 | Music Industry Sees First Sales Growth In 13 Years In 2012
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
The International Federation for the Phonographic Industry said total music sales were $16.5 billion in 2012, compared with $16.2 billion in 2011, an increase of 0.3%...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Nevada, New Jersey Legalize Online Casino Gambling
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
The race is on to be the first U.S. state to launch legalized Internet gaming...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| USA Technologies Taps Betson As Cashless Agent For Amusement Operators
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
Subject to the terms of its three-year agreement, Betson will be an authorized distributor of USAT's ePort for cashless payment and data reporting services, including exclusive use of the ePort Connect service in conjunction with a customer's ePort...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Gold Standard Games Reports 3 New Air Hockey Models Are Shipping
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
The top-of-the-line Premium model features an overhead scoring and playfield light. The header is equipped with an outward-facing video monitor...
Author: Tim Sanford
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| Unis Launches Astro Invasion, A Children's Ball-Toss Redemption Game
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
New from Universal Space, better known as Unis, is a two-player children's redemption game that builds on the success of the company's popular Dino Pop...
Author: Tim Sanford
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| Astrosystems Introduces Streamlined ST1-C Bill Validator For U.S. Market
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
Suitable for amusement machines, as well as vending equipment, the latest model in Astrosystems' Global Bill Acceptor lineup is available with all standard interfaces, including MDB. It can accommodate banknotes as wide as 70mm....
Author: Tim Sanford
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| ICE Reports Strong Demand For Harpoon Lagoon Redemption Game
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
Innovative Concepts in Entertainment's Joe Coppola said the new four-player video redemption game is on track to become one of the top amusement machines of 2013...
Author: Tim Sanford
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| Betson Promotes Scott Gilmore To Director Of FEC Sales And Consulting
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
In the the newly created post, Scott Gilmore will work with present and planned location-based amusement centers, to help direct their entertainment projects...
Author: Tim Sanford
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| AMI Completes Migration Of Jukeboxes On Ecast Network
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
AMI said newly connected Ecast machines are still eligible for migration through the end of February. The Ecast network will be fully decommissioned on March 4...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Conn. Shooter Is Portrayed As Video Gamer; Bill Would Impose 'Sin Tax' On Violent Games
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
Investigators said they found thousands of dollars' worth of consumer videogames in the home of Adam Lanza, who massacred 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Razelle Toranto Of Birmingham Vending Has Died
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
Razelle Toranto, who was part of coin-op's greatest generation, died on Feb. 19. She was 80...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Association, Business Management Firm INOVA Opens Doors; Sarris Is President
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
Created in 2010 as a side venture by management and marketing pro Tracy Sarris, INOVA is now a full-fledged company serving business and nonprofit organizations...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Complaint Filed Over Alleged Restraint Of Trade In Jukebox Industry
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
A complaint has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the district of Massachusetts that alleges Rowe International Corp. (AMI Entertainment) and the Amusement and Music Operators Association are involved in restraint of trade...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Namco Bandai Profits Skyrocket 72%
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
The arcade game and toy company said it netted $303 million from an 8.4% year-over-year increase in sales....
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Shaffer Distributing Co. Relocates Michigan Branch
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
Shaffer Distributing Co. has moved its office Livonia, Michigan, from Schoolcraft Rd. to Stark Rd., effective Feb. 18...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Sweepstakes: Arrests In Hawaii, Debate Continues In Ohio
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
In Honolulu, police arrest six people and seize equipment during raids on Internet sweepstakes locations. In Ohio, the AG supports House Bill 7, which proposes a ban on sweeps videogames...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Incredible Technologies Adds 5 Courses, Enhanced Player Features In Upcoming PowerPutt 2013 Update
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
Incredible Technologies said it will release a software update for its PowerPutt Live coin-op videogame in March. The update adds five new 18-hole miniature golf courses, bringing the total number of course selections to 11...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Megatouch Live V2.8 Update Features Quick Restart, Selectable Screen Sizes
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
With the new software, load times for Tournamaxx Classic and Megatouch Classic games are reduced by 30 seconds, giving players instant entry to the classic game choices...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Mississippi Bans Sweepstakes Videogames, Spares Redemption Amusements
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
Mississippi is the next state to ban sweepstakes videogames. On Feb. 12, the state's House passed measure outlawing the Internet cafés where the online sweepstakes games are usually placed...
Author: by: Staff Reporter
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| Namco And Nintendo Partner For Mario Kart Arcade Videogame
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
The game, making its debut in Japan, may incorporate the glider mechanics seen earlier in a consumer videogame, Mario Kart 7...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Newtown Dads Open The Sandy Hook Arcade Center
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
Andrew Clure and Scott Cicciari -- operators of free-play arcade -- hope to strengthen the Newtown, CT, community by bringing families together. Grand opening is Saturday, Feb. 16...
Author: Source: Sandy Hook Arcade Center | Released Feb. 14, 2013
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| Mom Brandishes Pistol At Chuck E. Cheese's - In Connecticut
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
A pizza-arcade customer brandished a 0.38 caliber revolver and threatened another customer on Feb. 4...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Philadelphia Video Poker Case Fails To Convict Lead Suspect
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
A federal jury in Philadelphia acquitted seven defendants or deadlocked on their verdicts in a case that involved some 60 counts of racketeering with illegal video poker...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| Gov. Christie Vetoes Online Gambling Bill For New Jersey, But He Endorses Concept
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
Gov. Chris Christie vetoes a bill that would have legalized online gambling by existing brick-and-mortar casinos in Atlantic City. (He might have supported it -- if online casinos were taxed at 15%)...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Judge Enables North Carolina To Enforce Sweepstakes Videogame Ban
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
N.C. Superior Court Judge Robert Johnson ruled against International Internet Technologies LLC and a local operator to clear the way for police to enforce North Carolina's ban on sweepstakes videogames...
Author: Marcus Webb
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