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Winners Announced for Second Annual Global Gaming Business Gaming and Technology Awards

    ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Gaming Business
magazine today announced the winners of the second annual Global Gaming
Business Gaming & Technology Awards. The awards, which recognize excellence in
innovation and practical application, will be presented at the 6th Annual
Gaming and Technology Conference to be held at the Atlantic City Convention
Center on November 9, 2004.
    The winners of the Second Annual Global Gaming Business Gaming &
Technology Awards are:

     -- Best Consumer-Service Technology
     First Place: Bally Gaming and Systems, iVIEW
     Second Place: Konami Gaming, Namb II/HD Stream
     Third Place: InfoGenesis, Revelation/Walk Up Systems

     -- Best Productivity-Enhancement Technology
     First Place: Cyberview Technology, Downloadable Games
     Second Place: IGT, Loot 66
     Third Place: FutureLogic, Gen2 VST

     -- Best Slot Product
     First Place: IGT, Wheel of Fortune Big Spin
     Second Place: Bally Gaming and Systems, Auction Fever
     Third Place: Colepat LLC, Lucky Wheel Poker

    Judges were: George Mancuso, vice president, slot operations for the
Tropicana in Atlantic City; Claudia Winkler, president of GHI Solutions Inc.
in Las Vegas; and Judy Cornelius, associate director of the Institute for the
Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Nominees were evaluated during Global Gaming Expo 2004 in early October.
    "These judges are considered the best in their fields, and these awards
reflect the accepted industry standards of excellence," said Roger Gros,
editor of Global Gaming Business magazine, which administers the awards
program.
    The Gaming and Technology Conference will also present the 3rd Annual
Larry Cole Award For Excellence and Innovation in Gaming Technology. The
recipient of that award will be Borgata Hotel, Casino and Spa, with President
Bob Boughner accepting.

    Global Gaming Business is published monthly and focuses on the casino
gaming industry worldwide. Global Gaming Business is an official publication
of the American Gaming Association and the Global Gaming Expo (G2E). Global
Gaming Business also publishes Global Gaming Business Weekly, a comprehensive
weekly e-news magazine, and Casino Connection, a monthly magazine for
employees and executives of the Atlantic City gaming industry.
    For more information on the Global Gaming Business Gaming & Technology
Awards, contact Roger Gros at Global Gaming Business magazine at 702-248-1565
x225 or rgros@ggbmagazine.com.
    For more information on the Gaming and Technology Conference, contact
Donna Schneider at 609-652-6472 or visit http://www.gametechconf.com.


SOURCE Global Gaming Business magazine




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    CONTACT:
    Roger Gros, Global Gaming Business magazine,
    +1-702-248-1565 x225 or rgros@ggbmagazine.com; or Gaming and
    Technology Conference: Donna Schneider, +1-609-652-6472