The biennial Park Show International of equipment & components for amusement parks, water parks & fairgrounds will hold its tenth edition from February 26 –29 2004 in Rimini's new Expo Centre. [more information]
Sammy Holding Company, Inc. this week announced that parent company Sammy Corporation, in a continuing effort to diversify its global entertainment holdings, has acquired the shares of Sega Corporation held by CSK Corporation. [more information]
Elo TouchSystems, Inc. is demonstrating exciting new multi-touch capabilities and bartop touch technologies on booth 1830 at ATEI, London from 27 to 29 January 2004. [more information]
The recent opening of two new casinos in the UK - the Casino Sol Central in Northampton and the Harbour House Casino in Southampton has resulted in increased demand for CEW International's products. [more information]
Chief executive of ATE Group Peter Rusbridge speaks about the development of the 60 year old ATEI trade show and says he hopes at the 2004 event, exhibitors will surpass their ambitions and international buyers will find the 'next big thing' for their particular business. [more information]
Brent Electronic will launch its spares and components catalogue featuring thousands of components from many internationally renowned, specialist suppliers at the 2004 ATEI trade show. [more information]
JPM officially released its new Linear cabinet during the third week of November - the cabinet boasts advanced features to offer security, attraction, comfort, durability and serviceability. [more information]
Cromptons new centre-piece game, the Roulette Palace will make its debut at the 2004 ATEI trade show in January, where the company will showcase a broad portfolio of games including their new distributed lines of specialist novelty pieces. [more information]
The 2004 ICE gaming show is set to be 33 per cent bigger than last year, following a move downstairs into Earls Court 2 - where at least 19 companies will demonstrate the latest developments in i-gaming. [more information]
Sega Amusements Europe has responded to pub operators requests for a compact video SWP cabinet with a new product, the Cash Cube cabinet. [more information]
Namco/Brent is well set to build market share across a number of product sectors in 2004, if the breadth of its ATEI portfolio is anything to go by - including videos, novelty/redemption games, photo-kiosks, kiddie rides, vendors, cranes, AWPs, SWPs, pushers and sports games. [more information]
This excellent quality 30 inch LCD screen offers quality viewing at a price that is affordable. With multisystem support, the screen will work with PAL, NTSC and SECAM signals, PC and HDTV input. [more information]
Incredible Technologies, operators of the International Tournament System, and the manufacturer of the coin-operated video game, Golden Tee Fore!, has increased their monthly tournament prizes for 2004. [more information]
Brent Sales has moved swiftly to secure exclusive distribution rights to Hook a Duck, the six-player novelty game which, after its launch at Preview, was described by many industry observers as "the most innovative centrepiece product for some time". [more information]
Add Metal Slug 5 to your Neo Geo collection with this low cost update. The new mission is to recover Metal Slug secrets pilfered by a mysterious paramilitary syndicate. [more information]
Knights of Valor: The Seven Spirits is Sammy's latest edition of the fighter game based on the "Three Kingdoms". The game will run on the AW-NET system, with 3D background and scaling 2D character animation. The combination mode will reveal dazzling visual effects. Two new characters have been added into the game, the elegant "Alloth" with a flamboyant fighting style, and "Mizar", joining the frenzy for vengeance. [more information]
The board and members of European Casino Operators Association (ECOA) would like to extend their heartfelt condolences to the family of Jaime Vaca de Arrazola, following the recent notification of Jaime's death. [more information]
R G Mitchell Corp. announced last week they achieved an Honourable Mention for the IAAPA 2003 Best Kiddie Ride Award for Fred's Fire Truck - a two seater interactive kiddie game. [more information]
Cromptons Leisure International has named Chris Bell as its new Head of Sales. Chris was formerly with leading kiddie ride manufacturer, Amutec. [more information]
Highwaygames has opportunities for companies located in Asia and Middle East to distribute new products from leading manufacturers. Products range from driving and shooting machines, redemption games and spare parts. [more information]
*Consumer Sees Soft Centre
*Sammy's Second Attempt at Consolidation
*SEGA Winter Wonders
*New Gaming Platform - UK Style
*HOT TOPIC - High Score - Past & Future! [more information]
The Rat Pack is a Hi Tech skill game where 27 way feature entry is awarded via three Casino chips or from winning reel combinations which may be exchanged after a successful Hi - Lo gamble. [more information]
The Chairman of Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ALL), Mr John Pascoe, today announced that the company had appointed Mr Paul Oneile as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the company. [more information]
The UK government said this month it had ratified a code of practice agreed by the Gaming Board of Great Britain and the ABB, which will allow betting shops to continue operating fixed-odds machines, while limiting their number, maximum prize and range of games. [more information]
The Sega Private Show was held this month at the Tokyo Commerical Distribution Centre, where Sega AM2 announced the development of a new arcade game, Quest of D, expected to be released early in 2004. [more information]
U.K. pushbutton and reel mechanism manufacturer Gamesman Ltd. has formed a joint venture with leading coin validation equipment manufacturer Coin Mechanisms Incorporated, who will market the Gamesman product line in North and South America. [more information]
Excellent final attendance figures confirm what many long time industry insiders were privately predicting after only a few days of witnessing the frenzy of commercial activity at the IAAPA Orlando 2003 Convention and Trade Show - the show was the second largest in association history. [more information]
The 2nd annual Golden Tee World Championship was held last week, where 32 of the world's top players met at Friday's Front Row to compete, with Chris Eversole taking the 2003 individual title home and the U.S.A. winning the team trophy. [more information]
Legislation aimed at revamping the way gambling is regulated in South Africa was approved in the national assembly this month, with the passing of the 2003 National Gambling Bill. [more information]
AmEx 2004 organisers, MD Associates, have announced that additional space has been allocated to the 25th anniversary event, which will be held on Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 March 2004 in Dublin. [more information]
The IAAPA and the EAASI announced last week that the organisations have signed a letter of intent to form a new company, of equal shareholding, to own and manage what will be Europe's largest industry show. [more information]
Funworld has announced its new Ski Jumping net game will be launched on Photo Play networks in December 2003, on all linked Photo Play terminals in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Denmark and Finland. [more information]
As a result of the King of Fighters 2003 location test in Japan this week, SNK has released new details of characters for this new edition of the famous fighting series. [more information]
Global VR announced this week the immediate availability of EA Sports PGA Tour Golf Conversion Kits and also unveiled new financing programs for operators who purchase five or more of the Kits with tournament hardware. [more information]
Arcade Planet have announced they will release a number of new products at booth 3021 at the 2003 IAAPA trade show which starts today in Orlando and runs until Saturday 22 November. [more information]
Players from all over met at the German Photo Play event of the year, the Grand Prix Championship in Geiselwind, Bavaria, this month from the 7 - 9 November with Goran Laitkam taking the title of champion for 2003. [more information]
VirTra Systems, Inc. last week announced unaudited results for the third quarter of its fiscal year ended September 30, 2003, where the company cited the fourth consecutive period of comparative increased revenues and narrowing losses. [more information]
Leisure & Allied Industries have released details of it's new western style shooting game, Most Wanted, which will be released and on display at IAAPA 2003. [more information]
Sega Corp, a Japanese video game publisher and arcade game maker, said on Wednesday its group net profit jumped 485 percent in the first half, backed by brisk sales of its arcade game machines. [more information]
TAB-Austria has announced its first worldwide Silverball championship commenced this month on November 7 and will continue until February 29 next year, when the world champion will be announced. [more information]
Fans of the King of Fighters arcade series will be interested to hear SNK Playmore has announced the latest addition, the King of Fighters 2003 machine, will have its location test next week on Friday 21 November. [more information]
VirTra Systems, Inc. announced today that it has contracted with General Electric to utilise the company's promotional virtual reality technology at the 8th Annual Canadian Institute of Mortgage Brokers and Lenders Mortgage Conference and Expo. [more information]
LAI Games celebrates the success of its blockbuster Instant Prize Game Lighthouse and is offering operators a chance to win a Lighthouse for Christmas. [more information]
Incredible Technologies reconfirmed today the annual full course update, the Golden Tee Fore 2005 will ship as planned in March 2004. [more information]
Recent orders for CEW International show that the company is at the forefront as a supplier of Casino products and has a growing client base in Europe and the Americas. [more information]
Introducing the new CSC200 Scaler which will up-convert composite, S-video, or YCbCr component input to high resolution PC or HDTV output. CSC-200 is ideal for use with LCD projector, CRT/LCD monitor, plasma or HDTV display to improve picture quality. [more information]
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