Table Games Conference
August 18-20 | 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.
What is this all about?
Join Raving and the industry’s most talented experts and educators on table game operations and marketing for our third annual conference. We’ve expanded the tradeshow floor – also known as our “New Table Game Laboratory” and attendees will have even more time to get hands-on with innovative and new table game products. Yes, it is 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 is 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 is held in conjunction with Raving’s Cutting Edge Table Games Conference in Las Vegas. It is 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 is 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 must be 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 are acceptable. Past Gold award winners are not eligible for future year’s competitions with the same game.
Casino Journal’s Best New Table Games of 2010 Competition is open to exhibitors of Raving’s Cutting Edge Table Games Conference to be held at Mandalay Bay Resort Casino August 18-20, 2010. Each exhibitor is allowed to enter a maximum of two (2) new table games in the competition and is 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, will receive floor space at Barona Resort & Casino and a standard contract with Shuffle Master, Inc.. Gold, Silver and Bronze winners will receive exposure in a print ad in the October issue of Casino Journal. To Enter: Contact Amy Hergenrother, Vice President of Business Development, Raving Consulting Company at 775-329-7864 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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.
2009 Conference Recap
The conference was attended by commercial, tribal and racetrack-casino properties from over 15 different states as well as Canada; over sixty different companies were represented at the conference.
The winners of Casino Journal's Best New Table Games Competition for 2009:
• Gold — Fortune Teller Blackjack by Unlimited Concepts, Inc.
• Silver — Emperor's Challenge Bonus by Galaxy Gaming
• Bronze — Rock n Roll Dice
Taking home the Gold Award was Cary Lucier, President of Fortune Teller Blackjack by Unlimited Concepts, Inc. "The conference was invaluable to our company because it was aimed specifically at our target market consisting of casino table games decision makers. This conference eliminates posers and middlemen common to other trade shows that normally waste an exhibitor's precious time, which could be better spent in meaningful discussions with quality contacts. All of the attendees at this conference were focused, dedicated and honest with their opinions when it came to reviewing the games. The Managers and Executives who voted have given our game their stamp of approval and I doubt we could've gotten the same thing anywhere else."
Bob Pietrosanto, Sales Manager for Galaxy Gaming, the 2008 Bronze Winner and 2009 Silver Winner said, "The Raving Table Games Conference provides an excellent venue for companies like Galaxy Gaming to meet, network and spend quality time with table games decision makers. Once again we are honored to have one of our new games be recognized and win an award at the Raving event. What makes it special is the very people who voted our game one of the best are ultimately the ones who will decide to put it on their casino floor. We have already received several orders for Emperor's Challenge Bonus and the Raving event certainly helped kick it into the next gear. Galaxy Gaming looks forward to participating in next year's event, debuting another exciting new table game and keeping our winning streak alive."
The Bronze Award went to first time conference exhibitor Rock ‘n Roll Dice. "The showing at the conference confirmed our belief that we have a great product," said Jimmy Barber, Vice President of Marketing.
This annual, "must attend" table games event addresses innovative and hot button issues and assembles the cream of the crop of new table games in one place at one time – where table game executives would find the best learning and networking for themselves, among their real table games brothers and sisters.
Dennis Conrad, President and Chief Strategist of Raving stated, "Because of the continuing erosion of table game revenues, it's important to have a venue to talk about important issues. The traditional table game model has gotten old and stale. This conference is a way to bring everyone together and share ideas that maybe haven't been considered and find ways to start thinking outside of the box when it comes to table games. There is really no other venue or event where this can occur. This is the table games conference for table game operators and table game vendors."
Conrad likened Raving's Cutting Edge Table Games Conference to a "table games laboratory."
"You get to evaluate a ton of new games all in one place without having to deal with the hassles of larger trade shows. You get to take part in honest, straight-forward discussions about topics that are critical to table game professionals and the organization. The learning and networking for attendees is strong and is always a big plus at Raving conferences."
Raving would like to give special thanks to each of the exhibitors and sponsors that took part in this conference: Dejo Gaming Enterprises, Bunko Bucks, Gary Platt Manufacturing, Galaxy Gaming, Gaming Partners International (GPI), Imperial Casino Games, Jesse James Hold ‘Em, MGC, MVP Gaming, Unlimited Concepts, Inc., Rock ‘n Roll Dice, Raving Service, SCA Gaming, Score Gaming, Barona Resort & Casino and Casino Journal.
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
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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