The first official party for London’s International Casino Exhibition, ‘After Dark’, will take place at Adam Street Private Members’ Club, The Strand on Wednesday, January 23rd, organiser Clarion Gaming has announced.

 Clarion Gaming Events Co-ordinator, Daniel Wiseman explained: “If ICE represents three of the international casino industry’s most important days, After Dark is one of the most important nights. The inaugural ICE party offers a chance to discuss business at one of London’s most relaxing and stylish venues. The sheer calibre of Adam Street makes it a fitting venue for this unique and exclusive event.”

 Tickets for ‘After Dark’, restricted to 400, cost £45 and include a free bar until late. Head of Exhibitions, Karen Cooke added: “After Dark’ confirms ICE as the place where you can do business whilst enjoying the company of your friends and guests. Adam Street is the epitome of understated elegance, providing the level of quality and service that ICE guests have come to expect.”

Sponsorship packages for ‘After Dark’ are also available and include a complimentary ticket allocation, advertisement in the official ICE show catalogue, company logo and description on the show website, branding on all event marketing literature and tickets, as well as branding and signage at the event.

Adam Street private members currently include Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella, Yo Sushi’s Simon Woodroffe and the eponymous Sir Rocco Forte amongst others.

A further electronic casino of the cooperation partners MERKUR CASINO and CASINO TECHNOLOGY was opened in Blagoevgrad/Bulgaria at the beginning of September under the label PALMS MERKUR CASINO.  This is the second project – the first joint branch was opened in Sofia in June – and demonstrates that the two joint venture partners know how to use their respective competences in the form of synergies in their fruitful collaboration.

The 400 square meter gaming arcade is located at one of the best addresses in the city centre. The city of Blagoevgrad with its more than 70,000 inhabitants is located some 100 kilometres to the South of Sofia and is one of the biggest cities in the Southwest of Bulgaria. Similar to the sister venture “Expo” in Sofia, this electronic casino, too, is operated as a joint venture by the partners MERKUR CASINO and CASINO TECHNOLOGY.

The product portfolio consists of two roulette tables with 16 seats and another 44 innovative AWP machines. Every day, 14 staff are non-stop catering to the well-being of the patrons.

Not least due the height of the rooms the new design reminds of a cathedral.

However, according to managing director Rolf Falk this special interior design has experimental character. In the near future, further MERKUR CASINOS in Europe will incorporate similar new accents and further trends will be set in first class entertainment. It is for this reason that the worldwide brand of the MERKUR sun ® is considered a quality label for creativity, market-driven professionalism and competencies in gaming and technology. In Bulgaria it also benefits from the deep market know-how of the strong local partner CASINO TECHNOLOGY.

Just a year after making their ICE debut, Las Vegas Gaming, Inc.™ have signed up for an exclusive stand at London’s ICE 2008 between January 22 and 24.

 Spokesperson Sheri Hanks confirmed: “This is our second time exhibiting at ICE; in 2007 LVGI shared booth space with Octavian. We feel that ICE 2008 represents an excellent opportunity to showcase our technology and expand our growing client and customer base.”

Las Vegas Gaming, Inc.™ is a game-management system operator, supplier and game designer specializing in innovative gaming technologies as well as keno, bingo and lottery products. LVGI is also the licensed operator of the Super Bonanza Bingo® progressive and the highly acclaimed linked progressive keno games, Nevada Numbers® and The Million Dollar Ticket®.

Their latest technology is the PlayerVision™ system, which is an application delivery vehicle for providing uniform interactive content to primary video slot screens across multiple manufacturers. The PlayerVision™ suite of applications includes AdVision™, direct custom advertising; PV-TV, which shows an entire show or sporting event; NumberVision™, which provides the chance of a life-changing jackpot; and WagerVision™, which turns video-based slot machines into sports book kiosks.

Organisers of ATEI, ICE and ICEi, collectively known as The London Show, chose United Nations Day (24th October) to announce a new target: of attracting visitors from their 180th territory at the forthcoming event (22nd-24th January). The current tally, which covers all visitors to the show since 1995, stands at 178. Marketing manager, Charlotte Skinner commented: "There are presently 192 Member Sates of the United Nations, so for the London Show to have been represented by so many is a remarkable achievement."

The ATEI/ICE/ICEi list includes visitors from 29 territories which aren't actually 'Member States' of the UN either for political reasons in the case of countries such as Taiwan and Palestine or because they are classed as 'non-self-governing territories' or 'overseas dependencies'.

Surexpo closed last week in Warsaw: 131 companies exhibited and over 6 500 visitors attended from Belgium, Austria,Ukraine, Germany, Slovenia, Slovakai, Hungary, Ireland, Lativia, Great Britain, Lithuania, Switzerland, Spain, Czech Republic, Russia, Bielarus, Bulgaria, USA, Canada and Australia

Madbox machine, Kidman company, Black Horse Exklusive, Vegas company, Blue Box, KOS company, Soccermania, Kriss-Sport company, basketball machine, Jakar company, Hot Spot, Novomatic Group of Companies.

Next years Surexpo will take place in Warsaw16-18 OCTOBER 2008