Wharton Club of S. FL Special Event at the Isle of Capri Casino - NOVEMBER 8

The Wharton School Club of South Florida
is pleased to invite you to a special event at the

Isle of Capri Casino & Racing of Pompano Park




with guest speakers

David L. Crawford
Adjunct Professor of Management,
The Wharton School
and
President, Econsult Corporation
who will discuss
The Economic Impact of Gaming:
Perspectives from Pennsylvania

AND

Robert M. Jarvis
Professor of Gambling Law,
Nova Southeastern University
who will discuss
Gambling in Florida:
Is Expansion in the Cards?

on
Thursday, November 8, 2007

6:30 – 7:00 PM
Networking and Back of the House Tour

7:00 - 8:00 PM
Presentation and Q&A

8:00 - 8:30 PM
Networking and Additional Back of the House Tour (dependent on staff availability)

Isle of Capri Casino & Racing of Pompano Park
1800 SW 3rd Street
Pompano Beach, FL 33069
www.theislepompanopark.com

We invite you to also visit http://www.miamiherald.com/wlrn/rich_media/266758.html
for some insight on this important topic. Note: You will need to have your
computer's audio/speakers on.


Enjoy Light hors D’ouevres and Cash Bar

RSVP (required):
To RSVP, please visit www.whartonsouthfla.com.




DAVID L. CRAWFORD, Ph.D.
David is the founder and President of Econsult Corporation (www.econsult.com). For nearly thirty years, he has served as a consultant and expert witness on economic and statistical issues for private firms and government agencies. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Management in the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he has received six teaching awards. He teaches managerial economics and human resource management to Executive MBA students and undergraduates. David will be discussing the introduction of public gaming to Pennsylvania. His remarks will be based on the work that he and Econsult have done for the Philadelphia Gaming Advisory Task Force, Foxwoods (in Philadelphia and Kansas), and Tropicana (in Allentown, PA). David received his B.A. degree with honors in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, also in economics, from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.


RORBERT M. JARVIS
Bob is one of the nation’s leading experts on gambling law. In addition to teaching gambling law at Nova Southeastern University, he is the lead co-author of the first textbook on the subject (Gaming Law: Cases and Materials (Lexis 2003)) and a member of the Editorial Board of the Gaming Law Review, the country’s premier gambling law journal. Bob regularly speaks and writes about gambling law issues and his study on the growth of gambling law was profiled earlier this year in the National Law Journal. Reporters frequently turn to Bob for commentary on gambling law issues and quotes of his have appeared in such diverse publications as the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Austin American-Statesman, Broward-Palm Beach New Times, Daily Business Review, Daytona News-Journal, Miami Herald, New York Newsday, Orlando Sentinel, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, St. Petersburg Times, and Worth magazine. At present, Bob is working on a history of gambling regulation in early Florida. Bob is a Penn law school alumnus (’83) and holds an LL.M. from New York University.