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About the Writers


Jeffrey Compton, Publisher

Jeffrey ComptonDirectly Related Experience:

• Assisted or directly designed Players Clubs and related promotions for small and large casinos, located in Las Vegas, Northern Nevada, California, Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, New Jersey, the US Virgin Islands and Canada
• Columnist: Casino Player, Strictly Slots, Las Vegas Review Journal, Las Vegas Advisor
• Contributor: Midwest Gaming and Travel, Global Gaming Business
• Guest Lecturer: Community College of Southern Nevada, University of Nevada Las Vegas, University of Nevada Reno
• Author: The Las Vegas Advisor Guide to Slot Clubs

Education:

• Master of Business Degree, Babson College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
• Executive Development Program, University of Nevada Reno

Awards:

• Outstanding Young Men of America (1988)
• American Choral Award-Chorus America (1989)

Areas of Expertise:

• Players Club design and evaluation, including cash and comp reward systems, increasing player reward options, expansion of electronic tracking systems among related properties
• Host policy design and evaluation
• Slot and video poker promotion design and evaluation including bonus points, giveaways and bounce-back cash mailings
• Shopping service of both clients’ and competitors’ players club
• High limit slot play – design of salon and players rewards

Organizations:

• Trustee: Chorus America
• Trustee: Cauliflower Alley Club


Ken Adams, Editor of The Adams Daily Report

Ken AdamsEducation And Training:

• Douglas High School, 1960
• United States Army, Special Forces, 1960-63
• Dale Carnegie, Nevada Leadership Institute, 1986-87
• Situation Leadership, Blanchard Training and Development, 1988
• Hotel/Gaming Professional Development, UNR, 1989-90
• Leadership Reno, Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce, 1991
• Oral History Seminar, 1991
• Paralegal Studies, UNR, 1993-94
• Paralegal Studies, UNR, 1996
• 15 national conferences on gaming

Publications:

Adams Report (a monthly newsletter), 1997-2011
Adams Daily Report (a daily electronic newsletter, 2002-2011
Adams Analysis(a monthly opinion piece) 2002-2011
Always Bet on the Butcher, (Warren Nelson) 1994
Luck is the Residue of Design,(Dwayne Kling) 2001
Nevada Gaming Almanac 1991-2002
Nevada Gaming Directory 1993-1996
Playing The Cards That Are Dealt, (Mead Dixon) 1992
War Stories, 1995

Boards and Committees:

• American Bingo Corp. PLC, Board of Directors 1999
• Dale Carnegie Scholarship Committee: 1989-97
• Downtown Improvement Association, Communication Committee: 1993-97
• Downtown Improvement Association, Executive Committee: 1993-2009
• Festival Reno Committee: 1984-86
• Friends of Washoe County Library Board of Directors 1997-2001
• Full House Resorts Board of Directors 2007-2011
• Gaming Management Advisory Board: 1989-97
• Leadership Reno Alumni Board: 1995-97
• Leadership Reno Youth Advisory Board: 1994-96
• Nevada Gaming Almanac Board of Directors: 1991-2002
• Northern Nevada Regional Track Fund Raising Committee: 1990-92
• Reno Gazette-Journal Business Advisory Board: 2000-02
• Silver State Striders Board of Directors: 1992-93
• Vision Gaming Board of Directors 2001-2006

Awards and Recognition:

• Sterling Who’s Who, 1994/95, Executive Directory
• Marquis Who’s’ Who in the West, 1996-2011
• Marquis Who’s Who in America, 1997-2011
• Marquis Who’s Who in the World, 1997-2011


Justin Martin, Executive Editor

Justin grew up in East Hampton, New York, a beautiful and absurd place that is both better and worse than you may have heard. His at-times peripatetic existence has seen him call Seattle, Chicago, Columbus, and Tucson home; in the spaces between, he lived in East Hampton, wrote some screenplays, and co-managed BookHampton. He now lives in a small village in Queens, where he writes, cooks, makes music, and does a little programming. He holds degrees in literature and history from Purchase College and is rather fond of birds.