 | AMI Entertainment Releases NGX Face Place Photobooth Update
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
The new software improves Facebook interaction and streamlines purchasing options, allowing a patron to buy photos and music in a single transaction...
Author: Nick Montano
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| IFPA Pinball Tourney Draws Families, Fosters Healing At Sandy Hook Arcade
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
International Flipper Pinball Association hosted a pinball tournament at the Sandy Hook Arcade, delivering an added element of family-friendly competition to the recently opened venue. The arcade was founded by two Newtown residents as a meeting place to help families in the Connecticut town come together and heal...
Author: by Emily Jed and Nick Montano
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| IFPA Readies 10th World Championship For Germany, May 31-June 2
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
Historic Echzell, Germany, will host the International Flipper Pinball Association's 10th annual World Championship tournament. The event will bring together the top 64 players -- representing 19 nations -- for the eagerly awaited competition...
Author: Nick Montano
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| NTSB Recommends All 50 States Adopt 0.05 BAC Threshold; Critics Say It Will Criminalize Responsible Drinking
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
The idea for a tighter standard is part of a National Transportation Safety Board initiative outlined in a staff report. Critics argue that lowering the BAC rate any more than the current rate (0.08) will criminalize responsible social drinkers, and will do little to make the roads safer...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Stern Pinball Debuts Second Premium Metallica; Rock Artist Dirty Donny Lends A Brush
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
The new game in the Metallica pinball machine lineup features original artwork by Dirty Donny Gilles, the freelance artist famous for his works in punk rock and heavy metal circles...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Illinois VLTs Drive 46% Sales Increase In Wells-Gardner's Q1
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
Net sales increased 46% to $18 million in the quarter that ended March 31. Sales to the gaming industry increased 55% primarily driven by the sale of video gaming terminals (or video lottery) in the state of Illinois...
Author: Nick Montano
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| NDA Hall Of Fame Welcomes Past-Presidents Chambers And Tolliver
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
The National Dart Association inducted past-president Alan Chambers, Chambers Music Co. (Syracuse, UT), and Robert (Whitey) Tolliver, TNT Enterprises (Wagner, SD), into its Hall of Fame during the association's annual meeting in Las Vegas...
Author: Tim Sanford
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| NDA Team Dart 2013 International Tournament Attracts 2,900+
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
The National Dart Association hosted its 28th Team Dart international soft-tip dart tournament at Bally's Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. More than 2,900 players from five nations competed in 10,000 events, with over a half-million dollars in prize money at stake...
Author: Tim Sanford
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| Golden Tee Live Sweepstakes Holds Weekly Drawings In June
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
Throughout June, Incredible Technologies will host a sweepstakes on participating Golden Tee Live machines, which can automate entries. Ad messages for the sweeps will appear on games before every play...
Author: Nick Montano
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| NY Operators Weigh In On Sweeps Cafés
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
City Councilman Jumaane Williams is sponsoring a bill to shut down sweepstakes cafés that allow patrons to win and collect cash prizes while playing computer games. Authorities say there are at least a few dozen sweepstakes cafés that have popped up across New York City...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Apple's Latest Photobooth Makes Scene In Dubai
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
Visitors to the Dubai Entertainment Amusement and Leisure (DEAL) Show got to try out Apple Industries' Scene Machine photobooth, which uses "green screen" (chroma key) matting to composite patrons' image onto their choice of background...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Chuck E. Cheese's Q1 Beats Analyst Estimates; Comp Store Sales Up 1.6%
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
Revenue for the quarter rose by 3% to $255.3 million, from $246.8 million last year. Analysts expected to see revenue of $247.78 million...
Author: Nick Montano
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| VDAI Schedules IMA Amusement-Vending Show For Jan. 14-17, 2014
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
The German amusement and vending equipment association VDAI will resume production of its IMA trade show...
Author: Tim Sanford
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| China's Universal Space Wins 5 CGIA Awards
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
The China Game Industry Association honored games manufacturer Unis with five awards during the annual CGIA conference. The fast-growing company was named Excellent Enterprise of 2012, and its president, Louis Lu, won laurels as Outstanding Entrepreneur of 2012...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Unis Reports Warm Reception For Cowboy Shootout, Veggie Blast
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
Two new shooting games prove popular with operators...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Family Fun's Revenge Of Hammerhead Pits Players Against Sharks
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
The game challenges players to use a ship's wheel to steer a series of balls into and through life preservers before they are devoured by sharks swimming nearby...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| Namco America Reports Triple Turn Redemption Game Is Set To Ship
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
Namco America reports that the Triple Turn ticket-dispensing redemption piece has entered production. Gameplay is straightforward: The player pushes a lever down to release a ball that falls toward as many as three rotating "gears," cogwheel-shaped turntables...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| IT Software Patch Ups PowerPutt Live 2013 Play Beyond Foursomes
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
The virtual mini golf game, which rolled out in March to general acclaim, is receiving a software patch that extends its ability to encourage social interaction. After loading the patch, the game can accommodate as many as eight players at one time...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| New Jersey Okays Incredible Technologies' Games For Live Play
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
The New Jersey Attorney General's office has approved "Glory," "Stats" and other non-prize online functionality for all of IT's Live-enabled games. These include Golden Tee Live, Silver Strike Live and PowerPutt Live...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| Sega Giant Key Masters Roll Off Production Line As Demand Surges
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
Sega Amusements reports that Giant Key Master, the latest development in its popular prize-vending lineup, is shipping again. The first production run sold out in March...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Germany's Hans Rosenzweig Dies At 78
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
Hans Rosenzweig, a pioneer in the German amusement machine industry and trade magazine journalist, died in late March. He was 78...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| Popular Drinking Game Goes Coin-Op With Bay Tek's Beer Pong Master
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
While its Ivy League roots may have been long forgotten, beer pong is now a bar and tavern staple with informal and organized league play in many cities. Bay Tek's new Beer Pong Master allows operators to compete with plywood on top of pool tables...
Author: Hank Schlesinger
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| Dave & Buster's Achieves FY Adjusted EBITDA Growth Of 22.5%; Q4 Revenue Jumps 15%
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
The operator of big box entertainment-dining facilities finished its fourth quarter and full year 2012, which ended Feb. 3, 2013, on a high note. An extra week, an income tax benefit and two new locations helped Dave & Buster’s bring in profit...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Japan Casino Lobby Legalization Push Could Benefit Sega
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
A group of Japanese lawmakers in favor of casinos has tapped an influential member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party as its leader and plans to submit legislation this year aimed at opening the world's third-largest economy to casino gambling...
Author: Nick Montano
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| John Pascaretti: AMOA’s New President Offers Cross-Segment Perspective
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
The Amusement and Music Operators Association gains a leader with exceptional experience and knowledge of the coin-operated amusement industry. John Pascaretti, who heads Michigan's Pascaretti Enterprises, comes to the job with decades of experience as both an operator and a distributor...
Author: Hank Schlesinger
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