Las Vegas
November 12th, 2001

    GEM Communications, LLC, announced that it has agreed to acquire full interest in Bingo World Trade Show and Conference from producing partner Dion Entertainment of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, for an undisclosed sum. GEM Communications and Dion Entertainment first entered into a producing partnership in April 1998.
 
    Now entering its sixth year, Bingo World Trade Show and Conference is the bingo industry’s leading educational conference and trade show. Following the buyout, GEM will be the sole owner and producer of the Sixth Bingo World Trade Show and Conference, March 5-7, 2002, at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The three-day conference and exposition will feature speakers and exhibitors from around the world. More than 2,000 people are expected to attend the expo, which will feature approximately 80 exhibiting companies and nine educational conference sessions.
 
    “We have enjoyed our working partnership with Dion Entertainment,” said GEM President Bill Newman, “and know that Bingo World and the bingo industry at-large are stronger because of the efforts of both companies. GEM’s sole ownership of Bingo World fits with our ongoing mission to be the industry’s leading gaming media company. Through our 12 gaming-oriented magazines and our diverse regional and international trade shows, GEM provides feasible and viable one-stop marketing solutions to gaming
manufacturers worldwide.”
 
    GEM Communications produces the world’s leading gaming exhibitions and conferences, including the 

• Las Vegas-based World Gaming Congress and Expo (entering its 16th year),
• American Gaming Summit, 
• Casino Ops, and the 
• Southern Gaming Summit in Biloxi, Miss.  

• IGWB
• Casino Journal
• Slot Manager
• Indian Gaming Business
• Lottery Business
• Casino Executive Reports
• Gaming for Africa
• InterGame
• InterGaming
• InterPark
• AB Europe and 
• National Gaming Summary.