Pre-registrations for the London Casino and Gaming Show are making up at least 14 per cent of the projected attendance of the EAG exhibition, and of those, nearly one-third fall into the category of board member/founder/owner/director.

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Revealing the eve-of-show statistics, EAG director Nicola Lazenby said that the addition of the LCG offshoot to EAG had "transformed the experience."

“We now have a well-rounded event covering all of the in-person entertainment attractions for the wider amusement and gambling industry," she said.

EAG opens its doors at London’s ExCeL today (Tuesday, January 14) and according to the pre-registration data from Lazenby’s organisation, the Bacta-owned trade show will be the largest in years in terms of both the number of exhibition stands and the number of visitors.

Last Friday, Lazenby was able to report that overall pre-registrations were up over six per cent year-on-year and that those casino executives intending to make their way to the event were also surprisingly international, especially considering that the event is only days ahead of the ICE trade show in Barcelona.

“The LCG pre-registrations include individuals from 30 countries. The overall EAG international profile is made up of 83 countries,” Lazenby added.

Looking at the casino event in isolation, 31 per cent were very senior, falling into the category of board/founder/owner/director, but noticeably 15 per cent were also at managerial level.

EAG chairman, Martin Burlin, in his last year in that role, said: “The doors open today on the most comprehensive exhibition ever staged by the trade association since the days of the old Earls Court ATEI, where the casino exhibition that became ICE, was born.

“The argument for the wider industry to come out to the Docklands exhibition complex this year is very persuasive!”