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GameCo Inc. is a pioneering new company uniting the experience of playing video games with the excitement of gambling by creating the world’s first skill-based video game gambling machines.

GameCo’s VGM is the first platform to bring video game-based play to the casino slot floor, offering an entirely new way for players to wager on slot game entertainment. The patented VGM gambling platform allows a player’s skill to determine the payout and winnings, while maintaining the same return to players as traditional slot machines.

GameCo’s VGM aims to attract a new generation of casino customers by providing the opportunity to play video games on casino floors, with the first console-style video game controller approved for use in casinos.

Games include popular titles from top entertainment companies and publishers, featuring various genres and themes—from first-person action, sports and racing to fighting, platformers, puzzle games and more. GameCo develops VGM games under license from major game developers and entertainment IP companies.

Recent titles include Paramount’s Mission: Impossible and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day from StudioCanal S.A.S.

GameCo changed gaming history in November 2016 as the world’s first company to debut video game gambling machines across casino floors, launching at all three Caesars Entertainment properties in Atlantic City, followed by the Tropicana. GameCo currently is in the midst of a major nationwide rollout, with plans to be operational in most major U.S. gambling jurisdictions by the end of 2017.

For more information, visit gameco.com.

Gaming Laboratories International LLC delivers high-quality land-based, lottery and iGaming testing, assessment and professional services to regulators, suppliers and operators from more than 475 jurisdictions worldwide.

Committed to integrity, GLI, with more than 20 laboratory locations on six continents, is dedicated to helping clients leave nothing to chance. The company has established an incomparable team of more than 950 highly trained, hand-picked professionals to test and certify equipment, including mathematicians, hardware and software engineers, system and communication engineers, high-tech engineers and quality assurance specialists.

Besides testing and certification, GLI offers a wide range of professional services, including, but not limited to, consultation, auditing, field inspections, security audits, responsible gaming, project management and governance, risk and compliance. The company holds U.S. and international accreditations for compliance with ISO/IEC 17025, 17020 and 17065 standards for technical competence in the gaming, wagering and lottery industries.

In addition, GLI University, the company’s world-renowned training program, 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. GLI University hosted its 17^th annual North American Regulators Roundtable in mid-March.

GLI’s expertise and experience in the gaming industry help provide clients with an unmatched competitive advantage.

For more information about GLI or its services, visit gaminglabs.com.

Gaming Partners International manufactures and supplies a wide range of table game products and equipment to licensed casinos worldwide. Under the brand names of Paulson, Bourgogne et Grasset (BG), Bud Jones and Gemaco, GPI provides high-quality casino currency such as chips, plaques and jetons; and a complete lineup of gaming furniture, layouts, playing cards, dice, table displays and accessories. GPI is a leading provider of traditional RFID, and is the exclusive provider of its new Smart RFID products and table game solutions.

GPI has one of the most extensive suites of gaming currency and currency security features available in the industry, from the American-style Paulson, Bud Jones and BG chip lines to the BG European-style plaques and jetons.

In addition, GPI offers a wide range of table layouts, including the EZ Install GFX layouts. These new layouts make switching out layouts on tables fast and easy, as no special tools or staples are needed. Customers can quickly change the layouts on their tables, reducing the amount of table down time and labor hours usually required for traditional install methods.

Also, GPI’s popular casino-quality Gemaco-branded playing cards provide customers both paper and plastic playing-card options for all types of table games.

For more information, please visit gpigaming.com. NIGA: Booth 846.

HBG Design delivers integrated architecture and interior design to the national hospitality and entertainment industry from offices in Memphis, Tennessee and San Diego, California. Formerly known as Hnedak Bobo Group, the company recently rebranded, changing its name to HBG Design—a move inspired by the firm’s passion for designing personal, memorable, transformative experiences for its clients and their guests.

As a five-time G2E Casino Design award-winner and one of only a few architecture firms working in gaming and hospitality design today to own, operate and develop its own four-star hotel, HBG Design has a distinct edge in understanding what it takes to operate and differentiate in a competitive market.

In the last 20 years alone, the firm has designed more than 21 million square feet of resort, hotel, gaming and entertainment space, including more than 20,000 four- and five-star hotel rooms. This knowledge and experience has resulted in HBG Design consistently being recognized as a Top 10 hospitality design firm in the U.S. over the past decade.

HBG Design recently was announced as the designer for Kaw Gaming’s proposed Rock & Brews Casino Resort, in Braman, Oklahoma, a brand co-founded by rock legends KISS. The firm eagerly awaits the spring 2017 project openings of the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino expansion, Buffalo, New York, and the Choctaw Grant Casino Resort expansion in Grant, Oklahoma. Recently completed projects include the coastal modern-inspired Point Casino Hotel in Kingston, Washington and the Elvis-influenced Guest House at Graceland Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.

For more information, visit hbg.design.

IGT is the global leader in gaming. The company enables players to experience their favorite games across all channels and regulated segments, from gaming machines and lotteries to interactive and social gaming.

Leveraging a wealth of premium content, substantial investment in innovation, in-depth customer intelligence, operational expertise and leading-edge technology, IGT’s gaming solutions anticipate the demands of consumers wherever they decide to play. The company has a well-established local presence and relationships with governments and regulators in more than 100 countries around the world.

IGT has deeply rooted relationships with tribal gaming operators and governments across the U.S. At the 2017 National Indian Gaming Association trade show and convention, the company will showcase its latest portfolio of innovations designed to drive play and differentiate its tribal partners’ casino floors.

A must-see product will be Sphinx 4D. Building on the success of Sphinx 3D, Sphinx 4D offers players an immersive multi-sensory gaming experience though the use of True 3D, mid-air haptic and gesture recognition technologies on the CrystralCurve True 4D cabinet.

IGT will present a robust portfolio of compelling core and Class II titles on a variety of hardware solutions. NIGA attendees will also have the opportunity to experience products from IGT’s electronic table games, video poker, skill-based, systems and interactive portfolios.

For more information, visit igt.com. NIGA: Booth 1035.

The Innovation Group has worked with more than 100 Native American and First Nation tribes in more than 25 states and provinces throughout North America. Bringing to life some of the world’s largest entertainment and hospitality brands, the company’s strengths range from big-picture thinking to meticulous detail management.

Diverse Expertise: Visionary thinkers with pie-in-the-sky development ideas. Razor-sharp analysts who emerge from the data with actionable strategies. On-point operators who keep business running. This team covers the full spectrum.

Rock-Solid Reputation: Whether engaged to advise on economic, financial, social or political issues, The Innovation Group is known for accuracy, objectivity and reliability.

Global Reach: Having grown multibillion-dollar developments all over the world, this team understands the trends, demographics, cultural forces and best practices at work.

The Innovation Group remains one step ahead of the changes that have transformed the leisure industry, having adapted its own business and services to help clients thrive in the new gaming and entertainment landscape.

With activity having shifted from the construction of new bricks-and-mortar properties to more efficient technologies and less reliance on capital, The Innovation Group helps clients build out instead of up, taking into account the shift in demand from gaming to non-gaming activities.

On the technology front, The Innovation Group understands the gaming technology of tomorrow, helping clients capture new online casino and social gaming revenue to balance the decline of traditional slot-based revenue streams.

With the launch of its data analysis affiliate, Innovation Analytics, data science is used to research the convergence of bricks-and-mortar, digital marketing and interactive gaming—a fundamental shift in how the global gaming industry works.

Collaborating with clients from vision to fruition, The Innovation Group’s experts work alongside stakeholders to help create and operate destinations that surpass the dreams that started them all.

For more information, visit theinnovationgroup.com.

Novomatic Americas LLC brings the proven-performing gaming experiences of its parent company, industry giant Novomatic Group, to the North American and Caribbean markets. By leveraging the design, market research and experience of Austrian-based Novomatic Group, Novomatic Americas focuses on developing products that are tailor-made for North American jurisdictions.
Novomatic Americas always has placed a great importance on its relationship with tribal gaming. NIGA 2017 will be the subsidiary’s fourth appearance at the trade show, and this year Novomatic Americas will showcase its player-friendly cabinet designs, successful game themes and innovative new product lines.
Leading the NIGA product lineup will be the V.I.P. experience, including the V.I.P. Lounge, which provides innovative player comfort in an intuitive, easy-to-navigate design that enhances any gaming environment.

Dominator Curve, with more than 10 exclusive themes, features ergonomic design elements plus the advantage of a curved, 40-inch, high-definition vertical touchscreen. The Dominator Curve display at NIGA will feature a wide range of stand-alone base themes including the wildly popular Asian Fortunes, as well as exciting and engaging entertainment packages.

The World Championship of Slots will be featured prominently, with a reel competition package that includes prizes and a true game-show experience.

Jackpot Edition, a three-level stand-alone progressive option designed to enhance Novomatic base themes, continues its success and will be present at the booth. This progressive option is compatible with all Novo line base themes.
At NIGA 2017, Novomatic Americas will continue to show all tribal government gaming attendees that it has launched several solid performers as it continues its upward trajectory in North America.
For more information, visit novomaticamericas.com or contact Rick Meitzler at 224-802-2974.

Patir Casino Seating is an internationally renowned seating specialist, delivering premium seating solutions for gaming and hospitality areas. Founded in Munich, Germany in 1991, Patir has influenced the casino seating industry with its original innovations and capabilities, plus a proprietary design of exceptional quality and high standards in both comfort and ergonomics.

Exceptional Craftsmanship

Player seating is subject to wear and tear, and therefore must be manufactured according to the highest quality standards; fabrics must be exceptionally robust. Patir chairs are built to last, and are quality approved by the highest German testing institute, the TUV Rheinland.

Design and Comfort

Original chair designs have earned Patir an excellent reputation as an industry trendsetter. Patir also understands casino guests and operators expect comfortable chairs. After all, comfort directly influences how long a player remains at a gaming machine.

Custom-made Products

With in-house production, Patir manufactures seating solutions customized to clients’ needs in design and technical features.

Sustainability

Patir’s Easy Change System, plus extraordinarily fast delivery times, assures every part of any Patir chair can be quickly replaced in a few simple steps.

Innovation

Patir is the supplier for many renowned operators in the international casino and entertainment industry. Although its technical and design innovations have revolutionized seating in casinos worldwide, Patir does not rest on its laurels. Instead, it continually pushes product development and optimization through initiatives and consultation with major industry players.

Full-service Branch

With a U.S. base in Las Vegas, Patir offers full-service capabilities for exceptional pre-sale and post-sale support.

For more information, please call or visit (209) 915-9032, info@patirseating.com or patirseating.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 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.

Rymax Marketing Services develops and manages award-winning player and employee loyalty programs for the gaming industry’s largest properties. Rymax’s unique, custom-designed programs engage millions of players annually by delivering proven generational segmentation strategies that drive ROI for the property, increasing loyalty and driving repeat play from guests.

With access to 10,000-plus trending products from more than 300 leading brands, like Klipsch, Coravin and Salvatore Ferragamo, Rymax is able to offer merchandise with unmatchable savings.

Complementing the loyalty programs is R-S.I.T.E.—Rymax’s Strategic Interactive Themed Events. These tailored events create an impactful experience that makes a long-lasting impression on players by offering rewards that can be personalized for virtually any demographic.

By bringing together all the program elements in-house, from ordering and fulfillment to customer service and proprietary IT solutions, Rymax offers savings that simply are not available in competitors’ programs.

For more information, visit rymaxinc.com.