David Berdan joins the growing family at Gaming Arts, LLC as General Counsel

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Oct 13, 2016, 06:00 ET

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Gaming Arts, LLC, a company focused on providing innovative bingo and keno games, systems, and content, is pleased to announce David Berdan has joined its growing team as General Counsel as of October 4, 2016. Mr. Berdan comes to Gaming Arts with an extensive background in Intellectual Property and corporate law.

Over the past 13 years, Dave held the Chief Intellectual Property ("IP") Executive role for multiple public and private corporations having revenues ranging from $1 billion to over $100 billion annually. He is a registered patent attorney and has expertise in all aspects of IP, both domestically and internationally. Dave is an experienced and proven leader with broad experience in numerous industries and technologies. In his roles, Dave managed IP asset portfolios ranging in size of more than 5,000 patent assets and 7,500 trademark assets. In all of his roles, his primary focuses have been IP asset management and cost effectively maximizing revenue generation from those assets. Most recently, Mr. Berdan served as the Vice President Legal & Deputy General Counsel for IGT, where he held a seat on the Boards of numerous IGT subsidiaries. In addition to managing a large global legal department, he was responsible for managing IGT's patent and licensing teams and growing IGT's patent licensing revenues.

"I am truly humbled by the invitation to join Gaming Arts and its experienced team of gaming executives and employees. Following a tremendous showing at G2E 2016, it is clear to me that Gaming Arts has uniquely positioned itself to successfully partner with its current and future casino customers to provide innovative and highly profitable gaming solutions including bingo and keno offerings and its recently announced revolutionary line of slot machines which are the first of their kind, anywhere in the world," Dave stated. "I firmly believe that once these machines hit the casino floor in early 2017, casino floors and the player experience will never be the same. I look forward to rolling up my sleeves to help lead and drive Gaming Arts' aggressive expansion plans during this exciting time."

"We are excited that Dave has joined our growing team at Gaming Arts as we continue to grow and expand our capabilities to support our customers in an ever changing business environment," said David Colvin, CEO. "Dave's domestic and international experience along with his diverse leadership experience will be key to our success as we grow and expand across the globe."

Gaming Arts, LLC, a privately owned and operated business, is the world leader in bingo and keno systems and content. The company, which is based in Las Vegas, holds gaming licenses in over 50 jurisdictions. Gaming Arts' games and systems are installed in hundreds of casinos and bingo halls across the United States, the Pacific Rim, and South Africa. Gaming Arts offers almost 100 unique manual and computerized bingo based SuperGames, offering life-changing jackpots from $5,000 to over $1,000,000 and its patented Multi-Win® bingo games greatly enhance player excitement and loyalty driving higher profitability for operators.

To learn more about Gaming Arts, contact the company via phone at (702) 818-8943, or visit their website at www.gamingarts.com.

Contact Information:
Jamal Azzam
Gaming Arts, LLC
(702) 835-6735
[email protected]

SOURCE Gaming Arts, LLC