Robotic Foosball? Swiss Researchers Make It A Reality

September 7, 2016

TAGS: table soccer, foosball, coin-op soccer table, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne robotic foosball, Christophe Salzmann LAUSANNE…

AVS Relocates Wisconsin Office Larger Distributorship Will Sell Vending And Amusement Machines

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

September 6, 2016

TAGS: vending distributorship, vending machine dealership, American Vending Sales, AVS Wisconsin office, Tom Vogt, coin-op equipment sales, amusement…

Coke Consolidated Expands Distribution Territory And Purchases Manufacturing Facilities

by Emily Jed

September 6, 2016

TAGS: Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, Coke bottler, Coca-Cola Co., Coke distribution territories, Coca-Cola Refreshments USA Inc. CHARLOTTE, NC -…

Dave Busters Goes Full Trekkie With Proprietary Arcade Game And Collectible Cards

September 6, 2016

TAGS: Dave & Buster's, Star Trek arcade game, Elaut, Star Trek anniversary, Sean Gleason, Dave & Buster's Star Trek promotion DALLAS -- Dave…

Incredible Technologies Plans 2017 Golden Tee World Championship For Las Vegas In May

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

September 6, 2016

TAGS: Golden Tee 2017 World Championships, Incredible Technologies, bar video game, coin-op video game, golf video game, Don Pesceone, Scott Morrison…

USA Technologies Schedules Fourth-Quarter And Fiscal-Year 2016 Earnings Release And Conference Call Sept 13

September 6, 2016

TAGS: USA Technologies Inc., NASDAQ:USAT, payment technology, cashless vending, mobile payments, vending industry, self-service retail market, USAT fourth…

Apriva Adds ITC Systems To Its Portfolio Of Campus Card Connections

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

September 5, 2016

TAGS: wireless transaction processing, cashless vending, Apriva, ITC Systems, campus card payments, Apriva campus card platform, Cam Richardson, Stacey…

Prime Vending In West Virginia A Novice Operator Turns Biz-Op Lemons Into Lemonade

by Emily Jed

September 5, 2016

TAGS: Michele Sparks, healthy vending franchisor, healthy vending biz-op, vending business opportunity, West Virginia operator, Prime Vending, new ending…

Does FDAs Calorie-Disclosure Rule Apply To Coin-Op? Bulk Venders Yes Amusement Machines No

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

September 1, 2016

TAGS: bulk vending calorie disclosure, bulk vending operators, vending machine calorie labels, Food and Drug Administration, FDA calorie-disclosure rule…

Owl Viewers Merge Coin-Op Classic With Augmented Reality

September 1, 2016

TAGS: Owl viewers, augmented-reality viewers, San Mateo Owl views, Owlized Inc., tower coin-op viewers, public viewers

Coast To Coast Begins Shipping Ticket Zone

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

August 31, 2016

TAGS: Coast to Coast, Ticket Zone crane, claw machine, Fun Zone prize cranes, Jimmy Chaps, Jim Chapman, arcade game LAKEWOOD, NJ -- Coast to Coast…

Elaut Patents E-Claw Crane Machine Mechanism

August 31, 2016

TAGS: skill crane patent, Elaut NV, Elaut E-Claw, amusement machine, European patent Belgium's Elaut NV has taken out a European patent for its…

NAMA Issues 2016 Midyear Report Enumerating Accomplishments

August 31, 2016

TAGS:National Automatic Merchandising Association, NAMA 2016 midyear report, Carla Balakgie, vending, coffee service, micro market industry, vending trade…

Pioneer Hosts AMI Entertainment Service School For Midwest Jukebox Operators

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

August 31, 2016

TAGS: AMI jukebox school, Pioneer Sales & Service, AMI Entertainment Network, Bryan Aune, Dave Kibbe, Kapil Mistry, Jonathan Kleiman MENOMONEE…

Quality Brokerage Appoints Wayne Molnar And Jeff Hahn To Sales Team

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

August 31, 2016

TAGS: vending, vend product brokerage, Quality Brokerage Inc., Wayne Molnar, Jeff Hahn, micro market, Lou Pace, coffee service, vending machine products …

Video Documents Dance Dance Revolution

August 31, 2016

TAGS: DDR video, DDR documentary, Dance Dance Revolution in Japan, Vice, arcade dance game, Nick Norton, Konami TOKYO -- Multimedia arts and culture…

Bala Cherukooru Joins Timezone Australia As New Store Director

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

August 30, 2016

TAGS: Timezone Group, Helix Leisure, Bala Cherukooru, Timezone new store and operations development director, Timezone Australia, Kane Fong SYDNEY…

Benchmark Games Taps Anthony Medina To Lead Bilingual Sales Initiative

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

August 30, 2016

TAGS: Benchmark Games, Benchmark bilingual sales, arcade games, Anthony Medina, Al Kress

National Automatic Merchandising Associations Advocacy App Speeds Communication With Legislators

by Tim Sanford

August 30, 2016

TAGS: vending, NAMA advocacy app, National Automatic Merchandising Association, NAMA Grassroots App, messaging lawmakers, Department of Labor overtime pay…

Omron Introduces HVC Human Recognition Interpretation System For IoT Devices Including Vending Machines

by Tim Sanford

August 30, 2016

TAGS: Omron HVC-P2, Internet of Things, vending machine, human vision components, HVC, OKAO Vision, vending technology KYOTO, Japan -- Now available…