| Casino Journal Names "Top 20 Most Innovative Gaming Products" for 2000 
 Top award to be decided at the American Gaming Lodging & Leisure Summit, February 9 & 10, 2000, in Las Vegas
 
 Las Vegas, Nevada - October 20, 1999 -  Casino Journal Publishing Group, Inc. (OTC BB : CJPG) today announced the recipients of their annual "Top 20 Most innovative Gaming Products" awards.  A panel of five expert judges have chosen Casino Journal's Top 20 Most Innovative Gaming Products for 2000. These 20 products will be evaluated and judged by attendees of the American Gaming, Lodging & Leisure Summit, to be held February 9 & 10, 2000, in Las Vegas. The product that receives the most votes from attendees at the Summit will receive the Best of Show Award and be named the "Most Innovative Gaming Product 2000" at the keynote dinner at the American Gaming Lodging & Leisure Summit.
 
 The awards were announced at last week's Northern Gaming Summit, held in Detroit, and produced by Casino Journal Publishing Group and the Fraser, Trebilcock, Davis & Foster, P.C., law firm of Detroit and Lansing, Michigan.
 
 A description of Top 20 Most Innovative Gaming Products for 2000, will be published in the February edition of Casino Journal, the gaming industry's leading trade magazine. Those 20 products were chosen from dozens of nominations submitted following a call for entries.
 
 The winners are:
 
 COMPANY  /   PRODUCT
 A.C. Coin and Slot :  Slotto
 Anchor Gaming/Silicon Gaming :  Strike It Rich
 Atronic : Hot Hand Poker
 Bally Gaming and Systems : Coupon Cashless
 Bally Gaming and Systems  : Betty Boop's Big Hit/Thrillions
 GameCraft Inc. :  Interactive Video Poker Game
 Grips Systems Inc :  Crystal Web Cashless Gaming
 IGT : EZ Play Machines/EZ Pay Tickets
 IGT :  The Addams Family
 IGT :  Richard Petty Driving Experience
 InfoGenesis Revelation : Point of Sale
 Mikohn Gaming : Monopoly Poker Edition
 Mikohn Gaming : Yahtzee Slot Series
 PDS Financial Corporation : DCS, Digital Card System
 Silicon Gaming : Eureka
 Shuffle Master Gaming : The Three Stooges
 Shuffle Master Gaming  : The King Continuous Shuffler
 Sigma Game : Throw the Dough
 Williams : Monopoly Chairman of the Board
 Williams : Who Dunnit?
 
 The expert judges for the Top 20 Most Innovative Gaming Products 2000 are: Bill Bingham, Vice President, Table Games, Bellagio; Vince Eade, Executive Director, International Gaming Institute, University Nevada Las Vegas; Charlie Lombardo, Senior Vice President Slot Operations, Bally's Las Vegas; Audrey Oswell, President, Caesars Atlantic City; and Bill Zender, Executive Vice President, JMJ Inc.
 
 The American Gaming Lodging & Leisure Summit is the industries' most prestigious conference produced by Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Casino Journal Publishing Group, and the Lionel Sawyer & Collins law firm of Nevada.
 
 In addition to Casino Journal, Casino Journal Publishing Group publishes Casino Player, the largest circulation consumer magazine for the casino industry; Strictly Slots, the nation's only consumer magazine for slot and video poker enthusiasts; the Atlantic City Insider, a monthly consumer-advocate newsletter for gamblers in Atlantic City; Casino Ops, a technical journal on casino operations; National Gaming Summary, a weekly gaming industry newsletter; Nevada Hospitality, the official publication of the Nevada Hotel/Motel Association; and the Gaming Industry Weekly Report, the Gaming Industry Daily Report and the Daily Lodging Report-three financial newsletters for investors and industry executives.
 
 In addition to the American Gaming, Lodging and Leisure Summit, Casino Journal Publishing Group also produces several trade shows including the Southern Gaming Summit, in partnership with the Gulf Coast Gaming Association; the Northern Gaming Summit, in partnership with the Michigan law firm Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Foster; UNLV's Casino Ops; the Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce Business Expo; and Casino Player Gaming Festivals, which are conventions for recreational gamblers.
 
 For more information on the American Gaming, Lodging & Leisure Summit, Casino Journal's Top 20 Most Innovative Gaming Products or the Summit's Best of Show Award, contact Roger Gros at 609-484-8866.
 
 Contact: Roger Gros at 609-484-8866
 Investor Relations:  RR Communications at 800-431-2612
 
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