 | Gold Standard Games Hosts Air Hockey Tournaments In California And Illinois
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
Just one year after entering the air hockey market, Gold Standard Games is becoming a major player in the coin-op sport's tournament scene. This year, the Bay City, MI-based manufacturer owned by air hockey legend Mark Robbins has sponsored and equipped contests in California and Illinois...
Author: Nick Montano
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| AMI Entertainment's Tap TV Trivia Replaces Coin Drop With Monthly Fee
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
AMI is offering the new Tap TV Trivia Channel and Tap Lite System to compete with bar patrons' obsession with smartphones. AMI, whose primary business is jukebox and digital music administration, is banking that operators can sell the away-from-home entertainment concept, which pairs TVs and smartphones to create a social gaming system, into their coin-op locations...
Author: Nick Montano
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| The Jersey Shore, Slammed By Sandy, Is Back For Memorial Day Weekend
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
It seemed an impossible task. Yet, the Jersey Shore will be open for business this weekend. With many areas almost completely rebuilt following the historic destruction wreaked by October's Superstorm Sandy, the fabled amusement region that has played host to generations of fun-lovers is back and better than ever...
Author: Hank Schlesinger
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| Vending Operators Can Now Order Face Place Photobooth Media Online
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
Apple Industries, the manufacturer of Face Place photobooths, has added an online purchasing tool to its new website, allowing operators to order media for their equipment...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Main Event Sets Sights On Doubling Locations In 3 Years
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
It often is not enough to do all the right things. What's needed is to do the right things better than everyone else. This is the objective pursued by Main Event Entertainment, a Dallas-based family entertainment center operator...
Author: Hank Schlesinger
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| Megatouch Live V3 Software Simplifies Player Menu And Accounts
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
Megatouch LLC has released version 3 software for its Megatouch Live platform, which powers ML-1 videogame terminals. The latest software simplifies the player menu and other features on the multi-touch amusement gaming system...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Arizona Authorities Confiscate Prize Amusement Machines In Tucson
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
The games -- seized by agents from the Arizona Department of Gaming, the Attorney General's office and other organizations -- appeared to be typical arcade equipment, from i-Cubes and Stackers to Barber Cut Lites. ..
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| California Gaming Bill Banning Cash Offerings In Amusement Games Advances
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
California lawmakers have introduced a measure that would prohibit offering cash or items exchangeable for cash in amusement games. The bill (AB1103) was sought after by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, according to Bob Snyder of Bob Snyder and Associates Inc....
Author: Nick Montano
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| 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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