Clarion Gaming has confirmed today that ICE London and iGB Affiliate will relocate from their current home at ExCeL London to the Fira de Barcelona (Gran Via) in January 2025. The decision to relocate, said the event organiser, was based on the need to look beyond the ‘here and now’. In a statement, it claimed: “Everything we do is customer-led …
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ICE London upped its attendance numbers by 4,000 this year, as a total of 40,000 ‘unique attendees’ visited the event at the ExCel centre last week. This is a record figure for the betting and gaming trade show, up from 36,000 in 2020 and 24,000 who attended the ‘scaled down’ post-pandemic edition in April 2022. Stuart Hunter, Clarion Gaming Managing …
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Clarion Gaming has confirmed that the cities of London, Barcelona, Madrid and Paris will bid to become the host of its flagship ICE conference from 2025-to-2029. The announcement sees Clarion Gaming undertake the biggest strategic review of ICE since the tradeshow’s enlargement in 2009, which saw it absorb the International Gaming Expo (IGE) and Amusement Trades Exhibition International (ATEI). The …
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The organisers of this year’s ICE London event plan to make the 2023 edition ‘the biggest on record’, having booked up a vast amount of space at the ExCel Centre. The expo will encompass 51,466 square metres of net space and occupy 41 halls of the exhibition centre in Tower Hamlets, East London, whilst the iGB Affiliate London sister show …
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SBC speaks to Stuart Hunter, Managing Director of Clarion Gaming on the return of the ICE 2023 expo to its custom February dates. Global gaming’s biggest expo will embrace all stakeholders following two-years of unforeseen disruptions that have changed all industry dynamics, as Hunter underlines that ICE remains gambling’s most important show. SBC: 2023 sees ICE return to its standard …
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This year’s ICE London event will feature a dedicated floor focused on regulated street gaming, catering to both operators and suppliers active in the space. Dubbed the GBG High Street Hub, the project has been jointly developed by the Gambling Business Group (GBG),ICE organisers Clarion Gaming, and feature brands such as Novomatic UK, Entain, Buzz Bingo, Merkur UK and GameNation. …
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The gambling industry’s charity appeal to raise funds for Ukrainians displaced by the Russian military action has reached its target of £250,000, but organisers are calling for one last push until the end of the month. As so many generous individual and corporate donors from across the gaming sector have stepped up to support the campaign, organisers have decided to …
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The gambling industry’s fundraiser to support the Ukrainian public, Gaming Industry for Ukraine, has made strides towards achieving its £250,000 target. Issuing an update this morning, the initiative – which provides financial backing to the Choose Love charity’s Ukraine Crisis Fundraiser – detailed that it has secured £190,000 in donations from betting operators in the past week. Companies to have …
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A GamblingTV exclusive this week saw SBC Managing Director Andrew McCarron interview Clarion Gaming counterpart Stuart Hunter (MD) on reawakening the ICE 2022 conference following its two-year hiatus under COVID-19 lockdown. Sticking to its mantra as global gaming’s ‘agenda-setter’, ICE 2022 was originally planned to be hosted at London’s Excel Centre in February. However, Omicron variant disruptions saw Clarion Gaming …
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In recognition of its global focus and growing membership base, the International Masters of Gaming Law (IMGL) has launched a new magazine covering gambling law. Replacing the firm’s previous jurisdiction-based publication, the new IMGL Magazine will be released on a quarterly basis as a digital publication available to members, in addition to non members involved in partnerships with SBC Gaming, …
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