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Ainsworth Gaming Supplier Showcase with Mike Trask

Today’s GGB Supplier Showcase features Ainsworth Game Technology. Ainsworth Vice President of Product Marketing and Communications Mike Trask demonstrates the company’s Ultra Shot series and its unique “Hold ’N Stack” game mechanic to Showcase host Frank Legato, editor of Global Gaming Business.

Frank Legato is editor of Global Gaming Business magazine. He has been writing on gaming topics since 1984, when he launched and served as editor of Casino Gaming magazine. Legato, a nationally recognized expert on slot machines, has served as editor and reporter for a variety of gaming publications, including Public Gaming, IGWB, Casino Journal, Casino Player, Strictly Slots and Atlantic City Insider. He has an B.A. in journalism and an M.A. in communications from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. He is the author of the books, How To Win Millions Playing Slot Machines... Or Lose Trying, and Atlantic City: In Living Color.  

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