Bingo Technology Leader Steve Smallman Joins LVGI

PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Las Vegas Gaming, Inc. (LVGI), the gaming industry innovator in server-based gaming application delivery, announced today that bingo technology leader Steve Smallman has joined LVGI as Senior Vice President and General Manager of LVGI's Bingo Strategic Business Unit (SBU).

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Smallman joins LVGI with extensive experience in the electronic bingo industry. He has held several Vice Presidential titles at Bingo Technologies Corporation, GameTech International and Blue Dog, Inc.

In 1997 Smallman joined Bingo Technologies Corporation (BTC) and aided in the launch of the electronic bingo revolution. As the head of Marketing and Customer Service, he helped grow BTC's revenues from $4 million to $16 million by early 1999.

Smallman joined GameTech International (GTI) of Reno, Nevada, as part of their acquisition of BTC, and helped the combined companies grow into the $50 million range. He held several Vice Presidential titles at GTI, overseeing both operational and strategic planning functions including distributor and sales management, competition and market analysis, and mergers and acquisitions opportunities. Since January 2003 Smallman has served as Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Blue Dog, Inc.

LVGI President and CEO Jon Berkley said, "Steve is widely recognized as an industry leader in electronic bingo technologies. Bringing Steve on board to manage the LVGI Bingo business unit will help us continue on our path as a leading gaming technology development company and a distributor of emerging gaming technologies. Further progress in Bingo technologies is an integral component to our continued growth and further enhancement of the offerings in PlayerVision(TM) and other associated product groups."

In his new position at LVGI, Smallman will be charged with heading the Bingo Strategic Business Unit (SBU). The Bingo SBU will continue to grow the Bingo business and associated progressive games within LVGI, expand the distribution of electronic Bingo products and interface with LVGI's business and technology development teams to insure expansion of innovative solutions for gaming operators.

Source: foxbusiness.com