PacificNet to present at China's 4th Annual International Conference on Gaming Industry

PacificNet’s latest gaming products such as video lottery terminals (VLTs), mobile gaming devices, bingo and keno gaming machines will also be showcased at the 2nd Annual Gaming Technology & Machine Expo, which accompanies the conference.

The International Conference on Gaming Industry and Public Welfare and the Gaming Technology & Machine Expo are jointly organized by the China Center for Lottery Studies (CCLS) at Peking University, Macao Polytechnic Institute, the Institute for Tourism Studies and the Macao Tourism and Casino Career Center, providing a professional platform for the global gaming industry to share management experience, encourage healthy development and encourage academic studies.

International government officers, scholars, in-service workers and operators within the gaming industry are invited to bring together research and ideas from different countries in the areas of gaming management, control and surveillance systems.

The theme of the conference will be: New Technologies and the Trends of the Gaming Industry in China, the venues will be: China Hall, Pudong Shangri-la Hotel, Shanghai & Lecture Theatre 1,Macao Polytechnic, Macau, China.

The main topics are: Successful Lottery in the Future for China, Constructing the Propagation of Gambling Culture in Harmonious Society, New Technologies and Trends: Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Gaming Industry in the Asia-Pacific Region, An Effect Study on Macao’s Gaming and Tourism Image.

Tong stated: "This is an excellent opportunity for us to showcase our latest gaming and lottery products and technology, as well as our successes in other legal gaming jurisdictions. We are delighted to share PacificNet’s successful experience with China’s leading gaming and lottery experts, researchers, and government policy makers on gaming technologies for social welfare and the promotion of legal gaming."

PacificNet’s recent investment in Guangdong Poly, a leading legal welfare lottery operator in China, is expected to enable PacificNet to participate in China’s rapidly growing state-sponsored legalized gaming and electronic lottery operations.

Guangdong Poly is a leading operator approved by China’s Welfare Lottery Center to develop and operate real-time electronic paperless lottery services in China. China’s lottery market surpassed us$ 10 billion in 2006 and is expected to continue growing according to the Chinese Ministry of Finance, which oversees all of China’s lottery sales. Of the us$ 10 billion spent on lotteries in China, over us$ 6 billion was generated via the China Welfare Lottery (CWL) system, representing a 20% increase over 2005.