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CasinoFest 8: Ernie Stevens Jr. Presents Indian Gaming Advocate of the Year Award

Ernie Stevens Jr., Chairman of NIGA, addresses the audience and presents Lynn “Nay” Valbuena with the Indian Gaming Advocate of the Year award. Stevens discuses tribal sovereignty, NIGA’s relationship with CEM, current events relating to Indian gaming and more. Stevens said, “Everybody makes the world go round in Indian gaming. Everybody has a significant part of making this success. Today we will honor Lynn Valbuena. She’ll be the first to tell you… everybody has a part, everybody has a role.” Valbuena also takes the stage to accept her award and share her thoughts on being an advocate along with a few stories.

CasinoFest 8: Lynn "Nay" Valbuena Interview

Moments after accepting the Indian Gaming Advocate of the Year Award from Ernie Stevens Jr., Lynn "Nay" Valbuena sat down with CEM to discuss her passion for tribal gaming. Valbuena said she was surprised, excited and honored to win the award and accepted it on behalf of all hard-working tribal leaders. Valbuena says passion and dedication keep her working hard to educate the public on Indian gaming issues.

CasinoFest 8: Compliance Panel

Panel moderator Anthony Cabot, Partner and Practice Group Leader at Lewis and Roca, LLP, discusses compliance issues with John Roberts, Executive Director of the San Pasqual Gaming Commission, Norman H. DeRosiers of the San Manuel Gaming Commission, and Russell Witt, Regulatory Compliance Project Manager at VGT. Learn from the experts by watching this video. The group focuses on how casinos can best create and maintain effective compliance processes. The discussion also covers compliance policies, internal reporting, compliance procedures, reporting and interaction with regulators.

CasinoFest 8: Bill Zender & Associates

Bill Zender explains how he helps casinos by providing gaming management advice and solutions. Zender gives us a close up look at how dealers used to cheat high-limit players in the ‘50s and ‘60s. He shows us the methods of strike second dealing and switching the hold card.

CasinoFest 8: I. Nelson Rose - Keynote Address

Professor I. Nelson Rose, one of the leading authorities on gaming law, discusses the forces behind the explosive growth of legal gambling and what it means for the future. An internationally known scholar, author and public speaker, and the author of Gambling and the Law®, Rose explores how the law is struggling to keep up with changes in technology and society. He explains why the law has such trouble dealing with such issues as the collectability of gambling debts, underage and compulsive gamblers, and advertising. He makes specific predictions on what will happen with proposals for intra-state and federal regulation of Internet gambling and the introduction of new competition from convenience gaming devices and new casinos.