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Press
Releases
‘Tales From Katrina’ Session in the Spotlight at Gaming Law
Conference
NEWS
NEW ORLEANS (Oct. 20, 2006) – International
Masters of Gaming Law has announced several enticing additions to its
Winter Conference Nov. 30-Dec. 1 at the Wyndham New Orleans at Canal
Place, New Orleans:
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The final session of the two-day conference,
“Tales From Katrina,” has gained a special keynote speaker and an
appropriate new venue. At noon Friday, Dec. 1, conference attendees will
walk from the hotel to the adjacent Aquarium of the Americas where they
will view the critically acclaimed IMAX movie “Hurricane on the Bayou,”
and will be treated to a keynote address from L. Ronald Forman,
President and CEO of the Audubon Nature Institute. Local IMGL member J.
Kelly Duncan will host the “Tales from Katrina”
discussion.
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IMGL’s Winter Conference gala dinner event will
be staged at the magnificent Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, adjacent
to our headquarters hotel, on Thursday, Nov. 30. A cocktail reception
begins at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7. The cocktail reception will
be held in the Aquarium’s Caribbean Exhibit, followed by dinner in the
Gulf of Mexico Exhibit.
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A new session has been added to Day 2 of the
Conference, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 1: “Advertising Panel:
Understanding TV’s Standards and Practices.” Sandford Millar, Chief
Operating Officer and General Counsel, Ultimate Blackjack Tour, will
moderate a panel that includes Ian Imrich, CEO/President, Law Offices of
Ian J. Imrich; Michael Lipton, Elkind and Lipton, Toronto; and Nick
Nocton, Jeffrey Green Russell, London. The session is described this
way: The primary driver in global interactive gambling is television.
Broadcast standards and practices shape the direction and content of
television programming and marketing. Television programming is subject
to broadcast standards and practices of each network, but ultimately is
the result of the networks’ interpretation of national regulatory
efforts. This session will address the relationship between global
interactive gambling and television standards and
practices.
The Winter Conference gets under way at 5 p.m.
Nov. 29 with a Welcome Reception at the Wyndham Riverbend Terrace,
featuring spectacular views of the Mississippi River and the French
Quarter. The Conference begins in earnest at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 30 with a
keynote address by Jerry St Pe’, Chairman of the Mississippi Gaming
Commission.
To learn more about the conference or to register
online, visit www.gaminglawmasters.com/neworleans; or contact Melissa
Lurie, IMGL Executive Director, (303) 449-9955; or IMGLDirector@aol.com.
International Masters of Gaming Law Names W.
Owen Nitz, Jeffrey M. Cooper as Gaming Executives of the
Year
NEWS
BILOXI,
Miss. (Sept. 11, 2006) – International Masters of Gaming Law is
pleased to announce the co-recipients of the inaugural Gaming
Executives of the Year award: W. Owen Nitz is an attorney and
managing partner of Nitz, Walton & Heaton in Las Vegas. Jeffrey M.
Cooper is a CPA with Bradshaw Smith & Co. in Las Vegas. Together
they are the co-trustees of the former Imperial Palace, now IP
Biloxi.
One year
after the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina, Nitz and Cooper stand
out among the thousands of gaming industry executives and employees,
lawyers, lawmakers and regulators who have dedicated themselves to helping
the Gulf Coast region emerge from the devastation.
The
honorees are featured in a special edition of Casino Lawyer
magazine – produced by the IMGL – distributed this week to IMGL members
and subscribers of Casino Enterprise Management magazine. They will
be honored during IMGL’s Winter Conference, Nov. 30-Dec. 1 at the Wyndham
New Orleans at Canal Place.
In his
Message from the President in Casino Lawyer, Michael Lipton wrote
of Nitz and Cooper’s “remarkable dedication to restoring their community.
They showed up to ride out the storm and haven’t left. In the months after
the storm, IP Biloxi housed the emergency’s first responders, such as FEMA
personnel and an army of relief workers and insurance adjusters. In just
four months, they completely overhauled their property and reopened it in
December, the first Biloxi property to do so. That meant roughly 1,500
jobs back online – bolstering both the economy and a community’s battered
morale.”
Among the
numerous contributions that IP Biloxi has made to the
community:
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More than $500,000 to help bring Nativity BVM
elementary school back to life
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More than 1,300
wheelchairs distributed throughout the region
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Harrison County Habitat
for Humanity, $200,000
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The Living Cities,
$50,000
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Salt and Light Ministries
Foundation, $30,000
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Mississippi Coast
Coliseum, $15,000
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Gulf Coast Symphony,
$15,000
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OHR-O’KEFFE Museum, $10,000
IMGL Biloxi
member Britt Singletary, writing in Casino Lawyer, had this to say:
“Owen Nitz and Jeff Cooper had the optimism and determination to not
merely rebuild the IP, but to devote even greater financial resources to
make it a premier property able to compete with any gaming facility in the
State of Mississippi. Their vision has been proven by the tremendous
acceptance and appreciation by the public.
“The
decisions made by Owen and Jeff to invest their time, expertise and the
Engelstad Family Trust resources back into Biloxi had a great deal to do
with showing other developers that the Mississippi Gulf Coast remains a
great place for new development.”
The IMGL is
committed to the rebuilding effort along the Gulf Coast. Several hundred
influential gaming lawyers and regulators are expected to attend the
Winter Conference in New Orleans. Much of that conference will be
dedicated to gaming and its economic impact in the post-Katrina South.
Nitz will be a keynote speaker at the conference, as will Jerry St Pe’,
Chairman of the Mississippi Gaming Commission.
The International Masters of Gaming Law (IMGL)
is a non-profit association of attorneys, gaming regulators and gaming
executives dedicated to the education, advancement of the gaming law
profession and exchange of professional information concerning the local
and global practice and development of all aspects of gaming law. Learn
more at http://www.gaminglawmasters.com.
To learn
more about the conference, contact Melissa Lurie, IMGL Executive Director,
(303) 449-9955; IMGLDirector@aol.com.
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Media
contact Stephen Gibbs, (954) 636-5876; sgibbs@farolmedia.com.
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