BNP Media and Spectrum Gaming Group Team Up for New England Gaming Summit

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The explosive potential for gaming in the New England region will be the focus of a new conference from BNP Media Gaming Group and Spectrum Gaming Group. The first New England Gaming Summit will be held September 13-14, 2010, at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Conn. The event is sure to draw a broad mix of policymakers, industry leaders, analysts and others interested in this market.

"This conference will assist public and private sector leaders in understanding the role casinos can play, and have played, in local economies," noted Michael Pollock, Managing Director of Spectrum Gaming Group, which has recently produced comprehensive studies in Massachusetts and Connecticut. "We intend to provide a blueprint for existing and emerging gaming states, to improve their understanding and to foster a dialogue."

"Two of the largest casinos in the world are located in Connecticut, while gaming operations in Rhode Island and Maine are also part of this vibrant market," added Charles Anderer, Group Publisher, Gaming, for BNP Media. "With Massachusetts and New Hampshire legislative leaders likely to reconsider casino-style gaming, there may be more to come. The region is ready to explore gaming's current impact and future potential in a dedicated conference environment."

BNP and Spectrum already partner to produce the successful Florida Gaming Summit, now in its fifth year.

BNP also produces or co-produces BingoWorld, Southern Gaming Summit, Gaming Technology Summit, New York Gaming Summit and Casino Marketing Conference. The company is the world's largest and most experienced gaming industry media resource and the leading producer of trade magazines, specialized conferences and expos, websites, e-newsletters and targeted specialty publications serving the gaming industry worldwide. BNP publishes Casino Journal and Slot Manager, two of the most respected titles in the gaming industry.

Spectrum Gaming Group is the world's foremost gaming research and professional services firm that provides economic and feasibility studies, impact analyses, regulatory services, investigations and due-diligence, restructurings and acquisition services, customer-service audits and operational assistance for private- and public-sector clients on five continents. Spectrum publishes the award-winning Gaming Industry Observer newsletter and also produces the East Coast Gaming Congress and Pennsylvania Gaming Congress.

The New England Gaming Summit is the ideal way to reach key decision makers in the Northeast gaming market. To learn more about sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities, contact Lesley Grashow at grashowl@bnpmedia.com.

SOURCE BNP Media Gaming Group; Spectrum Gaming Group