Pressing Urgency of U.S. Position on Online Gaming Spurs IGCE Europe to Create Attendee/Guest Offer

HATBORO, Pa., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Gaming Conference & Expo (IGCE Europe), slated to take place November 5-7 in Dublin at the historic Fitzpatrick Castle, will feature an extensive and comprehensive program and roster of speakers, unprecedented within the industry of online sports and casino/poker/skill games wagering. "It could not come at a better time," so say analysts within the industry.

"The latest U.S. legislation has the online/offshore gaming industry in a turmoil," stated Wayne Nixon, Director of the IGCE Conference, "from London to Bangkok, New York to Dublin, Beijing to Costa Rica, Malta to Gibraltar. Panic is running rampant in the streets, major gaming groups are watching their stocks fall faster than rain in a hurricane, planned mergers are now on shelves so far back they cannot be seen, resignations of CEOs, COOs, Board Directors and others are being handed in daily and travel to the U.S. by anyone remotely involved in the industry has come to a screeching halt. The major question on the minds and lips of everyone is 'Will gaming survive?'

"And," Mr. Nixon continued, "there are secondary ones all pretty much the same as the industry circles its wagons...'Will the Internet aspect of it come to a screeching halt in the days, weeks and months ahead? Are privately held companies going to replace the public ones and simply shore up their defenses while increasing their customer base? What are the political and lobbying plans of major Nevada-based operations? Has the U.S. turned into the grim reaper for offshore and online wagering? Has the balloon finally burst and are we starting to see rubble instead of building?'"

The situation is so urgent and pressing, budgets and expenditures so strained at present, that IGCE is offering a complimentary guest registration for everyone registered for the conference...past, present and right up to November 5th.

"These are introspective and somewhat perilous times for the industry," continued Mr. Nixon, "with corporate and executive futures being determined on an almost daily basis, fear of dealing with U.S. players/punters permeating everywhere and uncertainty evident with whomever one speaks to about the future. The fact of the matter is that advertising and marketing campaigns are on hold, other I-gaming conferences are canceling from Montreal to Las Vegas, new markets are being explored and critical legal opinions are being sought from Asia to North America. It is our opinion," Mr. Nixon concluded, "and that of many others, that the industry will sustain. It will not close down. Methodologies to endure and perpetuate, to move forward, are primary considerations. Legal advisories and debates, postures of various venues from Antigua to Malta, are a mainstay of a number of planned sessions that are on the agenda for Dublin."

Additional information on the conference is available by emailing info@igconference.com, contacting Wayne Nixon at wjoseph@igconference.com or Cynthia Pagano at Cynthia@igconference.com or by calling 1-215/441-5887.

About The International Gaming Conference & Expo

The IGCE was created to address issues within the gaming industry, from Las Vegas to London, to cover land-based ventures, offshore and online Internet efforts. Its founders are experts within the industry and IGCE sets itself apart by separating the organization from those that are conference organizers. By so doing, each conference is focused upon coverage of every topic of interest and importance to its attendees with a reach and reputation that is able to gather together the most important voices within the industry covering a range of topics unequalled anywhere else.