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Amajor revamp of Derby citycentre, paid for in part by the

European Regional Develop-ment fund and in part by a coun-cil grant, is set to benefit a localadult gaming centre operator.

News of a £685,000 EuropeanRegional Development Fundinvestment into the town’s ShotTower, which dates back to the1930s, comes as the city councilrevealed that work to improveother building frontages in theMorledge area of the town,including Harry’s Amusements,will be complete in March.

A £100,000 council grant hasbeen offered to landlords andbusinesses in the area to helpthose who want to restore origi-nal architectural features ontheir buildings. The scheme is setto transform the frontages ofHarry’s Amusements, which isnext to the Shot Tower, and othernearby shops and takeaways.

Mark Greig, joint-owner ofHarry’s Amusements, told localpress: “We were able to bid for upto £20,000 to help with theimprovements.”

He added: “We are going to

STATISTICSTowards the end of 2013, theGambling Commissionpublished the industrystatistics for the five-yearperiod 1 April 2008 to 31March 2013. While growth ingross gambling yield wasseen in some sectors, therewas a noticeable drop interms of overall employmentlevels.Some of the Commission’skey findings are as follows:• The British gamblingindustry, as regulated by theCommission, generated agross gambling yield of £6.3bnbetween April 2012 and March2013, a rise of over £0.4bn (7per cent) compared to theperiod April 2011 to March2012.• Growth can be seen inbetting, bingo, casino, remote(betting, bingo and casino)and lotteries sectors. Only thearcades sector experienced adecrease in GGY between thetwo most recent reportingperiods.• Gross gambling yield for B2

machines in licensed bettingoffices was over £1.5bn, anincrease of just under £100m(7 per cent) on the figure forthe previous reporting perioddespite a small decrease in

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n its most recent LicensingAuthority bulletin, the Gam-bling Commission has

reviewed the UK’s legislative land-scape of 2013 as well as taking a lookat the prevailing market trends.

Last year, the Responsible Gam-bling Trust published the first phaseof its research into gamingmachines in Great Britain. Thereport is a first step in an ongoingresearch programme commis-sioned by the RGT in order to betterunderstand how people behavewhen playing on those gamingmachines offering the higheststakes and prizes, and what helpspeople to stay in control and playresponsibly. The first stage lookedat transactional data which will pro-vide a solid basis for the next stageof the research which will look atthe patterns around consumerbehaviour when playing thesegaming machines.

Meanwhile, licensing Authoritieshave been reminded that holdersof an AGC or bingo premises licencegranted on or after 13 July 2011 aresubject to a change in the maximumpermitted number of category B3and B4 machines that can be sitedon a premises. From 1 April 2014,the maximum permitted numberof B3 and B4 gaming machines onany one site will be limited to 20 percent of the total number of gamingmachines made available for use.Any AGC or bingo premises licencesthat were granted before 13 July2011 are not affected by this change.The DCMS first announced thesechanges in July 2011.

To help local authorities withtheir responsibilities under the Act,the Commission has collated caselaw that it believes will help localauthorities in the interpretation andapplication of the Act.

The Commission has nowreceived approximately 70responses to the consultations on

proposed changes to licence con-ditions and codes of practice(LCCP), which closed on 4 Decem-ber 2013. The Commission stated:“We are currently reviewing theseformal responses and are develop-ing final changes, taking account ofcomments made during work-shops held during the consultationperiod. It is expected that the finalversion of LCCP will be publishedin early spring 2014. The new andamended LCCP may come intoforce in a phased manner from earlysummer 2014.”

Since 1 October 2013, variouschanges to the Primary Authority

scheme have been in force and age-restricted sales of gambling in Eng-land and Wales are now in scope,with Primary Authority guidanceavailable on the Better RegulationDelivery Office website. The firstgambling Primary Authorityscheme to be established isbetween Ladbrokes and MiltonKeynes who are discussing thedevelopment of an inspection plan,which will be shared with all licens-ing authorities via the BRDO web-site when finalised. TheCommission is aware of, andinvolved in, early stage discussionsabout other potential partnerships.

Finally, looking to the near future,the Commission will hold its thirdannual seaside summit withcoastal/seaside resorts LicensingAuthorities on 12 February 2014 atits offices in Birmingham. Updateswill be provided on social responsi-bility, Primary Authority, lotteriesand prize competitions as well asthe Commission’s priorities for2014/15.

the number of B2 machines.However, the split between B2and B3 game play is not clear(and therefore a portion of theGGY attributed to B2machines above will have

been generated through B3game play).• 107,791 people wereemployed across the industry,a drop of 2,125 from theprevious reporting period.

have 1920s-style full-lengthwindows to let in more lightand the front will be paintedpale blue.”

Greig said he hoped peoplegoing over the Morledge cross-ing from the bus station orCouncil House would be morelikely to visit the parade insteadof going straight into the centre.He concluded: “We believe the

changes will lead to improvedfootfall and custom.”

A city council spokeswomansaid of the Shot Tower: “Thebuilding will undergo a com-plete refurbishment to trans-form it into a hub with all theresources needed by start-ups,graduates, small and mediumenterprises and people lookingto become self-employed.”

Gambling Commissionpublishes review of 2013REPORT

The Gambling Commission’s latest Licensing Authority update has served as atimely review of 2013 for the whole of the UK amusement and gaming sector whilereminding the industry of some important dates for 2014.

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Namco Europe is lookingto cram as many

machines as it can onto itslargest ever ExCel standlater this month. The firm’sJohn Brennan explained:“EAG International 2013was a great show for us, notonly in terms of thenumber of visitors we wel-comed onto our stand, butalso for the amount oforders received. We antici-pate that 2014 will see usgathering further momen-tum and to this end we’vereserved additional floor

space.”After a year of sustained

investment, NamcoEurope will approach EAGInternational with 29 prod-ucts, eight of which maketheir European debuts.Brennan continued: “Ourcustomers come to us forsomething innovative anddifferent and we always tryto exceed expectations;our development teamshave really risen to thechallenge. This progresshas been reflected in everyaspect of our brand, includ-

ing merchandising andplush, to support operatorrequirement for prizegames and to support ourPac-Man range.”

The products to beshown at EAG are testa-ment to the company’sdetermination to light upthe play environment anddeliver experiences thatcan’t be replicated athome. Enjoying its Euro-pean debut will be MachStorm, a jet fighter simula-tor, while Namco’s DeadHeat Riders, in which play-

ers race their motorcycleshead-to head against ghostriders around the streets ofLondon, New York and SanFrancisco, is also releasedfor 2014.

A European debutawaits Super Alpine Racer,the new 55ins screenupgraded version of thepopular Alpine Racer, offer-ing fast moving downhillslalom action. Meanwhile,Mario Kart Arcade is anarcade system release fea-turing the Mario and Pac-Man characters.

Furthermore, Pac ManSwirl, a four player centrepiece ball-drop game, fol-lowing an extensive andsuccessful UK site evalua-tion by Namco, will debut.

Operators seekingproven Theatre Cabinet 4Dhigh-earners will not bedisappointed by DarkEscape with its tailoredfrights and biofeedback.Deadstorm Pirates 4D, oneof the highest grossing the-atre-style games ever, willalso be back with new fea-tures. Stand 530 will also

Namco sets out to exceed expectations at EAGNOVELTY & REDEMPTION

Amusementspecialist NamcoEurope is preparingfor a spectacularlaunch to 2014,booking additionalfloor space at EAGInternational toaccommodate itslargest ever showingof new games acrossalmost 400sq.m.

abour is to force avote in Parliamenton its plans to give

councils the power to banhigh-stakes B2 machinesfrom licensed bookmakers.

Opposition leader EdMiliband has alreadypledged to curb the FOBT‘epidemic’ if his partyregains power, while minis-ters are waiting on theresults of a review of themachines’ impact.

Ed Miliband has said thatFOBTs are “spreading likean epidemic”. He hasvowed to amend planninglaws in England, Scotland

and Wales to curb theirgrowth if Labour regainspower.

There are 33,284 fixed-odds betting terminalsacross the UK, according tothe latest Gambling Com-mission figures, making£1.5bn per annum. Labourhas said some players areaddicted to them and theyare causing “debt andmisery”, as well as acting asa magnet for crime and anti-social behaviour. The partyhas accused the bettingindustry of targetingpoorer parts of the country.

The average weekly

profit per B2 machine in2012 was £825, up from£760 in 2011, according tothe Gambling Commission,while the number of bet-ting shops in the UK hasincreased from 8,500 to9,100 over the past twoyears.

In December 2013,Miliband said that the cur-rent limit of four per bettingshop had led to clustering,with councils powerless toact. He said a Labour gov-ernment would legislate toput LBOs in a separate useclass so that councils coulduse planning powers to

control the number open-ing in their area.

The party would alsoreview the number of B2machines allowed on book-makers’ premises - includ-ing allowing councils toban them altogether as wellas making it a legal require-ment for timed breaks inplay.

The government has not

ruled out taking action tocut the stakes and prizes onFOBTs, with a study intowhat harm is being causedto individual players due tobe published this year. TheLiberal Democrats voted togive councils the power tolimit the number of book-makers in their area at theirparty conference in Sep-tember.

Labour to push forCommons FOBT vote

The Labourparty is set touse anopposition daydebate in theHouse ofCommons toforce a vote onwhethercouncils shouldbe able to banFOBTs in theirarea.

POLITICS

The debate surrounding the poten-tial conversion of a Havant pub into

an AGC continues to rumble on.Opposition to turning the White Hartinto an adult gaming centre has comein the form of a letter from CanonPeter Jones, who said the develop-ment was inappropriate directly oppo-site St Faith’s Church and a warmemorial.

Heritage Property Southern appliedto Havant Borough Council for achange of use, including installingaround 60 electronic bingo terminals

and up to 35 slot machines, but HavantCivic Society opposed the develop-ment and the council received a peti-tion of 69 signatures.

Applications are discussed throughpublic debate at the council’s planningcommittee, where councillors thenvote, but the council decided toapprove the development through del-egated powers without it going tocommittee.

Jones, of St Faith’s Church, toldlocal press: “We would be interestedto see how the officers have justifiedthe decision. In the course of time, wewill want to interrogate the council as

to why they felt that it could beaccepted in the easiest way possible.”

Tim Dawes, from Havant Civic Soci-ety, added: “Can you imagine what’sgoing to happen the next time wehave a memorial service and peopleare playing fruit machines nearby?”

A council report stated: “While theconcerns raised are understood, it isnot considered that there are anylegitimate means in terms of planninglegislation to object to the proposeduses on moral grounds. The proposeduses are legal and are subject to sep-arate licensing rules, they also repre-sent appropriate town centre uses.”

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Northern Leisure extends Peppa Pig range

Leeds-based KiddyRides, also known

as Northern LeisureGroup, will be launch-ing a number of chil-dren’s coin-op rides on its stand at theEAG, including a new licensed productfrom Poppy Cat and an extension to itssuccessful Peppa Pig range.

The Poppy Cat ride is a bright multi-coloured gel Airplane ride featuring theshow’s two main characters Poppy andZhu Zhu. The ride is fully interactive by

allowing the rider tocontrol the physicalspeed of the ride.

The firm’s GarethJones told Coinslot:“Following the suc-

cesses of the Peppa Pig Car and Rocket,we are going to launch two versions ofthe new Peppa Pig Carousel - a two seaterand a three seater. The carousels will bemanufactured in gel coat featuring char-acters and vehicles from the show withcolourful displays. The launch will tie inwell with the brand’s 10th anniversary.”

Gamestec, part of theAstra Gaming Group

and the largest gaming andamusement machine oper-ator in the UK, has joinedVAT Club Jacques Borel inits campaign to reduce thelevel of VAT in the hospital-ity sector to five per cent ondrink and food.

Jacques Borel said: “I amdelighted that Gamestec hasjoined VAT Club JB. It has alarge presence in the pubsector and understands thebenefits that a reduction in

VAT to five per cent will bringto pub companies and indi-vidual licensees. Their inclu-sion within the VAT Clubstrengthens our position andhighlights the importance ofthe campaign.”

Gamestec commercialdirector Peter Davies said:“This is a vital campaign forthe pub sector as well as thewider leisure and hospital-ity sector and we are pleasedto support its aims. The cur-rent VAT regime isinequitable and compro-mises pubs’ earning poten-tial across the board, from

wet sales through tomachine revenue.”

At present all food anddrink in pubs is subject to 20per cent VAT, compared tosupermarkets which bene-fit from a zero VAT rate. Thecampaign by VAT Club JBaims to reduce VAT in pubsto five per cent, which itbelieves will result in moreinvestment and jobs in thesector.

Jacques Borel has alreadyachieved VAT cuts in anumber of European coun-tries, including France, Ger-many, Belgium and Finland.

Gamestecjoins thecampaign forlower VAT Customers and staff at

Mecca Bingo in Harlowspread festive cheer whenthey visited Princess Alexan-dra Hospital to deliver Christ-mas gifts to children onDolphin Ward. Mecca Harlow

generalmanagerMattWilkesand staffmember

Lisa Ayres delivered thepresents to youngsters alongwith local MP Robert Halfon.

With the help of PAH staff,the bingo hall compiled a listof 50 gifts which could bebought for children at thehospital to open on Christ-mas Day.

These were written on gifttags and hung on Mecca’sChristmas tree in the recep-tion area of the venue. Cus-tomers and staff then tookthe tags, bought the giftsand returned them to thebingo hall. The company’sraffle, in which customerscould win a Christmashamper, also raised moneyto buy a gift for the ward,while a charity bucket runraised more than £200which will go towards newequipment.

Wilkes said: “The dona-tions were a success and wewill do it again next year,probably for the children’sward once more.”

BINGO

feature a number of newproducts from Raw Thrills.Brennan revealed: “Batmanis a combined shooting anddriving experience withweapons launched from acustomised steering wheel.Players have a choice of tenBatmobiles and 36 mis-sions. Also from Raw Thrills,Aliens is the company’s firstdedicated shooting gamesince Terminator.”

The redemption sectoris covered with Goal LineRush, Triple Turn and Barrelof Monkeys, a simple and

compelling video redemp-tion game based on the clas-sic ‘swinging monkey’theme. The Pac-Man sportsaction game range will beaugmented with Pac-ManSmash Hockey and Pac-Man Basket being joined byPac- Man Ghost Bowlingand Pac-Man Swirl.

Namco Europe’s associ-ation with Jennison Enter-tainment Technologies willbe celebrated with theEuropean launch of SnowDown. Brennan com-mented: “We’ve had a good

relationship with Jennisonsince their very first gameand every single release hasbeen a success.”

He concluded: “Apartfrom a stunning productoffering, our team hasdecades of experience andenjoy excellent long termrelationships with our cus-tomers. We bring sales,sales admin, logistics andcustomer service staff tothe show. This illustratesour support to our cus-tomer base as expertise isimmediately to hand.”

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Mecca club staff deliver gifts to children’s ward at Harlowhospital



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ndustry stalwartEddie Moss diedlast week, at the age

of 86. Moss started in the amuse-ment and gaming machineindustry back in the 1960s

when he was a pioneeringoperator in Leeds. Follow-ing this, he set up Tic TacToe, a distribution com-pany, which specialised infruit machine sales andintroduced NSM juke-boxes to the UK. Duringthis time, he also spent 15years on the ATA NorthernSection Committee - theforerunner to BACTA.

Whilst running Tic TacToe, Alan Blackapproached Moss with theidea to manufacture Britishjukeboxes. Moss recog-nised the potential of theplan and provided thefinancing to set up SoundLeisure, in return for a halfshare in the business. The

pair remained lifelongfriends and, as Black remi-nisced, “never exchangeda cross word in 37 years ofbusiness together”.

Moss retained an office atSound Leisure from thestart and was often to befound at his desk with hisbeloved dogs. His last visitto the office was in October.

“Eddie was like an uncleto Mike, myself and my kidsand like a brother to myfather. We all often wentaway together on holidayand have some wonderfulmemories. Eddie was a truegentleman and eventhough this is not unex-pected, the loss of Eddie isdevastating to us all,” said

Chris Black. In his latter years, Moss’s

love of travel was leg-endary and he and his wifeIrene would spend severalmonths abroad every year.

Along with his familyand his work, Moss’s othergreat passion was RugbyLeague. He was made theLeeds Rhinos Club Patron

in 2000 having been a longtime supporter and afounder member of the Tav-erners club in 1965.

As yet, Sound Leisurehas no informationregarding the funeralarrangements, however,the firm will inform theindustry of the family’swishes in due course.

Content specialist Proj-ect is going to the

forthcoming EAG with anunprecedented nine newmodels designed specifi-cally for the £100 jackpot.Project’s ‘AmusementWith £100 Prize’ range,comprises six slots andthree pokers, all of whichare new single games andhoused in the company’spopular V19 cabinet withnew top box and topperunit.

Expanding on Project’scommitment to £100, man-aging director Tony Boul-ton said: “Our strategy isto provide operators withan unprecedented level ofchoice, and to maximisethe opportunities the newjackpot offers right fromthe outset. B3 is a maturemarket; the growth isgoing to come from £100and there’s no point what-soever for operators towait any longer than isnecessary to capitalise onthis opportunity.”

Project believes thatdwell time is key to thesuccess of the new £100prize. Boulton explained:“The evidence that we’vereceived and the feedbackfrom the market is thatgaming frequently fails toprovide players with whatthey describe as ‘a goodgame’. The motive formany players is not somuch to win money but tohave time on a machineand to enjoy the game.Value for money gaming isa central feature of whatwe are offering with ourAmusement With £100Prize rangeand onewhich willcertainlyengage withplayers.”

Project hits theground runningwith nine £100games forEAG

The North West regionaldivision of BACTA has

reported that its CharityVenetian Masked Ball insupport of The Children’sAdventure Farm in Lymmwas a huge success. TheMayor and Mayoress ofBlackpool were guests ofhonour at the ball held atthe Imperial Hotel in Black-pool on 6 December.

The event raised over£3,000. On behalf of NWregion committee, regional

chairman Chris Manionpassed on his sincerethanks to the sponsors Tow-ergate Insurance, EmbedPlaysafe and BACTA headoffice.

Manion also thanked thecompanies providingprizes - BJs Bingo, BrentLeisure, Britannia Hotels,Club 3000 Bingo, CosmoBingo, Crown Leisure, Gift-works, Hippodrome Bingo(St Helens), ITM Leisure,PMS International, PumaHotels, Russko and White-house Leisure.

The regional chairmanalso praised BarbaraThompson, Bekki Ford,Chris Oldland and Lee Ste-fani for their hard work inhelping make the event asuccess.

Maggi & Maggi UK’s JoePritchard, whose firm hassupported the BACTA Ballfor many years, concluded:“It is a credit to the organis-ers who have maintained ahigh standard and arrangeda thoroughly enjoyableevening for all during therecent difficult times. It is

important to understandthat no matter how hardthe organisers try, the eventwould not be a successwithout the presence of

the guests and members, soit is equally comforting tosee so many continuing tosupport the event time andagain.”

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OBITUARY

Sound Leisure’sEddie Moss dies

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Jukeboxmanufacturer SoundLeisure hasconfirmed the deathof former stalwartEddie Moss whodied on January 2,2014, following anextended stay inhospital.

Acafe fire caused Chessington Worldof Adventure to close in the run up to

Christmas, with the Surrey theme parkturning away scores of distraught visi-tors. Chessington had been scheduled toshut on Christmas Day alone, butbrought forward their closure inresponse to damage caused by the fire.

The Creaky Cafe burst into flamesshortly before 8:30 am on Saturday 21December, 2013. Eight fire engines weremobilised to extinguish the fire, whichcaused no injuries to guests or wildlife.Animals from the nearby zoo weremoved to a safe area as firefighters

tackled the blaze.The zoo has been the park’s main

attractive over the holiday period, withrides and attractions closed until theSpring. The animal park and sea lifecentre had been hosting guests, many ofwhom were unable to make use of theirpre-booked tickets, during special ‘fes-tive days’. Guests with hotel packageswere still being admitted in the daysbefore Christmas and the park re-openedto those with day passes on 26 December.

The London Fire Brigade reported thata single storey building had been levelledby the fire, which also affected a nearbyattraction, plant room and a series ofretail locations.

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his month will see theunveiling of ReflexGaming’s long-awaited

ATOM cabinet - the first time thatthe firm will have its own dedi-cated Category C reel-based vehi-cle for single sites.

ATOM is the result of a year’sworth of research and develop-ment. “The ATOM cabinet willenable Reflex to continue tomake significant progress in theCategory C pub retail sector,” saidMD Quentin Stott.

“I believe that Reflex is in theminority of manufacturing com-panies serving the UK spin-reelCategory C market, that is making

a significant level of investmentin the people, technology andhardware to serve the sector,” headds.

Reflex Gaming is also showinga range of new Category Cmachines designed especially forthe new £100 jackpot, which willbe introduced in mid-January.

In addition, the Newark-basedcompany will be taking threebrand new B4 machines, kickingoff the New Year with a diverseand dynamic range of £2 stake,£400 jackpot club machines.

“This sector hasn’t enjoyed achange in stake and prize foralmost two decades, so we’ll be

spearheadingnew gameopportunitiesfor that market,”said Stott.

Stepping intoa differentarena, Reflexhas also con-firmed that itwill revealStarlight at theExCeL event ina fortnight’s time. This is a video-based, four-game compendiumtargeted squarely at the AGC andbingo sectors with Cat C content.

“EAG will be especially impor-

tant for us this year, with the Tri-ennial and the launch of ourATOM cabinet and ReflexGaming will be marking a newera,” concluded Stott.

Reflex reveals ground-breaking EAG line-upMANUFACTURERS

Councillors from both sides ofthe chamber have voted to

bring Blackpool’s tourism com-pany back in-house. The movemeans Marketing Blackpool willnow be formally wound up with allits assets and liabilities transferredback to the council. This includesdebts of £288,000 which includeslosses from 2013’s IlluminationsSwitch-On ceremony.

Tourism marketing will beabsorbed into the council direc-torate headed by Alan Cavill, assis-tant chief executive forregeneration. Council leaderSimon Blackburn told a meeting ofthe full council: “I believe this deci-sion was right to take. I agree thereneeds to be a tourism head in Black-pool and people can expect anannouncement about that in duecourse. The former managing direc-tor has chosen to move on. I amhappy that Mr Cavill’s directorateis the right place for this to sit.”

Marketing Blackpool was set uptwo years ago as an “arms lengthcompany” to encourage privatesector involvement in tourismalthough it was council financed.

Cllr Blackburn said one aim hadbeen to try and scale back theannual expense of the Switch-Onevent which was costing the coun-cil, on average, around £150,000 ayear. He told local press: “We hadhoped that by Marketing Blackpooltaking a more commercialapproach to the Switch-On that,over a period of time, the contribu-tion by the council would lessenuntil we reached a point where netcontribution to the Switch-On waszero. To be fair to Marketing Black-pool, there was never an expecta-tion that net cost would be zero inthe first year but clearly I shared thedisappointment the loss was whatit was. But there was a specific setof circumstances.”

Last year’s event saw The Scriptpull out at the last minute, withGary Barlow stepping in to replacethem in return for a donation toChildren In Need. It meant theSwitch-On made a loss of £372,109.

Conservative group leader CllrTony Williams concluded: “It’s allvery well to take it in-house but notto just lump it in with another offi-cer’s portfolio. In the long term weare losing that expertise.”

MarketingBlackpoolformallywound up

TOURISM

Andy Murden hastaken over from

Dave Orton as chair-man of BACTA Bikers.Murden explained: “Itwas a shock for all theBACTA Bikers whenour beloved leader‘Wing Commander’Dave Ortonannounced his retire-ment as chairman ofthe BACTA Bikers. It’sbeen 21 years sincehis inspiration led tothe formation of ourtroupe. His drive andleadership has pro-pelled us the lengthand breadth of thiscountry three times,driven us to Hell inNorway, sampled theextravagance ofMonte Carlo, taken usto Ireland to kiss theBlarney Stone and tothe Normandybeaches.”

He added: “Wehave completed 10major charity rideswith Dave at the helm,raising circa £150Kfor a number ofworthy charities.

Dave cited his dodgyknees as the reasonfor him hanging up hisboots.”

Murden paid tributeto Orton’s leadership,stating: “Dave hasbeen a rock and aguiding light to all theBACTA Bikers, haveand always will be agreat inspiration andfriend. Our thanksalso go to his lovelywife Di who hasalways been support-ive and allowed you tocome out ‘on loan’ forour biking exploits.”

In recognition of hisvalued work for theCharitable Trust,Orton has beenawarded a lifetimemembership ofBACTA for which he isrightly proud.

Murden concluded:“Watch this space forour cunning plans forthis year.”

Murden takes over aschairman of BACTA Bikers

CHARITY

Newark-based Reflex Gaming is anticipating a landmark EAG in2014, with its most comprehensive range of machines to date.

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Neil Chinn’s wife Pauline hasthanked everyone for their

cards and kind words of condo-lence following Neil’s death. Shetold Coinslot: “A very generousdonation, in excess of £1,700,has now been forwarded to theBritishLung Foun-dation. Ihope thiswill gotowardsresearchinto treat-ments thatcan ease the symptoms of anyother patients who have beendiagnosed with Idiopathic Pul-monary Fibrosis. Thank you toall who attended the funeral andcontributed to this wonderfulamount.”

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he Firs Club in Wolver-hampton has had a SoundLeisure digital jukebox for

the past year and because of dia-logue between committee mem-bers and Soundnet, both thevenue’s atmosphere and the juke-box takings have gone fromstrength to strength.

“Committee member BarryTurner has provided us with listsof music that the club memberswould like on their jukebox and wehave been happy to work withthem and put their selection intotheir Venue Favourites category,”

said Soundnet’s Toby Hoyte. “This is something we offer to

all of our customers. However, wehave to say that the selection thatBarry has asked for has to beamong the most diverse andobscure that we have ever seen,”he added. The club was particularlyinterested in playing original skaand dancehall reggae tunes, suchas Rudy, A Message to You - DandyLivingstone, Train to Skaville - TheEthiopians and Liquidator - Harry Jand the All Stars.

Soundnet uploaded the tracksfor the Firs Club, making the juke-

box more personal to club mem-bers and helping increase takings.In order to give the members inspi-ration for tracks to play, and to pro-mote the jukebox, the club alsoplaced the British Hit Singles &Albums book next to the jukebox.

Due to the level of interest theclub members showed in theirmusic choices and the number ofobscure tracks they enjoyed,Soundnet advised them to upgradetheir digital jukebox to the Venue-Hub from Sound Leisure.

The VenueHub has over 7mtracks available to download and

is geared up for places where thecustomers have diverse musicaltastes. Hoyte explained: “MusicSpider allows customers to inter-act with the jukebox as sometimespeople find their minds go blankwhen they are looking for musicto play.”

Firs Club committee memberBarry Turner concluded: “Just overa year ago we had some commit-tee members with doubts that ajukebox would even work. Now itcouldn't be further from the truth.The jukebox is the heartbeat ofthe club.”

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Entry prices at Blackpool Pleasure Beach are tobe frozen during 2014 in an effort to boost visi-

tor numbers. With many potential customers stillrecovering from the credit crunch, management atthe leisure resort are hoping that the promise of astall on price rises will encourage visitors to makethe trip.

The news follows a 2013 price drop, which sawadult tickets fall from £35 to £29.99 and child faresfrom £30 to £26.99. New offers will also be intro-duced during 2014 to provide discounts for thosewho book more than 10 days in advance or whopurchase family tickets for three or more people.The Pleasure Beach also hopes to entice guestsduring its low season with a cut-price entry wrist-band priced at £15.99.

The decision to freeze entry fees comes as sur-rounding attractions continued to increase theirfees during 2013. The viewing platform, ballroomand circus for Blackpool’s famous Tower each raisedtheir charges by around £1-2 during the year, as didthe local Sealife Centre and Madame Tussauds.

With it’s winter break drawing to a close, Black-pool Pleasure Beach will reopen on Saturday 8 Feb-ruary, 2014 and continue with a weekend-onlyschedule until 1 April. Guests can then visit duringevery day of the week until the next winter closureon 2 November.

The park’s newest attraction is the Wallace andGromit Thill-O-Matic, which takes guests through aseries of scenes from the duo’s famous on-screenadventures.

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easide locations aretaking repeated bat-tering from wind and

water as powerful gusts con-tinue to pummel the coast.Locations in the south andwest of England have beenmost adversely affected,with key resorts such asWeston-Super-Mare, andeven as far north as lackpool,suffering extensive damage.

In Blackpool, high windsduring the past week havehit locations that werealready recovering from £1mworth of damage suffered inlate 2013. Following a recentstorm, a number of streetswere closed or inaccessibleand the nearby CleveleysPromenade had been shutdown. In the town itself thecouncil worked fruitlessly topump water from the Prom-

enade as it poured in fromthe rising sea.

The historic North Pier,which is currently undergo-ing renovation, was sub-jected to serious damage atthe hands of high winds.Having originally opened in1863, the pier’s wooden con-struction was badly splin-tered in the storms of lateDecember, 2013 and contin-ued to suffer as bad weatherextended into the new year.

This damage occurreddespite a £100m sea walldesigned to protect Black-pool from high tides. Aninvestigation has beenlaunched into their suitabil-ity after the defences werebreached for a second timein the past week.

In many locations onlook-ers ignored government

warnings to avoid theseafront. During the badweather that hit the townshortly after the New Year,around 40 people gatheredon Clevedon Promenadenear Weston-Super-Mare tocapture the waves on theircameras.

Unlike many other areas ofthe country, the seaside resortwas protected from the worstof the damage by a £29mpackage of sea defencesinstalled in 2010. However,local amusement businessesstill suffered, as the local coun-cil advised visitors and resi-dents to stay away fromspecific areas, including theGrand Pier and Seaquarium.

Many other resort townswere also affected. Badweather in the past weekprompted the Environment

Agency to issue a severeweather warning for floodsin Bournemouth, indicatingthat there was a “danger tolife” for anyone who ven-tured onto the seafront. InBrighton violent tides pro-pelled shingle onto thepromenade, covering pathsand benches in small stones,while around 9 feet of cliff-face fell into the sea at Bir-ling Gap near the seasidetown of Eastbourne.

Travel to and from seasidelocations has also becomeperilous for many tourists,with roads shut and trainsdisrupted across the coun-try. Almost 100 flood warn-ings were issued for stormsin early January, with windsof up to 70 mph and around1.5 inches of rain expectedto hit parts of the country.

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Coastal resorts across the UK have endured months of persistent storms since bad weatherbegan in late 2013.

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SUPERBOWL STRIKES OUT

The XS Superbowl in Longbenton hasbeen shuttered. The bowling alley inNorth Tyneside, which provided enter-tainmentto resi-dents foralmost 40years,shut itsdoors forthe lasttime on 5January, 2013. The venue’s ownerNamco Funscape are directing bowl-ing customers to its Funscape venueat the Metrocentre.

TEDDY PAYS OUT FOR CHARITY

Teddy’s Amusements has presented alarge sum to Macmillan Cancer Sup-port following a company-wide com-petition to secure the largest charitydonation. Emma Copping and herstaff at the Holderness Road branchin Hull raised over £600 to be crownedthe contest’s champions. In total,Teddy’s raised over £5,000 for thecharity in 2013, having raised around£4000 the year before.

THIEVESTERRORISEYARMOUTH PIER

Police have appealedfor witnesses to come forward afterthieves attempted a series of raids onthe Marine Parade pier in GreatYarmouth. The crimes began on 1December, 2013, when burglarssmashed their way into the buildingand stole an unknown quantity ofcash. On 21 December the locationwas targeted again, with the culpritsmaking away with toys and money.Most recently, an attempted robberyon Christmas Day was thwarted by asecurity guard.

STRONG POUND THREATENSUK TOURISM

Tourism group Visit Britain haswarned that the UK’s improving econ-omy could damage the nationaltourism industry. They fear that theincreasing strength of the Poundagainst the Euromeans that thecountry riskslosing its statusas a “value formoney” destination. The industrygroup issued the warning alongsidepredictions that the number oftourists visiting Britain will increaseby 2 per cent to 32.6m during 2014.

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around the world to experience the latestinnovations from over 180 manufacturersand service providers.

London has hosted an amusements andcoin-op show for over 70 years but, not sur-prisingly, the format has changed signifi-cantly. EAG International chairman MartinBurlin explains: “EAG International was bornfour year ago because there was a desirefrom within our industry for a focused showwhich gave the industry its own identity. Intoday’s fast-moving business environmentit’s possible to be pulled in a variety of direc-tions as new opportunities arise. Sometimesit’s good to stop, reflect, and remember whatwe set out to do.

“This is particularly important in the areaof communications to exhibitors and visi-tors to the show,” Burlin added. “After all, anexpo is purely about communication,whether it be product information, discus-sions about the trading environment orinformal networking. As show organisersit’s our responsibility to ensure that all ofour communications about the show andits participants are relevant, unambiguousand timely.

“As the event draws close and the excite-ment builds, so does the level of information,as exhibitors wish to inform of new prod-ucts and initiatives, whilst other organisa-tions need to alert visitors to special eventsat and around the show. Last year we turnedto new media as a way of reaching visitors,both in the weeks building up to the show

and during the event itself. Many of our par-ticipants were already active on social media,but we knew that we had to be proactive inassisting the flow of information.”

EAG International 2013 saw the success-ful launch of EAG Live, the show’s newmedia campaign, designed to help partici-pants extract every last ounce of value fromtheir time at the show.

Exhibitors, visitors, trade associationsand other interest groups can now submitnews, views, product information, videolinks and photos via Twitter, using the#EAGLIVE hashtag.

Also new for 2014 is the capability forexhibitors and other participants to submitproduct information, news releases andother information direct to EAG Interna-tional’s media relations team.

EAG Live will be active throughout theshow, with the events team visiting standsto gather information, photos and videofeeds for immediate posting. Alternatively,information can be dropped off at the EAGLive office in the show’s Media Village.

“This is a marvellous opportunity forexhibitors to communicate before, duringand after the show,” Burlin said. “This isabout as current and targeted as it gets; weurge everyone to participate in EAG Live.”

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Embed International launched twonew online products and services last

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EmPOS is a mobile point-of-sale appfor the Embed Card System. It allowsoperators to run POS operations, guestservice or control access to attractionsdirectly from an iPod or iPhone, fitted witha case that allows magnetic stripe andbarcode reading.

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The price list for Aztec Coin’s gamingmachines features something to fit

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TEDDIES ON THE MOVEPARTY ANIMALSTEDDY MOUNTAIN

Teddy Mountain allows kids to pickout their own unstuffed teddy bear

and fill it by hand or watch it be stuffedby a machine. For operators who wantto provide this service with a smallfootprint, the company will be launch-ing its new ‘Party Animals’ portablestuffing machine at EAG. Designed forsmall venues or operators on the go,the device will join the company’sproducts already on offer in AltonTowers, Chessington and many otherlocations. Both the new machine andTeddy Mountain’s number one sellingStarter Kit will be on special offerduring EAG as part of their display atstand 743.

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video game from Bandai Namco anddistribution partner Raw Thrills is thelatest coin-op driving innovation. Housedin an impressive cabinet featuring theiconic Batman logo, players can choosewhich crime boss to battle, from MrFreeze, Bane and one of 10 Batman cars,ranging from Adam West’s original carfrom the 60s television show right theway through to Christian Bales’ armouredtank in The Rise of the Dark Knight.Tested and evaluated in recent monthswith the UK, Batman is set to capture itsplace in FECs and amusement centresaround the world.

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In recent press reportWorking Men’s Clof 11,000 video gam

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media watchalex lee

Strykers struck by fire

commentalex lee

his year’s raft ofshows presents agreat opportunity for

us all. Forgive me the cliché,but the painful truth is thatyou only tend to miss some-thing when it’s gone. Previewand Norbreck Castle anyone?While times change andthings move on, both thoseshows were relevant andtimely in their day, until cir-cumstances prevailed andthey disappeared from theshow calendar.

This month, for those ofyou vacationing on Marssince Earls Court shut upshop, heralds coin-op’sbiggest UK-based show - theEAG International at ExCel.Of equal interest to me, andI’ll confidently predictlegions of operators, are theprovincial shows around thecountry throughout the yearwhich are hosted by manu-facturers and distributorswith a view to creating asbuoyant a market as prevail-ing economic conditions willallow. Let’s not forget eitherthat while the ICE show nextmonth is aimed squarely atthe casino and betting sec-tors, there is certainly an ele-ment of cross-over intocoin-op and if nothing elseworth a visit to keep abreastof what’s out there in termsof business opportunities inour industry.

Of course, EAG Interna-tional is certainly no one-offevent. As we all know it hasestablished itself in the high-tech surroundings of ExCelas well as proving that with abit of bottle, dialogue andambition can go a long, long

way when it comes to host-ing something that coin-opstakeholders from all over theworld can make good, prof-itable use of.

While a much bigger pro-portion of communicationand networking is doneonline these days, (clichéalert, sorry) there’s quitesimply no substitute for meet-ing the people you’re doingbusiness with in the flesh andchecking out their productsup close and personal.

I’m a major fan of tradeshows, large and small, as likeit or not they do offer up aflavour of where the industryis and, indeed, where it maybe heading. While the days ofpulling the cheque book outof your pocket and arrangingfor someone to cart off apiece of equipment arelargely well behind us, a dayor two at any UK-based tradeshow allows us all to accu-rately assess the state of themarket - and hopefully do adeal or two that suits both thebuyer and the seller.

Besides prosperity for all,and some serious, definitivegovernmental interventionon the FOBT front, my wishfor 2014 is that the coin-opsector remembers howimportant its customers are.By this, I don’t mean themachine buyers, although ofcourse they need love andattention too, I mean theperson in the arcade, pub,bingo hall, working men’sclub or FEC who shoves thatfirst coin in and likes whatthey see so much that theyshovel a few more in for goodmeasure.

All showsoffer newopportunities

AWolverhampton ten pinbowling centre has gone up

in flames, according to theExpress & Star. A landmarkbowling alley has collapsed in ahuge inferno. Paul andNathiena Williams, who live onBushbury Lane opposite thebuilding, caught the dramaticscene on camera and sent it into the Express & Star.

Plumes of smoke billowedinto the sky while roaringflames leaping from Strykersbowling alley glowed blue dueto the intensity of the heat fromthe fire which ravaged theclosed-down complex.

Dozens of firefighters werefaced with a ‘fierce and intense’blaze as they battled to bring itunder control.

Loud popping sounds, alongwith explosions and crashes,could be heard, as part of thebuilding crumbled two daysbefore Christmas. For threehours, fire crews fought theblaze defensively from the out-

side as chiefs feared that thebuilding was structurallyunsafe and likely to collapse.

As the fire took hold, policeextended the cordon, and theside wall and back of the build-ing started to collapse.Bystanders watched as flamesleapt through the glass-frontedentrance, walls collapsed andnearby trees caught fire.

Elsewhere, a Stoke WorkingMen’s Club has taken on theduties of a local communitycentre which was forced toclose a year ago, according tothe Stoke Sentinel. The NortonCommunity Centre had fallenvictim to council cuts as fund-ing for dozens of similar cen-tres across the Potteries waswithdrawn to save cash.

Hundreds of people usingthe St Nicholas Avenue centrefor bingo, dancing, clubs andevents were left devastatedwhen its doors were closed forgood in January 2013 afterserving the area for 51 years.

But now its former membershave given a nearby working-men’s club a new lease of lifeand a £6,000 makeover after itsowners stepped in and offeredthe use of the club for theiractivities.

Norton Working Men’s Clubsecretary, Eddie Chell, said therefurbishment marked a newbeginning for the venue. Theclub’s management is evenconsidering renaming thevenue as Norton Social andCommunity Club.

Chell said: “We’ve joinedforces. When the centre closedit really upset a lot of people,especially the hundreds ofpeople who went to the bingothere every week. Initially, I juststepped forward to say theycould use my club for bingo ifthey wanted. But it has becomemore than that now. Over theyear more and more peoplehave been coming, not just forthe bingo but to use the club’sfacilities. And then a few

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months ago they suggestedthey use some of the old man-agement committee’s money tospruce up the place a bit. Now itlooks brilliant. It’s really broughtit into the 21st century and it’smoved away from the old-fash-ioned workingmen’s club look.”

An additional 200 people areusing the club every week.Chell said the extra patronshave given the club’s profits an£8,000 boost.

He added: “This is a difficultenvironment to be successful inat the moment, so we’re reallypleased at the extra patronage.It’s quite something that our bartakings have actually gone upwhere elsewhere they arefalling.”

Mick Salih, who helped runthe Norton Community Centre,said: “When the communitycentre closed, there were somewho didn’t come with us to theworkingmen’s club. It wasstrange at first trying to getused to a new atmosphere. But

more and more people comeevery week. We’ve brightenedthe club up a bit now and we’relooking to the future in terms ofwhat else we will run out ofthere. We don’t miss the councilbreathing down our necks.”

And finally, 31-year-oldMichael Thomasson of Buffalo,NY, is the newly crowned worldrecord holder for having thelargest collection of videogames, with 11,000 of them,according to the Mercury News.Along with the games, he hasthe devices to play them on -such as 1995’s Casio Loopy, theonly game system specificallygeared toward girls, and thePippin, released by Apple thesame year.

Thomasson began collectingalmost immediately, but thepath to the world record had acouple of restarts. He sold offhis collection twice, first in 1989to raise money for a Sega Gene-sis (aka Mega Drive), then againto pay for his 1998 wedding.

Since then, Thomasson hasrebuilt the collection, averagingtwo games per day on a strict$3,000-a-year budget. He esti-mates the collection is wortharound $700,000. Thomassondesigns games and teaches 2Danimation, game design andthe history of video games atCanisius College in Buffalo.Guinness lists the number ofgames in Thomasson’s collec-tion at 10,607, though he saidthe number exceeds 11,000now, a year after the officialcount and after discovering for-gotten stashes of games afterthe counting crew left.

“At the heart of every successful business is leadership. The clear leader is typically theowner, who builds a management team. Often one member of the team runs the day-to-day business operations. Then it happens: One of the key members of the team givesnotice. He’s leaving. Where? To a competitor. Ouch!”

IRV BLACKMAN, VENDING TIMES

No changes that affect land-based casinos have occurred

since implementation in 2007 ofthe Gambling Act 2005. The Gam-bling Act 2005 removed the mem-bership requirement for casinosand bingo halls as well as the 24-hour waiting period for member-ship. It introduced a regulatoryframework for remote gamblingwithin the UK and created theGambling Commission.

There are 2,729 gamingmachines in casinos, most of them(2,682) category B1 machines.These machines generated aprofit of £129m in 2010-2011.There are 6,190 tables (countingroulette seats as an individualtable) in the UK.

In its submission to the UK Com-petition Commission regarding theproposed acquisition of Gala casi-nos by Rank Group plc, Gentingnoted more than half of the bricksand mortar gambling in the UK isnow controlled by two largeMalaysian-controlled companies.

In January 2013, the UK gov-ernment began a consultationinto gambling machine stake andprize limits with the reintroduc-tion of the so-called triennialreview system.

A great deal of debate has beengenerated around the vexed issueof FOBTs in UK betting shops,which critics contend have intro-duced casino-type gaming intohigh street betting shops.

The UK government has indi-cated it would prefer to take noaction on the issue of FOBTs(defined as B2 machines) until thestudy into gaming machines by theRGT has been completed. Addi-tionally, the government has indi-cated it would like to raise themaximum stake from £2 to £5 forB1 casino gaming machines (tech-nically defined as B1 machines).

A total of 146 casinos and twolicensed card clubs operate in theUK. Two casino groups operate themajority of casinos: Genting UKwith 44 casinos and Rank Groupwith 55 casinos.

The UK’s casinos saw total rev-enues of £872m (€1.035bn) in2012, a 9.4 per cent jump on the pre-vious year, as table games grew theirtakings by 9.6 per cent and slot rev-enues swelled by 8.4 per cent.

More visitors than ever beforecame to the UK’s casinos in 2012with a total of 18,240,000 visits, up4.9 per cent on the year before, andBritain’s casinos employed 14,323staff, a 6.6 per cent increase on theyear before as nearly 900 new jobswere created.

London’s high-end casinos havecontinued to outperform thosecasinos designated as “OtherLondon” and “Provinces” in termsof growth in table game drop, andexperienced a particular boostfrom the 2013 Champions Leaguefinal that took place in London.

All of the UK’s provincialregions are decelerating in termsof casino growth in drop and win,although Scotland is the onlyregion which has entered negativegrowth territory.

Machine Games Duty was intro-duced on February 1, 2013, replac-ing the former AmusementMachine Licence Duty with aneffective 20 per cent taxation rateon machines in casinos and adultgaming centres.

There are now two “large” casi-nos, in London and MiltonKeynes, operating with Gam-bling Act 2005 licences. Theothers operate within GamingAct 1968 limits. London casinoshave outperformed theirregional rivals in terms of tablegaming as spend by foreign gam-blers has remained strong.

London leads way inUK table gaming spend“Riyadh is the big-population, major demand capital city of the

biggest market and the biggest operators. An appreciation ofamusement games in the Middle East begins here and it’s nowonder that the delegations from each big operator are wel-comed with open arms at IAAPA and they are the biggest buyersat DEAL. One operator alone has over 4,000 games - big num-bers in this region.”

DAVID SNOOK, INTERGAME

“Cash handling is a well-known subject, but what’s interestingto me is how many of the sector’s main companies are nowdiversifying out of the amusement sector and into other, non-related areas.”

JONATHAN SWIFT, EUROSLOT

“The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is resolutely determinedto secure reform of the beer tie as operated by the large pubcos.As a consumer group, we want to see a thriving, healthy anddiverse pub sector.”

MIKE BENNER, CAMRA

The European CasinoAssociation’s EuropeanCasino Industry Report for2013 was published recentlyand the document featured alow-down on the UK highstakes gaming sector.

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MILESTONE FOR IRISHGAMING SHOW

he Irish GamingShow -formerlyAmex - takes place

at a new venue this year, theMorans Red Cow Confer-ence Centre in Dublin, onMarch 4-5.The 2014 edition of the showmarks the event’s 35thanniversary, and the organ-isers said the new venue has

a 4m ceiling height, whichwill allow exhibitors to bringlarger items for display andlarger stands to be con-structed.The Irish Gaming Showcaters to numerous sectorswithin the industry, includingamusements, casino,

arcades, bingo and businessservices.

SEMINAR TO ADDRESSBITCOIN PHENOMENON

itcoin has beendominating theheadlines with the

price of a single Bitcoinsoaring to $1,000 inNovember. With this inmind, ICE will stage aspecial seminar dedicatedto the phenomenon onFebruary 4.The seminar will provide an

in-depth look at theBitcoin trend,unravelling what itreally is, anddiscussing whatregulatoryconsiderations andcommercial

opportunities it hasfor gaming.Jon Matonis,executivedirector of theBitcoin

Foundation and aregular contributor

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UK EVENTSJANUARY 201421-23EAG International 2014ExCeL London London UK www.eagexpo.com

FEBRUARY 2014

4-6 ICE Totally Gaming ExCeL Lon-don UK www.icetotallygaming.com11-13Digital Signage ExpoSands Expo Center Las Vegas NevadaUS www.digitalsignageexpo.net

INTERNATIONAL EVENTSJANUARY 2014

14-17 IMA 2014 Düsseldorf Exhibi-tion Centre Düsseldorf Germanywww.ima-messe.com

FEBRUARY 2014

5-7 IAAPI Bombay Exhibition CentreGoregaon India www.iaapi.org12-14EAAPA 2014 Sokolniki Exhi-bition Centre Moscow Russiawww.eaapa.ru

MARCH 2014

1-3CIAE Guangzhou Expo 2014China Import and Export FairGuangzhou China www.chinaamuse-ment.net4-6Vending Expo Kiev InternationalExhibition Centre Ukrainewww.vendingexpo.kiev.ua

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T new format for the annual Amuse-ment Expo in Las Vegas places astrong focus on networking and edu-

cation.The 2014 Amusement Expo, the annual

event for the coin-op and revenue-generatingamusement, music and family entertainmentindustry, has a new look, with the three-dayprogramme featuring a full day of educationand two days of exhibits.

The new format will begin with a full dayof ‘Knowledge Sessions’ beginning at the LasVegas Convention Centre on March 25.According to the organisers, these educa-tional sessions will address timely topics andprovide useful information for all whoattend. Two full days of exhibit time will fol-

low on March 26 and 27.Also, new this year, the American Amuse-

ment Machine Association (AAMA) and theAmusement and Music Operators Associa-tion (AMOA) are partnering with the Inter-national Association of Amusement Parks andAttractions (IAAPA) to grant all of the opera-tor attendees at the IAAPA FEC Las Vegas pro-gramme - which will be conducted at the JWMarriott Las Vegas Resort on March 23-25 -free access to the Amusement Expo.

While the 2014 exhibitor list is yet to bepublished, the 2013 edition of the Amuse-ment Expo attracted numerous leading coin-op groups, including Elaut, EmbedInternational, Jersey Jack Pinball, LAI Games,MEI, Namco, Sega and Suzo-Happ.

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