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Seeking new ways to engage and empower players? Meet Rymax Marketing Services, the No. 1 supplier of player loyalty solutions.

Rymax’s strategically crafted, turnkey programs make every player feel like a winner, through an unmatched portfolio of 15,000 premium merchandise rewards from more than 350 of the world’s most sought-after brands. Rymax continuously expands its product portfolio, adding an average of 40-60 new brands every year.

Rymax’s Strategic Interactive Themed Events excite players through hands-on, exclusive reward experiences that drive ROI and increase repeat play. Each product at these unforgettable, award-winning events is hand-picked, to accurately target and reward players.

As the exclusive provider of nearly 100 aspirational brands, such as Michael Kors, Skullcandy, Thule and Viking, Rymax has access to the latest and greatest models and inventory, as well as best-in-class pricing. Rymax also has the ability to create specialized product bundles that strengthen the perceived value and functionality of the merchandise.

Brainstorm Logistics, Rymax’s fulfillment arm, houses and ships reward products from the company’s distribution centers. Inventory is monitored by the minute, enabling a nationwide network of warehouses to provide quick and efficient order fulfillment based on each consumer’s geographic location.

The Rymax fully owned and operated U.S.-based call center provides customers with real-time status updates and ensures all customers receive stellar service from the moment they place an order until it arrives at their doorstep.

As the industry’s only one-stop-shop, Rymax designs, implements and manages all program elements under one roof—including event integration, fulfillment and delivery. Rymax brings the most in-demand products, customized technology solutions and world-class services to the gaming marketplace.

For more information, stop by Booth 828 at NIGA or visit rymaxinc.com.

Purchasing Management International is the leading FF&E and OS&E purchasing company in the gaming industry. With extensive experience in large luxury gaming projects, working with the leading designers, architects and owners, PMI offers owners the accuracy, integrity and buying power necessary to successfully work on the most demanding gaming projects.

The company has purchased and installed more than $3 billion in hotel, resort and casino furnishings, operating equipment and systems worldwide. PMI’s services include FF&E and OS&E purchasing for renovation and new construction, operating supplies purchasing and advisory services for capital budgeting, inventories and due diligence for acquisitions and valuations.

PMI expertly advises Indian gaming clients, tribal associations and native nations as part of their economic development activities. PMI has successfully worked with tribal organizations such as Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, Cherokee Nation, Comanche Nation, Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Gila River Indian Community, Yavapi Nation, Pueblo of Sandia, Choctaw of Mississippi and Choctaw of Oklahoma.

PMI uses a unique purchasing management system to deliver the speed and accuracy required by gaming projects. PMI’s experienced staff is the best in the industry, and has deep vendor knowledge plus the creativity to keep projects moving forward under the pressure of a gaming project’s requirements. PMI’s system of checks and balances includes a separate expediting department to control the custom approval process, project deliveries and final delivery costs. Time and again, PMI saves clients money and time.

PMI’s mission is to provide a select number of clients worldwide with its proven purchasing, renovation and technical expertise at the best quality and pricing obtainable in the industry.

For more information, visit pmiconnect.com.

The story of Patir started more than two decades ago in a small workshop. Today, Patir is one of the leading designers and manufacturers of seating solutions for the casino and hospitality industry.

Patir has been developing and manufacturing chairs for the world of gaming for 27 years, and has supplied operators and OEMs all over the world with its German-engineered Patir chairs. Patir’s product portfolio includes chairs for slots, table games, poker and hospitality areas.

The company aims to ensure its high-performing seating solutions protect the health and vitality of people who remain seated for prolonged periods. Patir also does all it can to make sitting on a Patir chair an unalloyed pleasure. Comfort has a direct influence on the length of play time, and therefore, on the casino’s revenue.

Patir’s know-how and experience in development and production guarantee quality and innovation. Patir always has one objective in mind in everything its does: that is, to offer customers the best possible solution for their seating requirements.

Patir is a global, family-run company with headquarters in Munich, Germany and a U.S. office in Las Vegas. Patir products are not only developed by Patir, but also are completely manufactured in the company’s own production facilities. The commitment of Patir employees is the basis of its excellent seating solutions. Thus Patir proudly can say, “We don’t just supply chairs—we deliver superior seating.”

For more information, visit patirseating.com or call 702-952-9572.

Novomatic Americas, supported by the Novomatic Group, will introduce an impressive variety of product innovations at Booth 546 at NIGA 2018.
Sleek cabinets, licensed content and exhilarating progressives will be the focus of Novomatic Americas’ exhibit this year. For the first time, at NIGA 2018 tribal taming customers will see the premiere of Novomatic’s three new cabinets—Panthera, Panthera Curve and the V.I.P. Lounge Curve—showcased alongside a strong variety of entertaining licensed content, core content and new progressive jackpot product lines.
Center stage at the Novomatic Americas booth will be two strong licensed games displayed in a PlayerPocket format—From Dusk Till Dawn and the iconic TV show hit MacGyver—for an impressive licensed content preview.
For gaming in a smooth, epic style, the Panthera and Panterha Curve will be front and center. The distinctive Panthera, with two 27-inch LCD screens, is a straightforward design, with interactive TouchDeck and subtle LED effects to provide for a superior player experience and ultimate performance. The Panthera Curve will be the striking standard as power and performance will keep players engaged and on the edge of their seats.
The V.I.P. focus continues with the V.I.P. Lounge Curve, the compact curve that’s the modern gamers’ choice with the perfect gaming curve view and interactive LED illumination delivering an even more compelling gaming experience
Novomatic Americas will be getting wildly progressive with the Enchanted Fortunes Lined Jackpot games suite. This linked progressive jackpot system connects two or more slots to create wildly rewarding jackpot experiences with four win levels: mini, minor, major and grand.
Expanded ETG side bets, proven casino management systems and the successful Greentube iGaming experience also willl be on display.

For more information, visit novomaticamericas.com or contact Kathleen McLaughlin at 224-802-2974.

The Innovation Group, a longtime Associate member of the National Indian Gaming Association, is the premier provider of consulting and management services for the gaming, hospitality, leisure and entertainment industries. For more than 20 years, The Innovation Group has worked with private and public clients in operations, development and banking, including more than 100 Native American Indian and First Nations tribes in more than 25 states and provinces throughout North America.

The company’s inventive, forward-looking staff of professionals is known to its partner tribes and throughout the industry for the accuracy of their market forecasts and their timely response to client needs.

Among The Innovation Group’s core services, the company provides feasibility studies, market assessments, strategic and financial planning, operations and marketing advisory services and economic impact studies of the highest quality. The Innovation Group also launched a data science and new technologies division supporting digital marketing, customer survey and data analytics needs, as well as new technologies including online gaming and sports betting.

The Innovation Group supports tribal communities through its Native American/First Nations Internship Program. Tribal members seeking professional careers in gaming are invited to participate as paid interns side by side with The Innovation Group’s project team in comprehensive studies being undertaken by their tribe—involving expansion feasibility, economic development and database analysis. In addition to offering interns valuable insights to bring back to their careers and operations, the program also invigorates The Innovation Group’s work by adding tribal client perspectives into the work process.

For more information, visit theinnovationgroup.com.

International Game Technology will showcase a diverse portfolio of solutions for its tribal gaming customers at the 2018 Indian Gaming Tradeshow & Convention. From compelling content to innovative hardware and industry-first technology, IGT’s commitment to tribal gaming can be experienced in NIGA Booth 647.

The all-new CrystalDual 27 gaming machine will make its North American debut at IGT’s booth. The cabinet delivers an unrivaled gaming experience with its high-definition, dual 27-inch displays, the option for bank-wide synchronized lighting, a mobile device charging port and more.

IGT will feature its robust video core portfolio with popular titles such as Pyramid Progressives, Ascent of the Queen and Solar Disc featured on the CrystalCurve and CrystalSlant cabinets, and will shine a spotlight on its commitment to innovation through TRUE 4D technology featured on the award-winning Sphinx 4D and Ghostbusters 4D video slots. This industry-first technology combines TRUE 3D, gesture recognition and mid-air haptic technologies to create an immersive multi-sensory gaming experience.

The company will highlight its commitment to Class II content with compelling titles such as Dancing Reels Salsa, King of Macedonia and Elephant King. The S3000 gaming machine, which combines classic, player-favorite game play mechanics with modern technology, also will be on display featuring Class II titles.

IGT also will present a range of solutions that enable operators to deliver seamless access to funds, rewards and loyalty programs. With IGT PlaySpot, visitors to land-based casinos can use their mobile devices to play slots, enjoy table games and place sports bets in a single, easy-to-use mobile app. IGT also will highlight products from its robust systems portfolio such as Cardless Connect, a mobile technology that enables players to simply tap their mobile devices on any gaming machine to card in and out.

For more information, visit IGT.com.

The 120 architects and interior designers of HBG Design create award-winning design experiences for clients across the entertainment and hospitality industry. The firm is consistently ranked a national Top 10 hospitality and entertainment design firm and was named a Top 35 Interior Design Hospitality Design Giant by Interior Design magazine. HBG Design has office locations in Memphis, Tennessee and San Diego, California.

A past NIGA Associate Member of the Year, HBG Design is one of the largest providers of professional services in the Indian gaming industry, with client relationships representing almost 40 Native American nations and tribal business enterprises across the U.S.

HBG Design’s diverse projects are inspired by a passion for designing memorable, transformative experiences for firm clients and their guests.

Among key HBG projects this year, the recent opening of the stunning casino, F&B and hotel expansion at Choctaw Grant Casino Resort adds a new refined resort atmosphere to this popular southeast Oklahoma casino.

The state of Indiana represents the latest growth opportunity for HBG Design client, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, who have opened the first casino in the state owned and operated by a Native American tribe: the Four Winds Casino in South Bend. The new casino design is a continuation of the contemporary cultural brand signature HBG created for the tribe’s Michigan properties in New Buffalo, Hartford and Dowagiac.

2018 also marks the openings of three hotel and casino expansion and renovation projects for Ho-Chunk Gaming in Black River Falls, Wittenberg and Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. The HBG Design team used complementary elements inspired by tribal culture and regional nature themes to visually unite the three properties under the Ho-Chunk Gaming brand umbrella.
The firm is looking forward to announcing future openings soon.

Learn more at hbg.design.

Gaming Partners International manufactures and supplies an all-inclusive range of table game products and RFID equipment to licensed casinos worldwide. Under the brand names of Paulson, Bourgogne et Grasset, Bud Jones and Gemaco, GPI provides high-quality casino currency such as chips, plaques and jetons.

Each line offers its own set of innovative design and security features, giving clientele the ability to create a unique piece of currency with multiple layers of security. This, alongside a complete lineup of gaming furniture, layouts, playing cards, dice, accessories and table displays, makes GPI the one-stop solution for all table game needs.

GPI is a leading provider of RFID currency, and as the exclusive provider of Smart RFID products, GPI develops new and custom solutions to provide customers the highest level of currency security and inventory management options available.

In addition, GPI offers a wide range of table layouts, including EZ Install GFX. Because no special tools or staples are needed when switching out these layouts, customers can make quick changes while reducing the amount of table down time and labor hours that usually are required for traditional install methods. Other available materials include traditional wool felts, PGS, FX and EGC materials.

While GPI’s popular casino-quality Gemaco-branded playing cards continue to provide both paper and plastic options for all types of table games, GPI has introduced a new line of premium paper playing cards under the Paulson brand, Paulson Aces. Paulson Aces are manufactured using a heavier, high-grade European paper stock that offers superior handling.

These new products, along with GPI’s full range of table game products, will be on display at NIGA in Booth 631.

For more information, visit gpigaming.com.

Today more than ever, tribal gaming operators and regulators face risk from technological advancements that could threaten a competitive position in the marketplace to multiple levels of cybersecurity. Tribal operators and regulators must be more vigilant than ever before.

Gaming Laboratories International, a longtime advocate of tribal gaming, is proud of its 28-plus years of tribal partnerships. GLI is a NIGA Associate member as well as an associate member of numerous tribal organizations from coast to coast.

Those decades of working closely with tribes, paired with the company’s global insights from its 21 worldwide locations, puts GLI in a unique position to help reduce risk, ensure compliance and pave a way for future success.

GLI offers several gaming services for tribal operators and regulators, including gaming floor audits and inspections, accounting system audits and inspections, bingo system audits and inspections and kiosk testing and inspections.

GLI is best positioned to serve its tribal clients because of its more than 1,100 highly trained professionals. These hand-picked experts who test and certify equipment include mathematicians, hardware and software engineers, system and communications engineers, high-tech engineers and quality assurance specialists.

GLI also offers a wide range of professional services including consultation, auditing, security audits, responsible gaming, project management and governance, risk and compliance.
Further, the world-renowned GLI University produces critical, in-depth seminars and events designed to empower attendees with industry fundamentals that will keep them on the leading edge of information and knowledge.

Lastly, GLI helps tribes protect their assets, streamline operations and reduce expenses with tools partnering with Kobetron, including the IRIS Enterprise casino process management system and IRIS Online for real-time software status alerts and letter and signature access, Kobetron handheld equipment and Verify+ for automatic verification results using its database download feature.

For more information, visit gaminglabs.com.

Everi continues to provide casino operators with a diverse portfolio of products including innovative gaming machines that power the casino floor, and casino operational and management systems that include comprehensive, end-to-end payments solutions, critical intelligence offerings and gaming operations efficiency technology.

At NIGA, Everi Payments will focus on bringing innovation to floor-wide cash access, improving cash handling on the casino floor and providing data-driven solutions. The CXC 5.0 and 5.0L, Everi’s newest full-service kiosks, offer enhanced security features including self-frosting glass and a real-time rearview camera to give casino patrons a more private and secure cash access experience.

The Everi Cares Giving Module, the socially conscious ticket redemption product, provides players with the opportunity to donate the change (or more) from their gaming tickets to select charities. AML Intelligence for Everi Compliance combines the company’s deep experience in gaming anti-money-laundering efforts with VizExplorer’s industry-proven analytics platform to help operators quickly identify potentially suspicious activity.

Everi Games continues to debut an extensive lineup of powerful new hardware options and leverage its new licensed and original-content game themes to create unique gaming experiences. The for-sale Empire MPX (E43) currently is available with 12 themes to give casinos the variety they need to entice patrons to always come back wanting more. With much anticipation, Everi will debut at NIGA the Singin’ In The Rain and Buffy the Vampire Slayer games, also on the E43 cabinet for lease-only placements.

For the second consecutive year, Everi will bring a charity slot tournament to NIGA. Leveraging the company’s TournEvent slot tournament solution and hosted in partnership with NIGA Chairman Ernest Stevens Jr., the second annual charity slot tournament benefiting Spirit of Sovereignty will be held at Everi’s Booth 1146 at 10:30 a.m., Friday, April 20.

For more information, visit everi.com.