 | Alouette Amusement's Phyllis O'Reilly Dies At 77
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
Félicitas (Phyllis) O'Reilly of Alouette Amusement Canada Inc. was born in Hamburg, Germany, and in 1954 at age 18 immigrated to Montreal, where she soon met her husband and business partner Gerry O'Reilly...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Apple Augments Website Integration With Mobile Media For Face Place Photobooths
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
Video features now available at the Face Place website include an instructional segment that shows operators how to configure Apple's Smile 2.0 software when installing it for the first time...
Author: Tim Sanford
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| 91% Of W. Virginia's VLTs Must Be Upgraded Or Replaced
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
Some 6,800 of West Virginia's 7,471 video lottery terminals need to be upgraded or replaced in the next three to five years, according to the state's Lottery Commission...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| AAMA, AMOA Leaders To Lobby Congress Feb. 26-27
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
Leaders of the American Amusement Machine Association will make their quarterly visit to Capitol Hill on Feb. 26 and 27 to meet with members of the new Congress....
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Pinball Poised For Comeback, Say Time And BBC
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
Pinball may or may not be making a comeback in commercial amusement operations, but it is clearly enjoying rising interest among fans around the world, which mainstream media are recognizing...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Scientific Games To Acquire WMS Industries
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
Gaming machines manufacturer WMS Industries Inc. is being swallowed up by its larger rival Scientific Games Corp. for $1.5 billion in cash and debt...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| USPTO Assigns Jukebox-Game Combo Patent To AMI
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office assigns patent No. 8,353,758 to AMI Entertainment Network. It covers an "amusement device having electronic game and jukebox functionalities"...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| A Location In Oregon Offers More Evidence For 'Pinbar' Potential
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
The Blairally Vintage Arcade is proving that pinball and adult beverages are a popular combination in the working class neighborhood of Whiteaker...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Namco Pushes Arcade Video Thrills To New Height; Dark Escape 4D Ships With Heart-Rate Sensors
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
The winner of IAAPA's Brass Ring Award for Best New Product in the arcade category, Namco Bandai's latest arcade shooter is well positioned to be one of the most talked about games of 2013...
Author: Nick Montano
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| UNIS's After Dark Arcade Viddie Mixes Shooting And Steering
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
Universal Space, better known as UNIS, took the wraps off its latest arcade innovation at the EAG International Expo in late January in London...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Gaming And Gray Update: VLTs, Sweepstakes Video, Electronic Pull-Tabs, More
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
Conditions are good for video poker in Illinois and Delaware. Legal environments for sweepstakes video and eight-liners are down in S. Carolina and Texas. In Minnesota, bars are slow to adopt tablet pull-tabs...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Sega's SuperBooth Recreates Real Photo Shoot Experience
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
Sega Amusements says its new photobooth is a radical change from most of the automated picture machines available today. Dave & Buster's rolls out SuperBooth in 61 stores across the nation...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Pepsi-Branded Digital Jukeboxes Coming To The UK
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
British manufacturer Sound Leisure signs a deal with leading producer of branded soft drinks to create a Pepsi Max-branded digital jukebox...
Author: Staff Reporter
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| Police May Have Oklahoma City's 'Jukebox Bandit' In Custody
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
It appears the same suspect has been caught on surveillance videos in multiple locations using a crowbar to break into at least four locations, where he pries open the jukeboxes...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| Coin-Op Amusement Industry Members Form California Entertainment Machine Association
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
Some 40 amusement industry members in the Golden State voted unanimously to establish the California Entertainment Machine Association...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Networked Phoenix Dart Game Features Live Video Images Of Remote Competitors
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
Pennsylvania's Lansdale Amusement is placing communicating soft-tip dart bards in locations. The VSPhoenix is made by South Korea's Hong International...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Stern Debuts 'Pin' Platform For Consumers; Low-Cost Pinball Draws Big Crowds At CES
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
Stern Pinball Inc. makes inaugural appearance at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where it unveils new home game. Transformers is first title in a novel flipper line dubbed "Pin"-- and it's half the weight (120 lbs.) and half the price ($2,500) of the cheapest coin-op games...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Digital Centre Continues On Path Of Photobooth Innovation; Share Secure ID Protection And Expressions 3.0 Are Latest Enhancements
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
By consistently pursuing a strategy of continual innovation, Digital Centre has established itself as a global leader in coin-operated photobooth design and manufacture. The company now is introducing the latest version of its system software and convenient Share Secure identity-protection technology, both of which are expected to improve the consumer experience...
Author: Hank Schlesinger
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| AAMA Statement Supports Dialogue On Videogame Content
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
A statement by the American Amusement Machine Association explains its position on videogame "violence" in relation to crime...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Atari's U.S. Unit Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
The company filed on Jan. 21 a Chapter 11 proceeding in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan amid "adverse trading conditions and limited development funds"...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| Jersey Jack's The Wizard Of Oz Pinball Ships On March 13; Development Of The Hobbit Begins
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
After more than two years of meticulous labor, The Wizard of Oz flipper game is making its final journey along the road of yellow bricks at the Jersey Jack Pinball factory in Lakewood, NJ...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Omaha's NTS Offers Progress Report On Digital Advertising Initiative
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
Nebraska Technical Services' Joe Wojcik provides update on a two-year-old digital marketing program that now has 1,400 displays in more than 400 Omaha metro-area locations...
Author: Hank Schlesinger
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| 2012 Jukebox Play: Aldean Is No. 1 On The TouchTunes And AMI Entertainment Networks
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
Jason Aldean's "Dirt Road Anthem" was the most played song on TouchTunes and AMI Entertainment's digital jukebox networks...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Are 3D Photobooths Coming? They're Already Here (More Or Less)
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
Digital imaging company Direct Dimensions teams up with MakerBot Industries, a designer, manufacturer and marketer of 3D printers, to launch the ShapeShot three-dimensional photobooth...
Author: Hank Schlesinger
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| Obama Calls For $10 Million CDC Study On Violent Media Images And Videogames
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
President Barack Obama included videogames among his targets on Jan. 16 when he proposed a wide-ranging package of laws and executive actions that the White House said were designed to reduce gun violence...
Author: Marcus Webb
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