INDIAN GAMING ASSOCIATION JOINS THE INTERNATIONAL GAMING INDUSTRY AT ICE 2023 IN LONDON
Chairman Ernie Stevens, Jr. presented the ICE Landmark Awards, a recognition of the gaming industry’s most notable individuals on the international stage
ICE 2023 – ExCel London, February 9, 2023 - ICE Landmark Awards - Indian Gaming Association Chairman Ernie Stevens, Jr. was honored at the ICE London 2023 Gaming conference in London with the International Gaming industry’s most influential honoring – the ICE Landmark Award.
temperatures, put up the dividers, wiped down machines, and did all they did to get Indian Country’s economic engines moving again.
They imposed the highest standards industry- wide to stop the spread of the virus by putting the health and safety of people first. Stuart Hunter, Managing Director of Clarion Gaming, said: “The Landmark Awards serve as recognition of the extraordinary achievements of the individuals and organizations that make up this extraordinary industry.” Hunter explained that the recipients of these Awards have all been nominated from within the industry and labeled it an honor “to have them with us at this historic edition of what is the world’s most influential and international b2b gambling exhibition.” The Indian Gaming Association joins other Industry professionals at ICE 2023, which includes a world of gaming representing a record 68 nations. The figure is an uplift on the previous best of 65 set in February 2020, which was the last edition of ICE pre-COVID.
Chairman Stevens, who was pegged as one of the industry’s most influential personalities, received recognition for his leadership during COVID. Indian gaming association helped to protect and preserve tribal gaming and secure the vital funding needed to keep tribal casinos solvent through the worst of the pandemic on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. Upon receiving the award, Stevens said, “This recognition is an acknowledgment beyond me. It is a recognition of the outstanding commitment of our tribal leaders who guided the Indian Gaming Association in our work to secure the vital funds needed to help bring our tribal government gaming industry through the worst of the COVID pandemic. Stevens asked the IGA representatives to join him on stage, and he shared. “It took a team beyond those who are joining
“This recognition is an acknowledgment beyond me. It is a recognition of the outstanding commitment of our tribal leaders who guided the Indian Gaming Association in our work to secure the vital funds needed to help bring our tribal government gaming industry through the worst of the COVID pandemic.” Ernie Stevens, Jr.
tonight. Stevens added, “I must also credit the creativity and flexibility of many of our experts on the ground throughout Indian country. This is a recognition of the hundreds of thousands of Indian gaming managers, employees, and regulators at the frontlines who took
The global distribution of the 623 exhibitors who will be at ICE 2023 stretches from Argentina to Australia, Macao to Mexico, and Ukraine to the United States.
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