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Bergman Walls & Associates is a global architecture and interior design firm specializing in destination design for the casino gaming, entertainment and hospitality industries.

For more than 25 years, BWA’s mission has been to provide the highest level of individualized design services while realizing owners’ visions and business objectives, delivering inviting spaces that delight and engage guests.

BWA’s portfolio includes wide-ranging work for commercial and Indian gaming hospitality clients. The BWA design team has extensive experience conceptualizing, master-planning and designing entertainment, hospitality, mixed-use and gaming projects, ranging from intimate boutique restaurants to entire mega-resorts.

BWA recently completed projects at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California; the Apache Casino Hotel in Lawton, Oklahoma; and the Swinomish Casino and Lodge in Anacortes, Washington, which included adding flexible event and entertainment spaces, casino floor expansions, hotel tower renovations and dynamic new dining and retail options.

BWA also applies its extensive hospitality experience to other entertainment-based projects, raising the bar on business-as-usual. Recently completed projects include FlyOver Las Vegas, a new augmented-reality, family-friendly immersive experience; and ESPN’s studio at the LINQ Hotel + Experience, home to the network’s sports betting show, the Daily Wager; as well as sports betting lounges for commercial and tribal gaming properties.

Designing for the gaming, entertainment and hospitality industries requires in-depth understanding of the functional, operational, economic and aesthetic considerations behind each facility and each client’s needs. Along with BWA’s architecture and interior design services, the firm also offers master planning to help address today’s facility operational and safety protocol needs and accommodate future customer tastes and trends—from flexible casino floor designs to sportsbook lounges, interactive gaming spaces and other non-gaming entertainment options that attract new patrons and new demographics.

BWA helps turn properties into destinations that exceed client business and patron experience expectations. For more information, contact John Hinton, director of Native American projects, at jhinton@bwaltd.com.

Everi’s mission is to lead the gaming industry through the power of people, imagination and technology.

As a premier provider of land-based and digital casino gaming content and products, financial technology and player loyalty solutions, Everi’s core focus is on player engagement and helping casino customers operate more efficiently.

The company develops entertaining game content, gaming machines, gaming systems and services for land-based and iGaming operators. Rooted in tribal gaming, Everi remains committed to partnering with casino operators to deliver novel entertainment experiences to their players while ensuring they generate high returns on their investment in its products.

Known for high-performing standards across the gaming space, Everi continues to develop engaging player experiences and award-worthy products. According to the March 2022 Eilers-Fantini Game Performance Report, Everi is responsible for 21 of the Top 25 games in the high-denomination mechanical-reel segment.

Everi also prides itself on a unique online library of award-winning stepper, video slot and progressive jackpots content. The compelling and distinct Everi digital gaming catalogue is delivered through the proprietary Spark Remote Game Server. It now consists of more than 50 unique titles, with more on the way.

Everi helped tribal operator partners meet the emerging mobile ecosystem with its “Digital Neighborhood,” a complete suite of financial, casino loyalty and compliance products and services that bring commonality and continuity to operator workflows. The growth of this suite of solutions demonstrates the company’s leadership position and highlights Everi’s ability to develop solutions that incorporate customer-centric features across loyalty, payments and casino operations.

As the preeminent provider of trusted financial technology solutions that power the casino floor, Everi has positioned itself as the industry’s fintech leader and a strategic partner for forward-thinking customers. The collective goal: improving operational efficiencies and fulfilling regulatory compliance requirements. Everi’s robust collection of integrated products, services and kiosks facilitates convenient and secure cash and cashless financial transactions while providing self-service player loyalty tools and applications, as well as regulatory and intelligence software.

For more information, visit everi.com, which is updated regularly with financial and other information about the company.

GiG is a leading platform and sportsbook provider for land-based and online operators worldwide.

GiG provides its partners full end-to-end solutions and service—from its award-winning iGaming platform and leading sportsbook solution to its tailored managed services and media affiliate business. GiG’s platform is at the core of its business: built for regulated markets, adaptable to change, and providing a top-class customer experience and user journey.

Specialists in Taking Land-Based Operators Online

GiG specializes in taking land-based operators online for the first time via its omnichannel solution, which seamlessly delivers a single wallet, registration and loyalty system across operators’ retail and online sites, giving players the power to choose where they play at their convenience.

Regulated Markets Partner

GiG has a dedicated team of experts offering significant experience in building iGaming solutions that comply with regulatory requirements around the globe. GiG promises to guide partners and ensure they are fully informed on the requirements for a speedy and successful launch in new markets.

Shaping a Safer, More Responsible Gaming Industry

As a continued effort to build on and improve its technology to meet customer demands, GiG has added responsible gaming, risk and fraud, and anti-money laundering features to its data platform—all in one place—helping operators build a more sustainable future for their players and their business.

Harnessing the Power of Automation to Drive Sustainable Performance

The power of automation can remarkably transform the way any business works, particularly when it comes to improving the player experience, entering new markets, creating a safer playing environment and improving customer lifetime value. GiG’s automated features help improve the customer experience by allowing operators to create real-time actioned events, helping to drive a strong competitive advantage.

GiG’s Managed Services Solution Has You Covered

GiG’s turnkey managed services are available from pre-launch throughout its partners’ business lifecycle, providing operators with the support they need to help manage and grow their gaming business. Whether seeking to improve conversion rates, grow customer lifetime value or reduce the self-exclusion rate, GiG has you covered.

Choosing the Right Relationship

GiG believes in being selective about its partner relationships, so it can focus on long-term growth and ensure brand loyalty and the highest quality of tailored services for its players.

Find our more at gig.com or book a demo at sales@gig.com.

Spanning 43 years, HBG Design has built a focused specialty that encompasses gaming and entertainment design, hotel design, and resort destinations across the U.S.

A premier provider of professional services in the Indian and commercial gaming/resort industry, the firm recently was recognized as a Top 5 Casino Design firm by Building Design & Construction Magazine and a Top 10 Hotel Design firm by BD&C and Hotel Business Magazine.

HBG Design’s dynamic 100-person creative team in Memphis, San Diego and Dallas integrates architecture and interior design to deliver vibrant, engaging guest experiences. The firm has designed more than 35 million square feet of casinos, hotels, F&B venues and related resort amenities for clients such as Caesars Entertainment, Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and more than 40 sovereign nations across the U.S.

Recently completed projects include the Desert Diamond West Valley Casino for the Tohono O’odham Nation and the AAA 4-Diamond Sycuan Casino Resort for the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation.

The firm contributes significant thought leadership to inform the national casino design conversation, engaging with operators, tribal leadership, the financial community and customer groups to develop ideas that are ahead of the curve and drive advances in the industry.

HBG’s designs are in tune to changing market conditions and new branding opportunities.

An entirely new brand experience is set to open in fall 2022 at the new 105,000-square-foot Eagle Mountain Casino in Porterville, California. Rooted in the land of central California, the original design is heavily influenced by soaring vertical features which recall the majesty of the giant sequoia and the golden eagle, each important representations of tribal culture.

Freshly tailored amenity designs recently enhanced the guest offerings at the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi’s Four Winds Casino Resort in New Buffalo, Michigan. The new Kankakee Grille offers multi-level dining and views to “Kankakee Live” performances, and the Sportsbook Lounge is an exciting, immersive sporting experience with 22 high-definition TVs surrounded by comfortable seating options.

Four Winds Casino and HBG Design currently are embarking on a large-scale expansion of the South Bend property, offering approachable luxury within a new 23-story, 317-key, 83-suite hotel tower and a mix of vibrant amenities with spectacular views of the region.

For more information, visit www.hbg.design.

With a range of partners including Desert Diamond Casinos, Churchill Downs, Four Winds Casinos, Rush Street Interactive and Seneca Gaming Corp., Kambi is the trusted sportsbook partner of the regulated betting and gaming industry.

Kambi not only provides a first-class sports betting experience, but acts as an incubator for operator innovation and differentiation, thanks to its data-driven sportsbook core and flexible technology.

Empowered by Kambi’s range of differentiation tools, operators can control crucial player-facing elements of the sportsbook, including front-end and odds, helping Kambi establish an impressive track record of springboarding

visionary sportsbooks to success across the globe.

Kambi’s services encompass a broad offering, from compliance provision and odds-compiling to customer intelligence and risk management, built on and delivered through a sophisticated, in-house-developed software platform.

Kambi harnesses the extensive real-time data generated across its network to continually enhance its algorithmic trading models, leveraging this analysis to deliver actionable insights that benefit all partners.

Now live and generating revenue in 17 states and counting, Kambi’s value to its partners continues to grow as the network grows. The success Kambi delivers is anchored in its ability to leverage data from a global player base, creating network advantages that increase as each new partner is added and existing partners grow.

Every player interaction or bet benefits each of Kambi’s partners, whether they took the informative bet themselves or not. For example, a greater volume of data will lead to a more accurate understanding of player behavioral habits, aiding Kambi in providing a more frictionless user experience.

When partners launch sports betting with Kambi, they don’t do so from a standing start. They do not compete alone, but with the benefit of Kambi’s 20 years of trading experience and actionable analytics with the support of a deep global data network. As a result, a partnership with Kambi offers a platform on which partners can thrive.

Supporting this is Kambi’s long history in sports trading, and its dedication to the highest levels of corporate probity and sports integrity. Kambi operates in an ethical manner, ensuring it only conducts business in markets where gambling isn’t prohibited, while employing sophisticated risk processes to detect signs of sports manipulation at the earliest of stages.

As a member of the International Betting Integrity Association, Kambi’s 24/7 sportsbook control team ensures all matters concerning sports integrity are handled proactively and swiftly, protecting partners, their players and the sports everyone loves.

For more information, visit kambi.com.

Scientific Games Corp., doing business as Light & Wonder, is the leading cross-platform global game company, singularly focused on creating games that players love to play, wherever they love to play—at a land-based casino, online, or on mobile.

Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, the company brings together more than 5,000 employees from six continents to connect content among land-based and digital channels with unmatched technology and distribution.

Here is where innovation and entertainment unite. As the leader in the world of games entertainment, creating the best content, systems, shufflers and beyond is essential. Light & Wonder brings magic to life through iconic characters, household brands and brilliant hardware. The company creates beloved games and brands that keep players coming back for more, wherever—and whenever—they play.

Backed by innovative, technologically advanced solutions, Light & Wonder’s industry-leading systems make every play an experience. As the frontrunner in table game technology, Light & Wonder’s ever-evolving slate of innovative table games, shufflers, payment solutions, chip sorters, electronic displays and other high-tech solutions takes table game performance to the next level. Thanks to real-time insights and solutions, driving player loyalty and operational efficiencies are under the client’s control.

Light & Wonder is the world’s largest and most trusted iGaming ecosystem. From brand new franchises to well-known and well-loved titles, Light & Wonder brings innovative features, amazing game play and thrilling iGaming experiences to all types of players, wherever they are.

Believing that a truly great player experience can only be achieved through an open approach, Light & Wonder continues to grow its network with leading studios from around the world.

Light & Wonder is committed to serving as a responsible corporate steward, purpose-driven in its efforts, while operating with the best interest of creators, partners and communities at heart. Its contributions, leadership and volunteer efforts help create stronger, healthier places for customers and creators where they live and work. The company’s corporate social responsibility initiatives and environmental, social and corporate governance priorities are an integral part of shaping its culture. They underscore Light & Wonder’s commitment to be an employer of choice and positive influence in the industry and the communities in which it operates.

For more than a century, Morse Watchmans has been known as an innovator of high-quality, cost-effective security technology for enterprises.

Specializing in state-of-the-art key management, asset management, guard tour and key ring systems, Morse Watchmans delivers reliable, easy-to-use products to meet an organization’s growing security needs.

Its flagship product, the KeyWatcher Touch electronic key control system, allows gaming facilities and other industries to manage, track and store all facility keys. The KeyWatcher Touch is modular, scalable, customizable, expandable and reconfigurable, allowing customers to include lockers in the design to secure assets such as access cards, wallets, cellphones, laptops and cash trays safely and efficiently.

Program the KeyWatcher Touch to include all authorized users, assign specific keys to specific people, and add or remove users with ease, as needed. All key removal and key return transactions are recorded. Get automatic email transactional information and reports for any user at any time.

When a key return is overdue, the KeyWatcher Touch sends an alert and reports which user has that specific key. The KeyFind feature locates which KeyWatcher Touch cabinet contains a specific key, and determines who has it out. In addition, the KeyAnywhere feature enables customers to return a key to any KeyWatcher Touch cabinet located in the facility.

Every KeyWatcher Touch comes with Morse Watchmans’ patented SmartKey system to make all key control features and technology possible. When a SmartKey is inserted into the KeyWatcher Touch, an ID microchip in the SmartKey records transactional activity with user information through a SmartKey Reader. SmartKeys come in many colors for easier identification, and also can be attached to the tamper-proof KeyRings to keep groups of keys organized.

KeyWatcher Touch systems can be integrated with other access control systems for even greater security. They come with bright 7-inch touchscreens to make removing and returning keys easy. The industrial-grade steel cabinets are treated with anti-microbial powder coating.

Morse Watchmans is the original developer and global leader of electronic key control with offices in the U.S. and the U.K. and product distributors worldwide. In December 2021, Morse Watchmans was acquired by TouchPoint Inc., a privately held diversified global growth company. TouchPoint’s portfolio provides access hardware, medical technology and intelligent inventory management solutions. Morse Watchmans joins TouchPoint’s intelligent inventory management platform, positioned for exponential market growth to provide global key control and asset management solutions.

For more information, visit morsewatchmans.com.