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Winners Announced for Sixth Annual Global Gaming Business Gaming & Technology Awards

Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:00pm EST
Winners Announced for Sixth Annual Global Gaming Business Gaming & Technology
Awards

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Gaming Business magazine today
announced the winners of the Sixth Annual Gaming & Technology Awards. The
Gaming & Technology Awards are the industry's standard in this field,
recognizing excellence in innovation and practical application in all gaming
disciplines. The awards were presented to the winners today at the
International Casino Exposition (ICE) in London.
    The winners of the Sixth Annual Global Gaming Business Gaming and
Technology Awards are:
    2008 Global Gaming Business Gaming & Technology Awards

    Best Consumer Service Technology
    1st   IGT EZ Pay Smart Card
    2nd   Bally Technologies iVIEW Media Server
    3rd   Las Vegas Gaming Inc. PlayerVision

    Honorable Mention:
    Paltronics AV Logica (AVL) Suite of Products
    Multimedia Games Bonus Revolution

    Best Productivity-Enhancement Technology
    1st   IGT sb Floor Manager
    2nd   Aristocrat Ace Interactive Gaming Solution V4.0
    3rd   Bally Technologies GameMaker Scheduler

    Honorable Mention:
    Sona Mobile Gaming System
    Resort Advantage Title 31 eSubmission-Automated FinCEN e-Filing

    Best Slot Product
    1st   Aristocrat Viridian Gen7
    2nd   IGT Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade Slots
    3rd   WMS The Wizard of Oz

    Honorable Mention:
    Bally Technologies Fireball
    Bally Technologies Quick Hit Platinum

    Judges for the Gaming & Technology Awards were: Robert Russell, editor of
the Michigan Gaming Law Newsletter, and principal with Regulatory Management
Counselors; James Wortman, Director, Gaming Education and Research Institute,
Conrad Hilton College at the University of Houston; Charles Lombardo, slot
consultant and former senior vice president of slot operations for Seminole
Gaming and Caesars Palace; and Claudia Winkler, president, GHI Solutions Inc.
in Las Vegas. Nominees for the award were evaluated during the Global Gaming
Expo (G2E) on November 13-15, 2007 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
    "These judges are considered the leaders in their fields, and these awards
reflect the accepted industry standards of excellence," said Roger Gros,
publisher of Global Gaming Business magazine, which administers the awards
program.
    Global Gaming Business is the leading trade magazine published monthly
focusing on the casino gaming industry worldwide. Global Gaming Business is an
official publication of the American Gaming Association and Global Gaming Expo
(G2E). Global Gaming Business also publishes GGB Weekly, a comprehensive
weekly e-news magazine; Tribal Government Gaming, an annual publication
covering Indian gaming; Casino Design, an annual magazine covering design and
construction trends in gaming; RD&E, an annual report on the non-gaming
amenities in the casino and resort industries; and Casino Connection, two
monthly magazines for employees and executives of the Atlantic City and Nevada
gaming industries.
    For more information on the Gaming and Technology awards, contact Roger
Gros at Global Gaming Business Magazine at 702-248-1565 x225 or
rgros@ggbmagazine.com.
SOURCE  Global Gaming Business

Roger Gros of Global Gaming Business Magazine, +1-702-248-1565, ext. 225,
rgros@ggbmagazine.com



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