With an increasing number of gambling-for-prizes arcades being opened in Florida, the District Court of Appeal in Sarasota County is now reviewing whether a Florida law is too vague on what constitutes gambling. [more information]
The Mind Scrambler ride at Playland Park, where a 7-year-old girl was killed last month, will have seat belts, more lighting, and a second attendant when it reopens on Friday, Westchester County officials announced. [more information]
Taito has revealed its new arcade system, Type X, is due to be released in October 2004 along with approximately five to seven new titles. [more information]
uWink, Inc., an innovative technology-based ENcommerce company, today announced that Auckland, New Zealand-based SkillGames Ltd. has initiated purchases of uWink SNAP! counter-top entertainment terminals. [more information]
Tsunami Visual Technologies, Inc. today announced the addition of Marty Man Smith to the Tsunami sales team. Marty Man Smith brings with him to Tsunami a wealth of knowledge and over 20 years of experience in the Coin-Op industry. [more information]
The dice season has officially opened with Stella International and its Italian partner International Games Trade S.A. from San Marino pleased to announce the approval of their first product for Italy - Dice Master deluxe. [more information]
California Extreme, the pinball and classic video games show held at the San Jose Convention Center, is gearing up for its eighth annual show. It will be held on August 7 and 8, 2004 and show organisers have said they are working to make this the biggest and best year yet. [more information]
This year's Photo Play Spring Tour in Finland attracted the attention of almost 6,500 players – with 51 per cent of these players confirmed newcomers to the series of games. [more information]
Electrodiver Lda this week unveiled its new kiddie ride, the Carro 2004 - an interactive game for children where they are able to control the movements of an animated car on the screen. [more information]
The Illinois Department of Revenue, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, and local law enforcement authorities seized video poker machines in three southern Illinois counties last Thursday 27 May, after undercover agents identified eight establishments paying off on the machines. [more information]
In the UK this month, Minister for Gambling Andrew McIntosh has warned sectors of the gambling industry over the rising number of new gambling machines offering potentially addictive high-speed roulette games. [more information]
It's all news this week for Sega Amusements Europe Ltd. as it today announces the launch of the official web site for its new multi player football game World Club Championship Football, the release date for the third edition of Initial D and confirms the first Ollie King games are set to reach arcades this month. [more information]
More than 2800 years of hard work in the amusement machines industry was recognised at a long-service awards ceremony for employees of Gamestec - a UK supplier of AWP, club and amusement machines. [more information]
Uniana's Treasure Ship received an excellent response at the 2004 Australian Amusement & Vending Trade Expo in Sydney earlier this month. The Treasure Ship, a unique, colourful and easy to use redemption game, is now available through Highway Entertainment for immediate shipment. [more information]
Eric Nonnato of Salurn in Italy is the winner of the 2004 Silverball World Championship, TAB-Austria announced yesterday. Mr Nonnato received the award in his bar, Klause, earlier this month, a 19-day world trip for two people. [more information]
Photo Play's Amore Mio quiz was awarded second place in the interactive and game design categories of the 2004 Animago Award contest. [more information]
Forget the image of paunchy video gamers holed up in a dark room, surrounded by sticky Twinkie wrappers and empty soda cans. Dance Dance Revolution players burn extra pounds along with their quarters. Weight loss is an unexpected benefit of a game designed for dance music. [more information]
Coinstar Inc., a market leader in self-service coin counting, yesterday announced a definitive agreement to purchase American Coin Merchandising Inc. and its parent company, ACMI Holdings Inc., for $235 million in cash. [more information]
Poker machine maker Aristocrat Leisure Ltd said it expects a net profit between $50 million and $60 million for the first half of calendar 2004. [more information]
The 17th edition of the Enada Spring coin-op show will be held from 10 - 13 March 2005 at the Rimini expo centre, where the latest products will be on display and trade members will be able to participate in conferences, seminars, presentations, corporate meetings, international workshops, exhibitions and events. [more information]
Arguably the most successful combat video creation in games industry history, Tekken is set to fight on with game creator Namco currently working on the final development stages of Tekken 5. [more information]
UltraCade Technologies announced this month that it has licensed a number of arcade games from Incredible Technologies for its UltraCade and Arcade Legends Multi-Game platforms. [more information]
Amusement technology veteran Kevin Williams has announced the launch of KWP Limited as an international consulting operation whereby Mr Williams is making KWP Ltd.'s expertise available to the full range of Out-of-Home entertainment entities from amusement to theme park attractions. [more information]
Wells-Gardner Electronics Corporation announced that it has received orders for its LCD's and digital monitors valued at approximately $1.5 million from its gaming customers. [more information]
Japan's biggest maker of slot machines, Sammy Corp, said today it would pay a 21 percent premium to acquire video game developer Sega Corp in a stock deal worth $1.4 billion. [more information]
Harrah's riverboat casino will switch over quickly to Sam's Town following approval of the gambling hall's sale to Boyd Gaming Corp. [more information]
The 2004 GTI Expo is set to feature more than 650 booths representing over 100 exhibiting companies and will take place from 24-27 June in Zones A, C and D of Hall 1, Taipei World Center in Taipei, Taiwan. [more information]
VirTra Systems, Inc. yesterday announced another sale of its new 360-degree IVR HD firearms training simulator to the United States military. [more information]
Photo Play's new Czech partner, STEF Entertainment, demonstrated its motivation and commitment to the arrangement with its Photo Play presentation during the 2004 Svet Zabavy show last week. [more information]
Due to the excellent response to Sammy's Ranger Mission kits, we have had to reorder stock. We have found Ranger Mission is an excellent conversion game to update existing cabinets and operators have said it is earning very well. [more information]
Our latest model is the PC (VGA to UXGA) to PAL or NTSC Converter, (CPT-380) a high-end PC to Video converter capable of handling resolutions of up to UXGA (1600x1200). It automatically detects and down converts the incoming PC images to NTSC or PAL. [more information]
Visitor numbers to this year's Theme Parks & Fun Centres show, the Middle East's premier amusement and leisure trade event, increased by almost 65 per cent over last year as the 10th anniversary edition broke all records. [more information]
Expectations for the success of the 2004 Amusement and Vending Trade Expo held last Friday and Saturday in Sydney, Australia, were exceeded according to show organisers, who said exhibitor numbers had doubled since last year and that they had received exceptional feedback about the "buzz" of the show from exhibitors and visitors alike. [more information]
Las Vegas-based Konami Gaming Inc., a subsidiary of Japanese video game giant Konami Corp., has started construction on a new Las Vegas slot machine development and manufacturing plant. [more information]
"Easy", the new card game TAB-Austria has released for its Silverball Terminals, is now available for free transfer to all linked terminals with a ChampionsNet connection. [more information]
A new world record for Wheel of Fortune slot machines was set yesterday afternoon when a local woman won $11.2 million on a Wheel of Fortune dollar machine at the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas. [more information]
Gaelco has announced the release of its latest video game, Ring Riders, where players sit on the replica motorbike shell and use their weight to make the motorbike move and tilt to ultimately direct the movements of the character on the screen. [more information]
VirTra Systems, Inc. today announced it successfully installed its IVR-300T HD firearms training simulator at a new regional training center in Veracruz, Mexico. [more information]
Brent/Namco has announced additional features for two of the games it distributes, including the arrival of a new version of the Tsumo platform and a new exciting game play option in the Target:Terror combat video. [more information]
46TSM, a developer and distributor of highly attractive and original video games of premium quality, has announced the release of its new redemption game - SuperTrivia TV. [more information]
uWink, Inc., an innovative technology-based entertainment commerce company, today announced that its uWink Trivia Pack, which includes short-form trivia games such as Zillionaire(TM) and Are You an Expert?(TM), among others, will be used to demonstrate the capabilities of Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade at E3 2004. [more information]
Online poker room software developer Tribeca Tables has signed its third distribution poker partnership deal with Platinum Poker, formerly known as The Binnion. [more information]
Brent Electronic has underlined its reputation as one of the most accomplished distributors in the business with news that it has been named 2003 Distributor Of The Year by pool cloth manufacturer A.W. Hainsworth & Sons Ltd. [more information]
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