Nicola Lazenby, show director for the new London Casino & Gaming Show said that they had been “encouraged” by the response to the event, set for January 2025.
Several of the biggest names in the industry are said to be supporting the show, which will run January 14 – 16, the week before ICE which has now moved to Barcelona.
“We are signing contracts this week,” said Lazenby “and in the next few days we should be able to release names.”
Held at London’s ExCeL, LCG will be a bricks-and-mortar-only casino expo, and will run alongside the Entertainment, Attractions and Gaming Expo at the same venue. Also running will be the Social Immersive Entertainment Expo.
“We are feeling more confident every day,” said show ambassador Nick Harding (pictured), “that our original thoughts that the casino business in Europe needs and deserves its own event on a smaller and more focused footprint, free of the internet gambling and betting interests that might threaten to overwhelm everything else.
“We want to see every aspect of the bricks-and-mortar casino on the floor of the show, from not just slots and live tables, to a representation of every aspect of the day-to-day activities; uniforms, roulette equipment and other table games (automated or otherwise), F&B, glass suppliers, lighting effects, payment systems and security.”
Lazenby stated that each of the three shows would have its own workshops, seminars and breakout events, and there were already indications that a number of evening social events would be put in hand.
“We are even having approaches to see if live international gaming events can be run during the exhibition, which will add a great deal of excitement.”
