamlines casino operations by virtually eliminating the need to replenish chips at table games.

To buy in, the player gives a TITO voucher to the dealer. The TableXchange device scans and displays the voucher value on the device’s LCD and touch screens, allowing the player, dealer and security operations to confirm the voucher amount. The player then receives chips and a TITO voucher for any cash balance. To cash out, the dealer simply collects and enters the value of the player’s chips on the numeric keypad. The TableXchange device then prints a cash-out voucher for the player and a receipt ticket for the drop box.

GCA is poised to equip any casino with future-forward devices and solutions that generate more profitability on the floor.

For more information, visit www.gcainc.com.