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Southern Gaming Summit is May 3-6
BILOXI — The Mississippi Gaming & Hospitality Association (MGHA) will hold its Southern Gaming Summit (SGS) May 3-6, 2022, at MGM’s Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi. Bill Miller, president and CEO of the American Gaming Association, will be the keynote speaker.
The event begins with a golf tournament at MGM’s Fallen Oak Golf Course Tuesday, May 3, followed by a
welcome reception at the Beau Rivage.
Wednesday, May 4, SGS attendees will
hear from Miller and will then have access
to six sessions. Sessions for registered
attendees on May 4-5 include Regulatory
Updates, iGaming and Sportsbetting, Being
a Responsible Operator in 2022, Doing
Business as a Third Party Vendor, and
Tribal Sportsbetting: Questions, Rules and Models, along with the popular Operator & GM Roundtable Discussion. Sessions will be held in the convention area on the second floor of Beau Rivage.
New to SGS this year is A Taste of Coastal Mississippi on May 4, sponsored by Coastal Mississippi, and on May 5, five gaming industry leaders will be inducted into the Mississippi Gaming Hall of Fame during an evening gala. This year’s inductees are:
• Industry Pioneer: Allan B. Solomon, principal and chairman, Foundation Gaming and Entertainment, and co-founder and former executive vice president and general counsel, Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. (2008)
• Industry Influencer: Virginia McDowell, non-executive director of Entain Plc., and retired chief executive officer, Isle of
Capri Casinos Inc. (2016)
• Commercial Gaming: Craig H. Neilsen,
visionary and philanthropist, founded Ameristar Casinos, Inc, and later established the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, North America’s largest private funder for spinal cord injury research and programming
• Manufacturer: Kagemasa Kozuki, founder, chairman and representative
director, KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION
• Regulator: John Hairston, president and CEO, Hancock Whitney Corporation, and former member and chairman,
Mississippi Gaming Commission (2005-2015).
Registration and sponsorship information for the Southern
Gaming Summit, along with more information, is now available online at www.sgsummit.org.
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