SUMMER 2004, Santa Fe, NM

COMPULSIVE GAMBLING WORKSHOP - SPORTS BETTING: GATEWAY TO GAMBLING?

• Mr. David Carruthers, CEO of BetOnSports.com, Santa Jose, Costa Rica
• Mr. Arnie Wexler, Partner, Arnie and Sheila Wexler Associates, Bradley Beach, NJ
• Mr. Wayne Allyn Root, Chairman & CEO of GWIN Inc., Las Vegas, NV
   

TRIBES, STATES AND LOCALITIES:  WHAT WORKS? WHAT DOESN’T?

• Mr. Phil Hogen, Chairman, National Indian Gaming Commission, Washington, DC
• Mr. Howard Dickstein, Attorney, Dickstein & Zerbi, Sacramento, CA
• County Supervisor Robert Weygardt, Placer County Board of Supervisors, Auburn, CA
• Mr. George Skibine, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of Interior, Washington, DC
• Mr. Mark Van Norman, National Indian Gaming Association, Washington, DC
   

VIDEO LOTTERY TERMINALS, TRACKS, AND THE STATE LOTTERY SYSTEMS: BALANCE AND QUESTIONS IN A THREE-WAY MARRIAGE

• Dr. Richard Thalheimer, Department of Equine Business, College of Business and Public Administration, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
• Ms. Linda Kassekert, Chair, New Jersey Casino Control Commission, Atlantic City, NJ
• Mr. Jeffrey C. Hooke, Managing Director of Hooke Associates, LLC, and Chairman, Maryland Tax Education Foundation
• Dr. Guy Clark, Chairman, National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling, Albuquerque, NM
• Mr. Bruce Rimbo, President, Ruidoso Downs Race Track & Casino and Zia Park Race Track & Casino

COMPULSIVE GAMBLING WORKSHOP:  PROBLEM GAMBLING AND RESPONSIBLE GAMING PROGRAMS

• Prof. Bill Thompson, Department of Public Administration, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
• Mr. Rick Pyper, Director - Office of Problem Gambling, Counsel – Arizona Department of Gaming, Phoenix, AZ
• Mr. Jeffrey J. Marotta, PhD, Manager - Problem Gambling Services, Oregon Department of Human Services, Salem, OR
• Mr. Arnie Wexler, Arnie & Sheila Wexler Assoc., Bradley Beach, NJ
• Mr. Gene Clark, Vice President, Organizational Development, Las Vegas, NV
   

INTERNET GAMING REGULATION:  WRESTLING WITH SLIPPERY REALITIES

• Mr. Keith Kizer, Chief Deputy, Nevada Attorney General’s Office, Las Vegas, NV
• Ms. Antonia Cowan, Senior Deputy Attorney General, Nevada Attorney General’s Office, Las Vegas, NV
• Mr. Frank Catania, President, Catania Consulting Group, Inc., North Haledon, NJ
• Mr. Greg Avioli, Deputy Commissioner & CEO, National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Lexington, KY

THE NATIONAL CASINO GAMBLING EXPERIMENT:  BOON OR BANE FOR STATE GOVERNMENT?

• Mr. Bill Eadington, Executive Director, University of Nevada, Reno, Institute for Study of Gambling & Commercial Gaming, Reno, NV
• Mr. Tom Swoik, Executive Director, Illinois Casino Gaming Association, Springfield, IL
• Mr. Les Bernal, Chief of Staff, Senator Susan Tucker, Massachusetts State Senate, Boston, MA
• Mr. Michael Epps, Commissioner, New Jersey Casino Control Commission, Atlantic City, NJ
• Mr. Mark Van Norman, Executive Director, National Indian Gaming Association, Washington, DC