JOSEPH WEINERT, Senior Vice President, Spectrum Gaming Group, has been analyzing the gaming industry for a decade, with vast experience in the Eastern Region. He serves as vice president and managing editor of Spectrum’s flagship publication, Michael Pollock’s Gaming Industry Observer. He launched the newsletter’s Platinum Service, which provides same-day news and analysis dispatches from emerging and existing Northeast gaming jurisdictions, and produces the monthly Northeast Slot Report© and Atlantic City revenue analysis. Mr. Weinert also assists in the research and preparation of Spectrum’s economic studies and is a member of the Gerson Lehrman Group Council of Advisors, a global network of experts and industry professionals. He produces the Pennsylvania Gaming Congress and helps organize Spectrum’s two other nationally recognized conferences, the East Coast Gaming Congress and the Florida Gaming Summit.

Mr. Weinert came to Spectrum after 18 years at The Press of Atlantic City, where for his last eight years he was responsible for the newspaper’s intensive coverage of the casino industry. He covered all aspects of the industry and his work has appeared in International Gaming & Wagering Business, Casino Journal, Casino Executive, the Las Vegas Review-Journal and other industry-related publications. Mr. Weinert is a frequent speaker at industry conferences throughout the country and is regularly quoted in prominent media outlets, including The New York Times, Star-Ledger, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Associated Press and Bloomberg Business News.