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Winkler will serve as Content Director, a role she first served at Gaming Technology Conference 2013, which drew more than 250 high-level attendees and more than 30 exhibitors and sponsors.

The Nevada Gaming Commission unanimously approved the gaming license applications of father and son Larry Jean Woolf and Larry David Woolf and their company, Navegante Gaming Inc., to manage Hooters Hotel.

The company, a subsidiary of the Japan-based Konami Corp., began the expansion work on its corporate offices and manufacturing center last month.

Casino City’s Global Gaming Almanac provides 664 pages of comprehensive, up-to-date market summaries, financial data, statistics, and profiles of properties, owners, and regulators for 190 international gaming jurisdictions.

The software supplier has been shortlisted in the Affiliate Marketing category at the inaugural event.

Owen ODonoghue and Olly Sewell, who run Gaming Marketing Solutions for Facebook, will be speaking at the mGaming & Social Gambling Summit.

UNLV trustee Mark Yoseloff is concerned Las Vegas could be losing its well-deserved reputation as the center of innovation in the gaming industry.

Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board AG Burnett, President & CEO of the American Gaming Association Frank Farhenkopf, Director of Marketing for South Point Casino Tom Mikovits, CEO of the Lottomatica Gaming Division Walter Bugno and New Jersey Assemblyman John J. Burzichelli are scheduled to speak at the conference

Sponsored by Microgaming, the evening’s clear winners were Paddy Power who won three awards, including Best Sports Betting Mobile Operator and Innovation in Mobile.

Penn National said it would partner with the Jamul Indian Village of San Diego to build a $360 million hotel-casino on tribal land roughly 20 miles east of downtown San Diego.

The 2013 edition of Casino City's Indian Gaming Industry Report is now available. The report, authored by Dr. Alan Meister, an economist with Nathan Associates Inc., is the most comprehensive, up-to-date study of Indian gaming available.

Marc Falcone gave up a 15-year career as a Wall Street gaming industry analyst to become chief financial officer for the newly created Fertitta Gaming.

The keynoters will be Shawn Rorick, New Media Strategist, Emerging Marketer, Inc.; Scott Voeller, Senior VP, Brand Strategy and Advertising, MGM Resorts International; and Staci Columbo-Alonso, VP of Global Marketing/CMO, International Game Technology.

Konami Gaming, Inc. announces the completion of a licensing agreement with Hasbro, Inc. and Hasbro International, Inc. whereby Konami has the rights to design and manufacture slot machines using the popular Dungeons & Dragons brand.

On December 3, 2012 the U.K. government released draft legislation requiring all U.K.-facing offshore businesses to be licensed in the U.K.