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Thomas Decker to be Pennsylvania Gaming Congress Keynote

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Thomas A. "Tad" Decker, chairman of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, will be the keynote speaker at Pennsylvania Gaming Congress 2005 on Feb. 9.

Governor Ed Rendell in October appointed Mr. Decker as board chairman to oversee the daunting task of creating a powerful state agency from scratch and regulating the operation of up to 14 gaming facilities and 61,000 slot machines. The gaming board met for the first time on Dec. 14.

"Tad Decker is now the central figure in shaping the Pennsylvania gaming industry. The insight and vision he shares at this important conference should prove valuable to those who plan to participate in and follow gaming in Pennsylvania," said Mark S. Singel, former Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor of Pennsylvania, now Managing Director of Public Affairs Management, an organizing sponsor of Pennsylvania Gaming Congress 2005.

Mr. Decker has served in executive positions throughout his career as a nationally respected corporate lawyer and currently sits on the Delaware River Port Authority Board and Port Authority Transit Corp.

As Managing Partner at the Philadelphia law firm of Cozen O'Connor, Mr. Decker served as chairman of the firm's Management Committee and concentrated on mergers and corporate law, corporate governance and alternative dispute resolution. Pennsylvania Gaming Congress 2005 is the premier forum for the emerging gaming industry in the Keystone State.

Top public officials, gaming operators, regulators, slot manufacturers, and Wall Street analysts will address the hundreds of attendees in an intensive, daylong conference.

Registration is available at the early-bird rate by visiting the official Pennsylvania Gaming Congress 2005 Web site at: http://www.pagamingcongress.com. Gaming Industry Observer site licensees and Platinum subscribers can save $100 on registration. (See http://www.gamingobserver.com/platinum to sign on for Platinum service.)

Pennsylvania Gaming Congress 2005 is presented by Public Affairs Management LLC, a leading government relations firm in Pennsylvania, and Duane Morris LLP, an international law firm based in Philadelphia. The organizing producers are Michael Pollock's Gaming Industry Observer, an award-winning newsletter prized for expertise in Northeast gaming, and Spectrum Gaming Group LLC, a full-service international gaming consultancy. Among the two-dozen conference sponsors are the Casino Career Institute at Atlantic Cape Community College, Cyberview Technology, JCM American Corp., and Konami Gaming.

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