August 18-20, 2010 | Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino,
Las Vegas, NV
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International conference with emphasis on table game marketing and operations; vendor exhibits.Click here to view the complete agenda.
Update: We do not have a conference currently scheduled for 2011 or 2012. Please email us at
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2010 Conference Recap
The conference was attended by commercial, tribal and racetrack-casino properties from over 17 different states as well as Canada; over 70 different companies were represented at the conference.
The winners of Casino Journal's Best New Table Games Competition for 2010:
Gold — Triple Attack Blackjack by Galaxy Gaming
Silver — Hi-Low Pai Gow Poker by Unlimited Concepts, Inc.
What was the conference about?
Raving and the industry’s most talented experts and educators on table game operations and marketing gathered for our third annual conference. We expanded the tradeshow floor – also known as our “New Table Game Laboratory” and attendees had even more time to get hands-on with innovative and new table game products. Yes, it was classroom learning plus a “l
ab” – with the entire program built to assist gaming executives to get the best return on investment from their table games department.
Why was this conference created?
Battling declining revenues – casinos have been targeting their table game departments for financial relief. Some have drastically cut their pit area due to the erosion in profitability while others have allocated additional resources banking on renewed interest. What direction is exactly the right direction? With conflicting strategies from one extreme to the next, Raving Consulting Company took the lead in addressing this issue in 2008 by creating Raving's Cutting Edge Table Games Conference. This is the only table game conference solely dedictated of its kind.
The “Lab”
One aspect of this innovative conference was the opportunity for table game professionals and attendees to experience, analyze and vote for their favorite new games from the pioneering group of exhibitors in attendance, through Casino Journal's Best New Table Games Competition. This was created specifically to recognize and honor new table games, which often can be overlooked in the sea of new casino technologies and slot machines that permeate the gaming industry each year.
Read the June 2 press release.
Casino Journal's Best New Table Games of 2010 Competition
Casino Journal’s Best New Table Games of 2010 Competition was held in conjunction with Raving’s Cutting Edge Table Games Conference in Las Vegas. It was designed to recognize those new table games and their inventors, companies and promoters, whose new games, as judged by casino table game operators and marketing executives, have the best combination of player appeal, ease of understanding, and potential commercial success.
Eligibility: Casino Journal’s Best New Table Games of 2010 Competition was open to individuals or companies that have developed (or own the rights to) casino table games which have been created in the last three years and currently have less than 50 total units in casinos worldwide. They were fairly considered to be a table game for a table game environment, and not an electronic version of a table game. Poker games and poker game variations were acceptable. Past Gold award winners were not eligible for future year’s competitions with the same game.
Casino Journal’s Best New Table Games of 2010 Competition was open to exhibitors of Raving’s Cutting Edge Table Games Conference held at Mandalay Bay Resort Casino August 18-20, 2010. Each exhibitor was allowed to enter a maximum of two (2) new table games in the competition and was entirely responsible for the presentation of its game(s) to the attendees/judges of the conference, including table set up, game staffing, sample playing opportunity, collateral, mathematical information on the game, etc.
Special note: The Gold winner, providing that the game meets necessary regulatory and compact approvals, was offered floor space at Barona Resort & Casino and a standard contract with Shuffle Master, Inc..
Download the Rules for the Table Games Competition
Travel
Host Hotel Information
Host Property: Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Hotel
Reservations: 877-632-7000 or 702-632-9000
Group Code: XRAVC3
Rate: $139 Tuesday through Saturday. (August 17-21)
Room Cutoff Date: Friday, July 23, 2010
Transportation Information: Nearest Airport – Las Vegas McCarran Airport (LAS). Taxi or shuttle service (CLS outside of baggage claim $5 per person one way) from airport.
Schedule: Wednesday Evening Welcome Reception, Thursday and Friday all day classroom sessions.
Future Sponsors & Exhibitors
Reach a Targeted Audience at Raving’s Cutting Edge Table Games Conference
• Raving’s Cutting Edge Table Games Conference provides vendors a targeted audience — Unlike other trade shows and expos, everyone who attends is interested in table games. Meet table game directors, GMs, table ops folks, tribal leaders and others you want to experience your product first hand.
• Real networking — Don’t just see the people you want to talk to … meet them and start the business relationship you need. There’s special networking sessions, events and lots of interactivity. We’ve designed a contest that guarantees they visit with you in order to participate, and they’ll want to.
• Unparalleled exposure — We provide the press and PR like no other. Get your ads, logos and materials in front of the audiences you want, through marketing and trade publications, with no added expense.
Download the 2010 Table Games Sponsorship Brochure
Download the GES Exhibitor Manual (carpet, electricity, shipping, etc.)
Exhibit Booths & Sponsorships
Raving’s Cutting Edge Table Games Conference features an active exhibit hall. Situated next to the main conference room, exhibitors get hours of interaction with attendees during the reception, an on-floor luncheon and scheduled networking breaks. Vendors looking to sponsor a session, tradeshow bags or lanyards, or a networking event – we’ll customize a package based on your needs.
Casino Journal’s Best New Table Games of 2010 Competition
A highlight of this event is Casino Journal’s Best New Table Games of 2010 Competition where eligible exhibitors with new table games compete for the Gold, Silver and Bronze awards. The top three winners get additional exposure in Casino Journal; the Gold winner receiving a guaranteed new game trial at Barona Resort & Casino and a contract with Shuffle Master, Inc.*
Download the Rules for the Table Games Competition
For more information on exhibiting or sponsoring an event at the conference, contact:
Amy Hergenrother
VP of Business Development
Raving Consulting Company
775-329-7864
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