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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.

Entertainment Design Corporation is an award-winning design and production design company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. EDC is dedicated to producing bold, original and awe-inspiring work around the globe.

With roots in film, television, theater, live events and themed entertainment, EDC strives to tell new and engaging stories through their diverse portfolio of branded attractions, experiential destinations and live shows.

EDC is led by Jeremy Railton and Alex Calle. Railton is the founder and principal designer and has made a career out of creating many of the “biggest” and “firsts.”

Some highlights from his 40 years of experience include creating the Fortune Diamond and the Wishing Crystals attractions for Galaxy Macau, the Dancing Cranes and Lake of Dreams attractions for Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore, the Sky Screen attraction for the Place Retail Center in Beijing, the Fall of Atlantis attraction at Caesars Palace Forum Shops and the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas. Railton has won four Emmy awards and five THEAs during his illustrious career.

Calle serves as the chief executive officer and chief creative officer at EDC. In recent years, he worked on installing two $20 million branding icon attractions for the Galaxy Entertainment Group in Macau, and two e-ticket DreamWorks attractions for Dubai Parks and Resorts’ Motiongate theme park. Before that, Calle was based in Singapore, bringing EDC’s Crane Dance project to life—a $70 million branding icon for Resorts World Sentosa.

Calle’s film and television productions include the MTV Movie Awards, Pirates of the Caribbean II and III and Starz’ Magic City.

Fundamentally artistic and intrinsically cultural, EDC continues to immerse itself in the pursuit of fresh, inspiring and out-of-the-box ways to ultimately wow, amuse and entertain.

For more information, visit entdesign.com.

This year, Cuningham Group Architecture Inc. celebrates 50 years of architecture and interior design practice. The firm has focused significantly over the past 27 years on gaming and entertainment. Its world-class portfolio covers the spectrum from small, delicate spaces to complex, expansive projects that advance the art of entertainment design—including casinos, hotels, convention centers, restaurants, retail venues and support facilities completed for resort destinations throughout the U.S. and around the world.

The firm is known for a client-centered, collaborative approach they call “Every Building Tells a Story,” emphasizing one-of-a-kind solutions reflecting the vision of clients and the character of each property and site. This approach is especially prevalent in the contemporary designs created for Native American clients.

Successful tribal gaming projects evolve from a combination of culturally relevant design and a keen awareness of the central issues involved in the development of resort projects. Backed by this understanding, Cuningham Group is aligning its own Native-led design expertise with Full Circle Indigenous Planning LLC, a Native American-owned, research-based planning and visioning design firm.

Cuningham Group and Full Circle have created a long-term working relationship built on a shared goal of advancing the economic and cultural health of tribal communities through design and master planning. They have collaborated on numerous tribal gaming and master-plan projects that have helped communities create beautiful and functional facilities that are rich in culture as well as profitable and welcoming to guests. The planning skills of Full Circle dovetail with Cuningham Group’s full-service design offerings, and, as a team, their combined expertise brings a wealth of cultural knowledge, experience and innovation to projects.

For more information, visit cuningham.com.