The world’s third-largest gaming trade show, the Australasian Gaming Expo, set for August 15-17, is officially sold out, it was announced by the organisers this morning.

AGE gaming show a sell-out

The show is being held at the International Convention Centre in Sydney’s Darling Harbour - an all-new, purpose-built exhibition and conference centre.

The move to the ICC has certainly played a part in the appeal of the 2017 show as the event has already shattered records.

The record number of stands booked in 2017 is 251, up 30 per cent on 2016. The show has also broken the record for exhibition stand space at 9,558sq.m, up 16 per cent on last year. It has a record number of pre-registrations too, up 22 per cent.

The show, now in its 28th year, has also recorded 100 per cent take-up for its 1,120 complimentary seminar places.

The exhibition will also see for the first time a show daily newspaper, AGE Today, which is being produced from the show floor by a team from InterGame that publishes the ICE show dailies.

“The results are a big vote of confidence in the future of the industry,” said Ross Ferrar, CEO of organisers, the Gaming Technologies Association. 

“As well as providing reliable, secure entertainment for millions of Australians, poker machine operations support more than 140,000 irreplaceable jobs and have provided over AU$50bn in government revenue over the last 10 years. 

“Anyone who has driven on a road, studied at school or university, or visited a hospital in Australia over the last 10 years is a direct beneficiary of poker machine (slots) operations.”