 | TouchTunes Opens New York Warehouse
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
The facility is located in Jamaica, Queens, and addresses what the jukebox company said is "surging demand from New York area operators for TouchTunes products and services...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Getlan Leads Redemption Workshop At UK's EAG International Expo
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
Family entertainment center expert Michael Getlan again will conduct his Redemption Master Class in conjunction with the European Amusement and Gaming Expo next week at the Exhibition Centre London...
Author: Tim Sanford
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| McDonald's And Coca-Cola Co. Own Most Florida Sweeps Games, Say Officials
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
Florida officials say there are about 1,000 Internet sweepstakes cafés in Florida, and most of them are owned and operated by two large companies...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| Photobooth Maker Apple Industries Hires Jacobs, Promotes LaForce
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
At Apple Industries, coin-op industry veteran Paul Jacobs will oversee the sales of Face Place digital photobooths in Europe, Latin America and Asia...
Author: Nick Montano
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| South Carolina Bill Would Ban Sweepstakes Videogames
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
The state Senate's Judiciary Committee has favorably reported out a law that would expand South Carolina's longtime ban on video poker games to include sweepstakes games...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| AMI Entertainment And Apple Industries Begin Shipping Photobooth Jukebox
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
NGX Face Place is powered by AMI's Version 3 operating system and Apple's Smile 2.0 software. It houses the same Mitsubishi dye-sub printer used on Apple's photobooths...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Firestone Financial Renews Partners Rewards Program For Vending And Amusement Operators
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
The program pays customers who finance above their annual target half a percentage point, or a minimum of $250, on all business funded in 2013...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| L.A.'s Family Fun Arcade Closes After Nearly 40 Years
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
The facility, which featured videogames almost exclusively, was one of six standalone arcades left in the area. It's legendary Street Fighter tournaments drew players...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Ninety Percent Of NC Sweepstakes Operators To Shut Down; Who's Not?
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
Enforcement of the state Supreme Court's negative verdict on sweepstakes videogames began Jan. 3. But not all operators are shutting down...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| NJ Online Gambling Bill Awaits Governor's Signature
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
Gov. Chris Christie has not signaled whether he plans to sign or veto a new measure that passed the Legislature on Dec. 17...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Chuck E Cheese's Redesigns Website
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
New design carries "Promise To Parents" pages detailing security ("Kid Check") procedures and wholesome family fun...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Southern California Arcade To Host Sega Coin-Op Tournament
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
The Super Arcade has scheduled this year's Sega Cup: Virtua Fighter Tournament for April 20. Sega is partnering with Level Up...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Maryland Association To Lobby Against $10 Prize Limit
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
The Maryland Amusement and Music Operators Association held an emergency session on Jan. 3 to review newly proposed gambling regulations in Maryland...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Namco Plans New Restaurant-Arcade Chain
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
Namco Entertainment is reportedly planning an international chain of upscale restaurant-arcades...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Connecticut Town To Burn Videogames
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
A citizen group calling itself Southington SOS said it plans to sponsor a public burning of videogames deemed "violent" on Jan. 12...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| VLTs Going 'Hog Wild,' Says Illinois Gaming Board
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
Statewide gross revenues in November, the first full month of VLT operations, exceeded $12.2 million, from which the machines kept $3.8 million...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| AMF Bankruptcy: Bowling Center Operator Secures $50 Million For Restructuring
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
AMF Bowling Worldwide Inc., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Nov. 12, said it has secured $50 million in new financing that it can use during its restructuring...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| AMI's Maas Says Restructuring Is On Course As Progress Accelerates
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
AMI Entertainment's planned reorganization into separate businesses, AMI (music and TV) and Megatouch (games), is proceeding smoothly, according to chief executive Michael Maas. "The two divisions will each operate their own business systems, in their own legal entities," he said...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Ideal Launches Cashless Express Card System For Smaller Locations
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
Ideal Software Systems is looking to bend the cost curve for arcades and family entertainment centers wanting the benefits of a cashless payment system...
Author: Hank Schlesinger
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| Illinois Gaming Board Tracks Growing VLT Sector
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
Operator-run video lottery in Illinois is "off to a slow start...with mixed early results," according to one Midwest newspaper...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| Website Promoting Game Featured Links To Gun Sales; EA Removes Them
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
A spokesman for Electronic Arts said the company has taken down the links to real-life weapons-makers at its Medal of Honor Warfighter website...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| North Carolina's Operators Hope To Keep Running Sweepstakes Videogames Despite Court Ruling
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
International Internet Technologies said it is exploring ways to continue providing sweepstakes terminals in North Carolina, where the state's high court ruled them illegal...
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| UK Arcades See 10% Earnings Drop
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
British amusement arcades suffered a 10% drop in revenues between April 2011 and March 2012, while gambling revenues increased, according to a report...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| California Industry Will Launch New State Association In January
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
For at least the third time in 25 years, California trade members are gearing up to form a state association. The California Entertainment Machine Association will hold an organizational meeting Jan. 15...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Maryland Operators Fear New Law Could Squash Redemption
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
The Maryland Amusement and Music Operators Association is rallying the industry to ensure that a new gaming law won't be interpreted in such a way as to make redemption games unprofitable...
Author: Marcus Webb
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