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Vol. 52, No. 5, May 2012
| Canada Wants To Turn Coins Into Bits
Nick Montano
Last month, Canada announced plans to eliminate the penny. This month, the Royal Canadian Mint is looking for ways to convert remaining coins into digital currency...
| | Self-Checkout Could Make Stealing Too Easy
Nick Montano
Recent reports in The Point of Sale News and USA Today take a look at retailers' growing use of self-checkout systems and resulting increases in theft. Intentional or not, theft is up to five times higher with self-checkout than when cashiers are working...
| | AMOA Consolidates Notre Dame Program
Marcus Webb
The Amusement and Music Operators Association's Management Development Program conducted at the University of Notre Dame will be shortened to four weekends...
| | AMOA-NDA Team Dart Concludes
by Staff Reporter
the National Dart Association's Team Dart took place from April 13 to 21 at Bally's Las Vegas, attracting some 12,000 competitors sponsored by amusement operators...
| | CEC Settles Child Injury Case
by Staff Reporter
Chuck E. Cheese's agreed to pay $6,500 to settle a lawsuit filed in December by the family of an injured child...
| | Horses Sweat, Virtuo Glows
Nick Montano
After taking delivery of more than a dozen TouchTunes Virtuos, Automatic Coin Vending Co. of Chester, PA, arranges its jukebox cargo for a special photo opportunity...
| | IAAPA Announces IP Rights Policy
Marcus Webb
The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions said its new policies to protect copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property that belong to its members will go into effect on June 1...
| | In Texas, 8-Liner Raids Seize 100+ Machines
by Staff Reporter
Lawmen in Cameron, Wood and Bell counties collectively raided 19 eight-liner arcades between late February and early April, seizing games and making arrests...
| | Judge Gives Mouli Cohen 22 Years
by Staff Reporter
A federal judge in San Francisco on May 1 sentenced Samuel "Mouli" Cohen, Ecast founder, to 22 years in prison...
| | Sweeps Operator Surrenders To Sheriffs In FL
by Staff Reporter
Megan Crisante, 23, turned herself into the Pinellas County Jail on April 25, one week after she was charged with 45 counts of violating state gambling laws...
| |  | More Of A Good Thing
Tim Sanford
The National Automatic Merchandising Association's 1972 trade show provided 20.5 hours (1,230 minutes) to view the 155 exhibits, or 7.9 minutes per display. Four decades later, this year’s OneShow drew 245 exhibitors and allowed 14.5 hours (870 minutes) to view them, or 3.55 minutes per exhibit... by Tim Sanford
| | | The Big Five-O – Or, Life Begins At Fifty
Marcus Webb
Don't look now, but somebody is having a silver anniversary. Vending Times printed its first edition in 1962 (after incorporating in 1961), and is 50 years old this year... by Marcus Webb
| | | What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Money?
Hank Schlesinger
Future trends are difficult to predict. They can be debated endlessly, though it may be helpful to consider that payments for purchases have all been trending toward ever-greater convenience for centuries... by Hank Schlesinger
| | | Take Me Out To The New Ball Game!
Alicia Lavay
Technology is clearly working in vending’s favor. Today’s vending machines impose fewer limits on the customer’s options... by Alicia Lavay
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Excellence in invention, imagination and vending industry image-building will be recognized. ISpot ceremony on April 26 will honor 26 companies in eight categories...
This year is the 100th anniversary of world-renowned Oreo cookies, and Kraft Foods is marking the occasion with a series of events designed to "celebrate the kid inside"... 
In 1912, chocolate maker Clarence Crane created Pep O Mints to stand up against the summer heat. He called them Life Savers because they looked like little life preservers. On April 11, 2012,, Wrigley marked the iconic candy's 100th birthday... 
The fourth week in April is National Karaoke Week. And this little known fête, and karaoke in general, could get a lot bigger thanks to TouchTunes Interactive Networks... 
