Thank You London! IGE and LAC 2010

This year was my first time attending the International Gaming Exhibition (IGE) which took place from January 27th-28th and the London Affiliate Conference (LAC) which took place from January 29th-31st and it was quite the experience! Although I was lucky enough to have recently been in Budapest and Copenhagen for other conferences in September, the conferences in London were different and exciting experiences for me filled with meeting up with people that I had already spoken to at the last conferences and new faces that I hadn’t been able to meet with yet. It was also filled with several great moments for Income Access as a company which made me proud to be part of such a fantastic team!

IGE was a very large event which was filled with a wide variety of gaming operators, suppliers, vendors and software providers. Walking into Earls Court was like walking into a enormous maze…….albeit a very interesting one because it was filled with slot machines and dart games.

LAC is an event which is more focused on the affiliate marketing side of the iGaming business. It too was a very busy event with lots of familiar exhibitors like Victor Chandler and Ladbrokes. One of the most interesting features of the two days were the flash mobs who danced to the Jackson Five.

Income Access booth at LAC

We (Income Access) exhibited at both conferences and this gave us a chance to catch up with everyone during the day like Cheryl from JenningsBet.com, Jason from Bingo.com, Roo and Andrew from Bingoport.co.uk, and Spencer from Freebetshere.com. And for those that we weren’t able to connect with at the conferences, we caught up with later on at the two awards ceremonies and several sponsored parties which happened later on in the evening.

Personally, one of the best parts of the conferences was being able to attend the 2010 iGB Affiliate Awards. I was never more proud to be working for Income Access then when it was announced that we had won 2 awards (Best Affiliate Network and Best Non-Traditional Gaming Affiliate Program) and that my colleague Louis Deering won Best Non-Traditional Gaming Affiliate Manager. I know that everyone from the IA team had such a blast at the awards ceremony and at our table which was filled with great company like Tom from Heaven Affiliates, Leanne from Centrebet, Tim from Gala Coral, Julian from Victor Chandler, and Jackpot.co.uk.

Fun at the 2010 iGB Affiliate Awards