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Company Press Release SOURCE: GEM Communications, LLC Prestigious Wall Street Panel Scheduled for Mid-Atlantic Gaming & Entertainment Congress & Gaming Expo ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Six prestigious gaming analysts from Wall Street are scheduled to share their views on the financial future of gaming in a roundtable discussion during the Mid-Atlantic Gaming & Entertainment Congress & Expo in Atlantic City, May 3-5. According to Charles Anderer, publisher and editorial director of IGWB Magazine, the leading trade magazine for the gaming industry, ''this is the best Wall Street panel ever assembled this side of Las Vegas to discuss the current and future investments in gaming.'' Anderer, who will be the panel moderator, said the group includes: Jason Ader, equity analyst, Bear, Stearns & Co; Richard Byme, high yield analyst, Merrill Lynch; Robin M. Farley, equity analyst, BT Alex Brown; Larry Klatzkin, high yield analyst, Jefferies & Co; Stuart Linde, equity analyst, Lehman Brothers and Steve Patricola, high yield analyst, Credit Suisse First Boston. The conference is sponsored by IGWB magazine which is published by GEM Communications, LLC publisher of the gaming industry's leading trade publications and its most prestigious conferences, including the industry standard: the World Gaming Congress & Expo; Michael Pollock's Gaming Industry Observer, an award-winning newsletter and information service that focuses on trends that impact the gaming industry; the law firm of Cooper Perskie April Niedelman Wagenheim & Levenson, P.A., an Atlantic City firm with one of the world's leading gaming practices; Rutgers University, which enjoys a national reputation for academic excellence and the accounting firm of Ernst & Young, LLP, recognized for its expertise in gaming and entertainment. The Mid-Atlantic Gaming and Entertainment Congress and Expo, formerly Rutgers Gaming Symposium, will give the gaming industry's vendors and suppliers the opportunity to show off their latest products in the Exhibition Hall. Anderer believes this Wall Street panel discussion will attract national attention. ''When you get a group of six Wall Street professionals,'' said Anderer, ''who know every financial aspect of the gaming industry, you know the discussion is going to be well attended. And those attending are going to listen very carefully and take what they hear back to their people and their casinos. I suspect this session will generate ample 'sound bites' on the future of gaming.''