The East Coast Gaming Congress and NextGen Gaming Forum announce that New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy will speak at a keynote luncheon for the 22nd annual edition of the Atlantic City trade event.
The show takes place at the Waterfront Conference Center at Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City June 13-14. Murphy will be the first New Jersey chief executive to address the conference since Governor John Corzine in 2008.
Murphy is speaking at the invitation of the co-founders of ECGC, Lloyd Levenson, CEO of Cooper Levenson LLC, and Michael Pollock, managing director of Spectrum Gaming Group.
“As our state looks to the future of gaming, this conference presents an opportunity for industry leaders, stakeholders and elected officials to discuss potential opportunities and ways that the industry is evolving,” Murphy told the Press of Atlantic City.
Pollock told the newspaper that this particular edition of the event will draw energy from events in Atlantic City including the opening of two new Boardwalk hotel-casinos, expansion in neighboring states and the anticipation of legal sports betting should the U.S. Supreme Court rule for New Jersey in a case challenging the federal sports betting ban.
Pollock said this atmosphere could result in the “most exciting East Coast Gaming Congress we’ve had in 15 years.”
