 | Illinois Expands And Lengthens VLT Testing; Operators Blamed For Slow Rollout
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 10, October 2012
The Illinois Gaming Board has expanded its test and is hedging on the launch date for video lottery terminals. There are now seven jurisdictions in which VLTs are being tested...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Texas Increasingly Winks At Eight-Liner Gambling While Collecting Millions In License Fees
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 10, October 2012
For more than a decade, Texas has collected nearly $10 million a year in license fees from eight-liner operators. Now city and county governments in south Texas are getting into the act...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| TouchTunes Hosts Jukebox Operators At 3rd Annual Partners Meeting; Goldstuck Reports On Network Progress
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 10, October 2012
During his Partners Meeting keynote address, chief executive Charles Goldstuck reported that TouchTunes is on track to have an installed base of 60,000 jukeboxes by year's end, up from 44,000 a year ago...
Author: Alicia Lavay
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| FBI And Arizona Law Enforcement Raid 45 Locations
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 10, October 2012
The agencies seized eight-liners and pusher games. Officials said a California-based crime organization has begun distributing gambling devices...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| Namco's Deluxe Videogame, Dark Escape 3D, Set For U.S. Release
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 10, October 2012
Launched in mid-July for Japanese arcades, the game is scheduled for its U.S. release by year's end, according to Internet sources...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| NDA Announces Improvements For Team Dart 2013
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 10, October 2012
Changes will affect scheduling, round limits and criteria for master player ratings, NDA president Marcia Petersen, Vend Alaska, reported...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| U.S. Internet Poker Bill Stalled By Infighting; Delaware Okays Online Casinos
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 10, October 2012
The passage of an online poker bill introduced last year by Sens. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Harry Reid (D-NV) is highly unlikely...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Minnesota: Electronic Pull-Tabs Launch On Sept. 18
Issue: Vol. 50, No. 10, October 2010
Minnesota is the first state to widely offer the new form of small-dollar gambling for charitable causes in bars and restaurants....
Author: Marcus Webb
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| AMOA Readies Sept. 21-24 Board Meeting, Sets Up Hesch Drawing
Issue: Vol. 50, No. 10, October 2010
The Amusement and Music Operators Association said most of its 44 directors will travel to Avon, CO, for the association's annual midyear board meeting...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Ecast-To-AMI Jukebox Migration Is In Full Swing
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 10, October 2012
The transfer occurs automatically, and will give former Ecast operators access to AMI's network and client software, and link their boxes to more than licensed 900,000 songs...
Author: Nick Montano
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| AMOA-New York Sues 2 Operators For Violating Its Location Contract Copyright
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 9, September 2012
Separate lawsuits filed in the New York State Supreme Court seek monetary and punitive damages from American Vending and Manhattan Amusement...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Illinois VLT Test Gets Underway
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 10, October 2012
Lynne Morris of Morris Gaming (Skokie) became Illinois's first operator to have legal, payoff video poker on Sept. 7...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| NSM Music Moves, Launches New Website And Selects MEI As Payment OEM
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 10, October 2012
NSM Music Inc. says the new space in Elmhurst, IL, has already improved communications between the its parts and service departments, and its sales and service teams...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Prize Vending: Hot Diamond Cranes With High-End Prizes Appeal To New Locations
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 9, September 2012
A few inches can make a big difference, and that's evident with Smart Industries' Hot Diamond crane. While the machine's slim 28'' x 28" footprint is perfectly sized for tight spaces, it can also handle the same high-value prizes used in "non-crane" merchandisers...
Author: Hank Schlesinger
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| Prize Vending: Sega Credits User-Friendly Design For Key Master’s Ongoing Success
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 9, September 2012
Sega Amusements believed it had something special when it unveiled its new prize-dispensing game in fall 2010, but the market wanted proof. Now, Key Master is possibly today's top-earning amusement vending machine...
Author: Hank Schlesinger
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| Pacific Pinball Museum Seeks New Home, Launches $1.5M Fundraising Campaign
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 9, September 2012
If the museum succeeds in raising the targeted $1.5 million by the end of September, its administrators hope to relocate in 2013...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| NYC Will Host 5th Annual Big Buck World Championship, Nov. 9-10; Regional Qualifiers Begin This Week
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 9, September 2012
Players qualifying for the World Championship will notice upgraded features on the Big Buck HD model, which Play Mechanix says is the first 1080p high-definition arcade game...
Author: Tim Sanford
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| AMOA-National Dart Association Elects 3 Board Members For 2013
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 9, September 2012
Joining the board are Dusty Hall, league coordinator for Ohio's Lorain Music & Vending; Mary Lavine, owner of Wisconsin's Bullseye Games; and Stefan Reichert, president of Germany's DSAB-e.v....
Author: Tim Sanford
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| South Carolina: More Raids And Conflicting Rulings On Sweeps Games
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 9, September 2012
The "video sweepstakes war" in the Palmetto State continues apace with two fresh but conflicting rulings on the legality of the devices, and continued raids...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| VLTs Appear in Bars In New York; State Lottery Owns And Operates
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 9, September 2012
The Amusement and Music Owners Association of New York is keeping a close eye on the proliferation of so-called Internet sweepstakes cafés...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| Dave & Buster's Lifts 2012 Q2 On New Menu And Games; Amusement Revenue Soars 18%
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 9, September 2012
Dave & Buster's chief executive Steve King said patrons responded well to new food, drinks and arcade games. Across all stores, food and beverage revenue rose 11.8%...
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| Huffington Post Compares Ryan's Medicare Reform Ideas To Arcade Redemption
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 9, September 2012
...like those found at Chuck E. Cheese's or Dave & Buster's, according to a recent blog published by the news site...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| IAAPA Plans Wide-Reaching Educational Program For Its November Expo In Orlando
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 9, September 2012
A targeted learning track will address family entertainment centers. Daylong institutes will offer development programs on select functions of attractions management and FEC operations...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| A Few Weeks Behind, Illinois VLTs Miss Planned Launch Date
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 9, September 2012
"We are a little bit behind, but not by much," says an Illinois Gaming Board official...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| First-Ever Ruling: Federal Judge Finds Poker Is Not Gambling
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 9, September 2012
Judge Jack Weinstein ruled that poker is not gambling when skillful players engage in it. The decision could speed online poker legalization...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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