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PRNewswire - "Gambling is the biggest growth area on the Internet and we believe its true potential as a traffic and revenue driver has yet to be fully realized." - Amanda Anthony, an MSN business marketing manager.

"We were profitable from day one," says Playboy Chief Executive Christie Hefner about her company's gaming service. "Barring some nuclear event, I put my money on online gaming being the biggest source of online revenue for us in five years."

We couldn't agree more.

Interactive gaming is now recognized as an enormous long-term opportunity for technology companies, entertainment companies, governments, and existing land-based gambling companies around the world. There is one event where the major players meet to realize i-gaming's potential.

The Global Interactive Gaming Summit & Expo, already the largest tradeshow in the industry, is the single most important event for i-gaming executives, operators, officials, legislators, investors, and suppliers.

The 2002 Summit includes a full educational conference with three concurrent seminar tracks as well as a full-sized tradeshow with over 100 exhibiting companies expected. Gambling's movers and shakers, along with a confluence of government officials, investors technology specialists, entertainment reps, will attend this one event, where the major announcements, the major decisions, the major buys, and the most important networking opportunities will occur.

Register now for The Global Interactive Gaming Summit & Expo by visiting RiverCityGroup.com. Read about the program schedule, book your flight and hotel room, get questions answered by the show producers, and learn why the Summit 2002 may be the most important event in the gambling and entertainment industries.

Register online, by phone, or by fax and reserve your place at this prestigious event.

Early bird, corporate, and government discount rates are available. Companies interested in exhibiting should contact Exhibit@RiverCityGroup.com or call 636-946-0820.

Summit Details:

• When: May 13-15, 2002
• Where: Metro Toronto Convention Center
• Who: Produced by the River City Group; Endorsed by the Interactive Gaming Council; Official publication is IGamingNews.com; Sponsored by Microgaming, Cryptologic, I Global Media, Plus Lotto, Poker.com, Playtech, Aqua Online, Dot Com Entertainment Group