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Michigan Native American Group Sponsors Northern Gaming Summit17 August 2000DETROIT, Michigan – (Press Release) --Aug. 17, 2000 -- The northern region of the United States and Canada has developed into one of the largest and most important jurisdictions for casino gaming. The Northern Gaming Summit, which will be held in Detroit, Michigan on September 12 and 13, 2000, will address the issues affecting this region and the wide variety of gaming operations in the region will take center stage. Since Native American gaming is one of the principal forms of gaming in this region, the Northern Gaming Summit will be sponsored by the Michigan Indian Gaming Communication Network. Other sponsors of the Northern Gaming Summit include Bally Gaming & Systems, Global Cash Access, and the Detroit/Windsor Chapter of the Casino Management Association. The Northern Gaming Summit is the first and only conference and trade show produced for the gaming industry in the Northern U.S. and Canada. The producers of the Northern Gaming Summit are Casino Journal Publishing Group, the industry's leading information company, and Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Foster P.C., a Michigan law firm with expertise in gaming law. Ken Ermantinger, Executive Director, Sault Ste. Marie Gaming Commission and Chairman of the Michigan Indian Gaming Communication Network stated that the need for education and networking opportunities is important in order to properly spread the word on what the Native American gaming industry is doing to effectively regulate its operation. ``Events like the Northern Gaming Summit are perfect forums for industry representatives to learn about issues affecting operators, suppliers and employees involved in the Native American gaming industry,' said Ermantinger. At the Northern Gaming Summit, the Casino Management Association is presenting a track of seminars aimed at the lower- and middle-level casino managers. Attendees who are present for five of the six official CMA sessions will be rewarded with a certificate proclaiming them as ``Northern Gaming Summit Gaming Professionals.' Other panels will examine issues such as casino purchasing and the Internet, how to use the gaming industry to provide new opportunities for tribes and communities, the future of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, supplier regulation and vendor licensing, examining the gaming industry in Canada, and the recent developments in riverboat and racetrack casinos. |