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POTTED HISTORYMacLeod-Miller, who hasresigned from his post as chiefexecutive and legal counsel ofBACTA, representing the Britishamusement industry, hasenjoyed a successful career inthe world of gaming andentertainment. His career withBACTA coincided with thepassing of the Gambling Act2005, the smoking ban, theintroduction of machine gamesduty, several stakes and prizereviews and the reduction inbingo duty from 20 per cent to10 per cent. He was previouslycorporate counsel to theLadbroke Group, includingregulatory affairs for HiltonHotels on a worldwide basis,Ladbroke Racing and the Lottoin Australia, director of LegalAffairs Walt Disney TelevisionInternational regulatory issuesoutside of the US including the

UK, Italy, Spain, France,Germany, Russia, Asia Pacificand appearing before the EUCommission. MacLeod-Miller also enjoyed astint as managing director of

Embed, a leading provider ofDebit Card and Point of Sale

Systems for the amusement andfamily entertainment industry,has installed its Cashless Systemat Lady’s Mile Holiday Park inDawlish, Devon. Lady’s Mile Holi-day Park opened in 1957 and isan award winning, family runpark dedicated to providingeveryone a holiday to remember.

Located less than a mile fromthe ‘Blue Flag’ beaches of DawlishWarren, Lady’s Mile features alarge range of offerings fromluxury lodges to touring andcamping with a range of indoorand outdoor sports and leisurefacilities. There are two arcades,full service bar, restaurant and afish and chip shop, all managedand operated with the EmbedCashless System.

Jason Jeffery, one of theowners at Lady’s Mile, noted: “Ourrecent installation of the Embed

Card System was one of the mostorganised and professional jobswe have done in a long time. Notonly did the team install thesystem but they coached us onsome great options to enhancethe guest service experience. Ithas been a pleasure to work withEmbed and we look forward towhat we will be able to do withthe system.”

Lady’s Mile Holiday Parkutilises the Embed System tomanage the cashless operationof its games and attractions, aswell as its extensive redemptiondisplay.

Steven Wooley, sales execu-tive for Embed UK and Europe,stated: “This is an amazing proj-ect and facility and Jason and histeam run a first-class operation.Jason and I have developed aprofessional relationship overthe past few years and it’s greatthat we have been able to show

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the Disney Channel in Italy.Committed to the culturalsector and, in particular, music,he was a finalist in the PlacidoWorld Opera Contest at CoventGarden, and is an experienced

third sector advisor. BACTA will do well to replaceMacLeod-Miller with someoneas thorough and committed.His replacement is as yetunannounced.

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fter more than 10 years incharge, Leslie MacLeod-Miller has decided to step

down as chief executive officer ofBACTA. He will relinquish his postas of May 1, but will remain a keyconsultant to the coin-op indus-try trade body.

Announcing his resignation,MacLeod-Miller said: “After 10 yearsI am ready for a change, havingreceived unbelievable supportfrom BACTA members. I pay trib-ute to Steve Hawkins and the Man-agement Committee, but mostparticularly to the Secretariatwhose professionalism and dedi-cation have underpinned the manychallenges we faced together.”

BACTA’s current president,Steve Hawkins, said: “Leslie hasprovided extraordinary service toBACTA for over a decade. Duringhis time at BACTA he has workedwith five Ministers, six Secretariesof State and six BACTA Presidents,taking BACTA for the first time toDowning Street and making rep-resentations to the European Par-liament.”

Hawkins added: “Leslie has com-bined the roles of BACTA’s chiefexecutive and general counsel,Euromat vice president chairingthe European Associations LegalCommittee and a member of theNational Security Council for Fair-ground Rides. Leslie has spoken atinternational conferences andauthored hundreds of consulta-tion responses and articles on theindustry’s behalf, including Pater-son’s Licensing Act Guide includ-ing the Gambling Act 2005(Butterworth’s). He has continuedto serve with characteristic intel-lectual rigor, dedication and enthu-siasm, running six LondonMarathons for the BACTA Charita-ble Trust partners, includingMacmillan’s and Rays of Sunshine.Today (April 17), I accepted Leslie’s

resignation as chief executive andwish him well for the future.”

Derek Petrie, BACTA’s immedi-ate past president stated: “I enjoyedworking closely with Leslie as bothvice president and president overfour years. By any measure, he wasone of the outstanding chief exec-utives helping adapt to new chal-lenges, and leading our industrythrough a remarkable period thatsaw a new Gambling Act, Regula-tor and Tax Regime. He has foughtfor members and the industryagainst threats from the super casi-nos to individual licence reviewsand has helped shape UK gamblingregulation with a robust personaland professional style which hasbecome his trademark. Leslie wasalways very professional in hisapproach and, above all, knew hisbrief. He always had the respectfrom MPs who relied on him forbriefings. BACTA will miss his ded-ication and attention to detail.”

Former BACTA president, NickHarding, CEO, Praesepe, also paid

tribute to MacLeod-Miller’s work.He said: “There aren’t manypeople who know the gamblingindustry as well as Leslie and hehas been hugely influential inshaping it over the past ten years.He has been central to securing anumber of important changesthat have benefited our membersand in particular, played a criticalrole in achieving a successful andequitable outcome for the entireindustry during the passage of theGambling Act in 2005.”

Harding concluded: “On a per-sonal note, I thoroughly enjoyedworking with Leslie. He is a highlyintellectual and engaging individ-ual and everyone at BACTA oweshim a huge debt of gratitude.”

MacLeod-Miller resigns asBACTA chief executiveTRADE ASSOCIATION

Having been in the post for over a decade, LeslieMacLeod-Miller has resigned as BACTA chiefexecutive officer, prompting a number of tributes fromindustry stalwarts.

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The installation ishighlighted byEmbed’s Color-GloHD Swipers, whichfeature a full-colour display,enhanced Color-Glo style effects,and full wireless-at-the-game net-work connectivity.Embed is alsomanaging allstock and inven-tory for the bar andrestaurant as well as theredemption and merchandise,Embed POS and Red Pro are themain systems used to create asingle payment option acrossthe park for the guest.

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LEGAL

Acompulsive gambler has been jailedafter stealing nearly £8,000 from a

Felixstowe arcade where he worked tofund his slot machine habit. Ipswichmagistrates heard Paul Elphick’s fixa-tion began when he won £500 from amachine while employed at the CharlesManning-owned Arcadian.

Elphick, of Felixstowe, was sen-tenced to 20 weeks’ imprisonment afteradmitting five counts of theft. He stole£7,880 from the arcade between August20 and October 21 last year.

John Hughes, representing Elphick,said: “It’s clear from speaking to Mr Elph-ick that he was not aware just how muchhe was taking. He accepts his gamblinghabit was out of control. He won a verylarge amount of money on one occasion- £500 - and that spurred him on in the

belief that he would be able to get a lotof money from gambling.”

However, soon Elphick was losingmoney. He began to fund his gamblingby stealing from the arcade and thentook more in the hope of repaying theoriginal amounts he had stolen.

Hughes said: “It became an obsessionto play the machines in the hope of win-ning the money back. He believed hewould make sufficient money to put themoney back, but the addiction had gota firm hold. What the whole affair hasdone is bring about an abrupt halt to hisgambling.”

Prosecutor Anita Addison told thecourt the owners of Arcadian Charlieand Jonny Manning had nearly closedthe business down due to a downturnin the profits before they realised whatElphick was doing. Had they done so itwould have meant the loss of three jobs.

Both men had trusted Elphick towork in the arcade which has 17machines, four of which pay £500 jack-pots. When CCTV was checked lastOctober, Elphick was seen to open amachine’s note acceptor and steal cashfrom it, magistrates were told.

Jonny Manning told local press: “Itseems like a firm decision. We haveinherited a responsibility to continuerunning a 70-year-old family businessand we do rely on our staff to be trust-worthy. Unfortunately, Paul made deci-sions otherwise, and his actionsjeopardised the stability of our businessand the jobs of our team. I hope he ben-efits long-term by being made responsi-ble for his actions.”

RESEARCH

The DCMS’ Helen Grant has confirmed that theRGT’s research budget into FOBTs has been dou-

bled to £750,000In a written answer to Graham Jones (Labour),

she stated: “The government holds regular discus-sions with the Gambling Commission and theResponsible Gambling Trust (which is an independ-ent charity) on a range of matters, including theindependence of the Responsible Gambling Trust’sresearch programme. At present, the government issatisfied of the integrity of the research programme,all aspects of which will be vigorously peer-reviewed and transparent to the Responsible Gam-bling Strategy Board, the Gambling Commissionand government.”

Grant concluded: “Following government-leddiscussions, the Responsible Gambling Trust hasincreased the available budget for commissioningindependent research into fixed odds betting termi-nals by 50 per cent to £750,000.”

recent study con-ducted by hotelchain Travelodge

which surveyed 2,500British parents has revealedthat 35 per cent of UK house-holds planned to take a shortstaycation break this Easter.On average, British parentswill have forked out £478.25on a short Easter break, fea-turing four day trips.

Coastal operators will bebuoyed to hear that the tra-ditional British seasidebreak is back in vogue as ittopped the list of staycation

destinations this Easter. Ofthose taking a short break,37 per cent took a tradi-tional British seaside holi-day this Easter. Over aquarter (26 per cent) of par-ents took a break in a UKcity and 14 per centplanned to spend qualitytime together exploring thegreat British countryside bytaking a rural break.

Further research find-ings revealed that four outof ten parents stated that astaycation short break wasa good value option in help-

ing to keep their childrenentertained this Easter, dueto the high cost of holiday-ing abroad in the schoolholidays.

Over half (55 per cent) ofparents surveyed felt it isimportant for them to teachtheir children that the UK isa great holiday destinationso that they could appreci-ate their country and gain abetter understanding of itsheritage and history.

Tighter budgets and theeconomic downturn havemeant many in the UK

looked to find a better dealon this year’s Easter break.The hotel chain alsorevealed that this year 65per cent of people are plan-ning to spend their Easterholiday in this country, com-pared to 41 per cent and 35per cent from the previoustwo years. Twenty-two percent of people say they’retaking more holidays in theUK and less abroad.

The seaside arcadesector in particular will behoping that when theyempty their post-Easter

cashboxes the staycationis as popular as Travelodgewould have you believe.

Coastal coin-op strong-holds Blackpool, Brighton,Clacton-on-Sea, Cornwall,Devon and Scarborough allfeatured in Travelodge’stop 20 staycation destina-tions for family getawaysthis Easter.

Shakila Ahmed, Trav-elodge spokeswoman, con-cluded: “Keeping thechildren entertained overthe Easter school holidaysis no easy task and this year,

parents are certainly invest-ing in an Easter staycation-short break, as we have seena double digit increase insales. Our data shows a newtrend, with savvy parentsforegoing a traditional twonight stay in one locationfor a single night stay in twodifferent areas. For exam-ple, we have seen familiesbook a one night stay inBlackpool and then a onenight stay in either Liver-pool for a city break, or inthe Lake District to see thecountryside.”

RGT researchbudget increasedto £750,000

Easter staycationson the increase

TOURISM

Parents across the country will have provided a £2bn boost to theUK economy by splashing out on activities to keep their childrenentertained this Easter, according to a new consumer report.

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REGENERATION

Thanet District Council isto press ahead with

plans to create a heritageamusement park at Mar-gate’s Dreamland site bybeginning the search for anoperator.

It has already put a fund-ing package in place tobegin work on the projectto create a world classleisure attraction, but hasyet to secure the services ofan operating companywith the required creden-tials necessary to run thenew park.

The council has nowcalled a meeting for May 1to discuss plans for an openprocurement process thatwill identify the right can-didate.

Director for communityservices, Madeline Homer,said: “Identifying a suitableoperator to run the park isa major step in the journey,

with the plan to open thefirst phase of the park inApril 2015.

“Is this ambitious?Absolutely. Are there risksinvolved? Of course, but weare committed to keepingthe momentum going andinvolving those with theappropriate skills andexpertise to see this proj-ect through.”

Plans for the first phaseof the new Dreamlandinclude the completedrestoration of its Grade II-

listed Scenic Railway, theinstallation of historic ridesand food and drink outlets.Further phases would thenfollow.

Homer added: “Dream-land has the potential to bea major economic driverfor the district.

“We are working incred-ibly hard behind the scenesto drive this developmentforward and will be doingall we can to keep the com-munity up to date with ourprogress.”

Operator sought forDreamland amusement park

INTERNATIONAL

The Astra Gaming Grouphas acquired a majority

holding in Extreme LiveGaming. Based in Manila, thelive dealer gaming solutionsprovider operates studios inAsia, employing both Asianand European dealers.

Integral to the deal will bethe opening of a Europeanstudio located in Londonscheduled to become opera-tional in Q3 of 2014. Addition-ally, Extreme will integratewith Greentube’s gamingsuite which will allow opera-tors seamless access to Novo-matic content within the livedealer product and leverageGreentube’s comprehensiveback office capability.

Founded in 2013 byDarwyn Palenzuela, ExtremeLive Gaming’s portfolio

includes mobile and web ver-sions of the system forRoulette and Baccarat, whileBlackjack will be added laterthis year. The company hasalso developed an industryfirst in eXtreme Live Box, asolution for land-based casi-nos that enables them todeliver their table games toplayers via PC, mobiledevices, tablets and TV.

Astra Gaming Group CEOZane Mersich stated: “This isa deal that will add immensevalue to what we offer as agaming group,” he stated.“Our aim is to deliver to cus-tomers and players a worldclass experience in everyfacet of what we do. TheExtreme Live Gaming brandbrings an exciting, new andhighly innovative edge to ourportfolio - it exemplifieseverything the Astra Gaming

Group stands for.”Darwyn Palenzuela,

founder of Extreme LiveGaming commented: “In justa short space of time,Extreme Live Gaming hasemerged as a leader in thelive-dealer space - a positionthat can only be strength-ened further with the back-ing of our new owners.”

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he recently unveiledAutumn Coin-Op Show,scheduled for 15-16 Octo-

ber 2014, has sold more than halfits stand space with 14 exhibitorscurrently lined-up for the inaugu-ral event.

According to the organisers,reaction from the industry has beenpositive with some of the leadingcompanies taking the opportunityto showcase at the home of ChelseaFC, including Crown Direct, HarryLevy Amusements, Astra Games,RLMS, Sound Leisure, NSM Musicand Reflex Gaming.

Aiming to deliver both a businessand an informal London event priorto the main show season, some ofthe industry’s key players are help-

ing to deliver the PR message. Offering his testimony of sup-

port, Alan Rogers, sales and market-ing director at Astra Games, said: “Wewelcome the re-emergence of acoin-op focused event during theautumn period. It will hopefully pro-vide a great opportunity for theindustry to get together, take stockof where we are all at and showcasesome great new product. The indus-try has been missing this kind ofevent where like-minded stake-holders can gather to network andengage with customers ahead of thebig gaming shows in the New Year.”

Meanwhile, Sound Leisure’sChris Black also welcomed theevent. He stated: “Sound Leisure hasremained a staunch supporter of

the industry shows that have beenorganised during the 35 years thatwe have been in business. Webelieve that the latest autumnshow bridges an important gap inthe calendar and hopefully signalsa return to a more positive outlookfor the industry as a whole.”

And the evidence in favour ofthe all-important industry gather-ing is certainly pointing in thisdirection as all eyes over the nextfew weeks turn to the NorthernShowcase where Crown havemanaged to attract more than 12exhibitors to its Chorley event.

The show’s venue, Chelsea Foot-ball Club offers on-site accommo-dation at the Copthorne hotel withpreferential hotel rates available.

CHARITY

The Games Cup originallybegan in 1994 as an annual golf

competition between manufac-turers and operators. This monthte teams will celebrate the Cup’s20th Anniversary with the aim ofraising over £2,000 for JamieProcter’s Foundation.

Each year, golfers attend a dif-ferent venue to play the tourna-ment. This year, 28 golfers areplaying from 27-28 April at Bices-ter Hotel Golf & Spa Club atChesterton.

Julian Bond, one of the foundermembers of the Games Cup andwho set up Jamie Procter’s Foun-dation in 2011, said: “The nameGAMES originally stood forGaming Amusement Machines

Exclusive Society. I wasabsolutely delighted that ourcharity, formed to keep my eldeststepson’s memory alive, wasadopted in 2012 by the players.”

Ian Chuter, captain of the oper-ators’ team, said: “This year, we’replanning to win again, to hold thecup and celebrate raising moneyfor Jamie Procter’s Foundation.”

Captain of the manufacturers’team, Keith Healer, said: “I retiredfrom Games Warehouse a couple

of years ago but have beeninvolved with the Games Cupsince it started. The manufactur-ers haven’t won for a couple ofyears, so I look forward to beatingyoung Chuter to win the trophy -as well as raising money for sucha worthy cause!”

Aidan Towey from InnovativeTechnology, sponsor of the man-ufacturers’ team, stated: “This ismy fourth year supporting theevent. We are delighted to spon-

sor the event to make sure it con-tinues to grow in the future.”

Sponsor of the operators’ team,Mike Clokie from E-Service,added: “As well as being a tremen-dous social occasion, there is aserious purpose to the GamesCup and we aim for the event togrow and continue to raise fundsfor such a worthwhile cause.”

The money raised for JamieProcter’s Foundation supportsdeserving children from less priv-ileged backgrounds by fundingexpeditions and adventurecourses. By the end of this year,Jamie Procter’s Foundation willhave supported over 400 nine toeleven year-olds, running coursesin Brixham, Devon, including raftbuilding, sailing and other out-side sports.

APPOINTMENTS

Ken Dharwar has joined Suzo-Happ UK. Dharwar, brings a

wealth of experience in cash han-dling and is a well-known person-ality in the industry, assumes therole of business development

manager for retail, industrial andkiosk markets.

He first joined the gaming andamusement 25 years ago, and alsoenhanced his expertise in moneyhandling in non-gaming marketswith over ten years of experiencein the kiosk, transportation, ticket

vending, car parking and retailsectors.

John Vallis, Suzo-Happ UK salesdirector and VP amusement salesEMEA, welcomed Dharwar to theteam, noting: “With his technicalbackground and previous posi-tions in both technical, field sales

and pure sales positions, includingdistributor management, Ken wasthe perfect candidate to supportour drive in growth in the indus-trial, kiosk and retail markets.”

Dharwar joins Suzo-Happ UK

Autumn coin-opshow reaches50 per centspace mark

New industry tradeevent, theAutumn Coin-Op Show, hasmoved across thehalfway line as itseeks to capturethe industry’simagination.

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An illegal fruit machine has beenseized from a takeaway in Bolton

town centre by the police. Officersfrom Bolton Police’s licensing teamvisited Pizzas and Roosters in theBradshawgate area of the town afterthey discovered the machine wasbeing used in the takeaway.

It was seized before it was emptiedof money and is expected to bedestroyed. PC Andy Vernon, from thepolice’s licensing team, told localpress: “We are aware there are prem-ises in the borough that have gam-bling machines illegally. They need toremove them or they will face prose-cution. There’s a likelihood that if wedo have to seize them they will have tobe destroyed and they will be referredto the Gambling Commission. Gam-bling is a licensable activity. Evenpubs and clubs need a permit from thelocal authority to have them.”

He added: “Takeaways, cafes andtaxi offices are no longer allowed tohave them. The presence of a gam-bling machine in some places cancause an increase in violence.”

A spokesman for Pizzas and Roost-ers said: “Somebody put the machinethere, I don’t know who. We are tryingto find out at the moment. We didn’tknow that we were not licensed orthat you needed one. The machinewas there a long time ago and it is outof order at the moment.”

Police say they will continue toclamp down on machines placed ille-gally. The seizure follows a number ofundercover purchases carried out bypolice in Bolton to reduce the numberof pubs, bars and shops selling topeople who are underage.

A Gambling Commissionspokesman said: “We were pleased tooffer support, advice and guidance tothe police in this case. Working inpartnership with local law enforce-ment agencies is key to the Commis-sion’s approach in keeping gamblingrfair and safe.”

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BINGO

Following the govern-ment announcement to

reduce bingo duty, severalMPs have been out visitingtheir local bingo halls,drumming up support andincreasing their profile.

The visits weren’t, ofcourse, intended as jack-pot winning exercises forthe Parliamentarians,with Chancellor of theExchequer GeorgeOsborne almost called afull house visiting aCastle Bingo Hall inCardiff earlier this month.

MP for Suffolk CoastalTherese Coffey, however,was left with a quick deci-sion to make when shecalled “House” during arecent session at thePalace Bingo Hall inFelixstowe, a venue shehas visited several timesbefore.

Coffey stated ahead ofher most recent trip thatshe would give any win-nings to the charity andtrue to her word she choseto present her £150 win-nings to the League ofFriends of FelixstoweCommunity Hospital.

PUBS

Joseph Ryan, owner of the Fox Craft BeerHouse, in London, has installed a Japanese-

manufactured vending machine in his pub in amove that is thought to be a UK first. Ryan, whobought the machine on eBay for £1,500, toldtrade press that he bought it as a conversationpoint for his craft beer-focused pub.

He stated: “We used to have a photo booth(where the vending machine is). That washugely popular. The vending machine is divid-ing opinion; I did get an email from one blokewho hated it. But mostly people are positive.One person said: ‘This is the greatest thing I’veever seen!’ I’ve never had so much activity onTwitter.”

A spokesman for the Automatic Vending

Association said this was the only pub vend-ing machine he knew of, although severalhotels and nightclubs had them during the80s and 90s. Legally, he added, such machinesneed to be in clear sight of the bar - a provi-sion the Fox fulfils.

Ryan, who says the machine, made by SandenVendo, vends between 20 and 25 bottles a week,insists it is not intended to replace bar staff.Beers costs between £3 and £7 (for a bottle ofSiren’s Jim Beam barrel-aged Broken Dream), inline with prices at the bar - although none ofthe beers in the machine are on sale at the bar.Around 50 different beers are available with abottle-opener attached to the machine andglasses stacked on top.

The ales are dispensed using a mechanicalarm, which means bottle-conditioned ales canalso be sold - although Ryan had some teethingproblems with the machine.

“At first, we had the temperature too low. Itwas two degrees and some beers were comingout uncarbonated. We moved it to six point sixdegrees and that seems to be spot-on.”

any former staff ofan Exmouth bowl-ing alley are in fear

that they could be left outof pocket after the com-pany run by its formerdirectors was dissolvedrecently.

One of several formermembers of staff collec-tively owed thousands ofpounds in wages by theformer directors ofExmouth seafront’s bowl-ing alley complex, says hedoesn’t believe he will everbe paid now that the com-pany has been wound-up.

Since the sudden depar-ture of Isaac and GrainneRobb last summer, the run-ning of the high-profile,multi-million pound

leisure complex was takenover by its developer MarkQuinn of HarlequinnsBowling and Leisure, andhas proved a popularattraction in the town forboth visitors and resi-dents. It was subsequentlyrenamed Ocean Blue fromCoast Café, Bar, Bowl. TheRobbs, directors ofPalmera Enterprises, hadbeen running the com-plex since it opened onBoxing Day 2012.

Robb admitted he subse-quently left the business inJuly without paying “a lot”of staff and suppliers. Hepreviously said he felt hehad “no option” but to leavefollowing communicationwith Quinn.

According to Compa-nies House, Palmera Enter-prises Ltd was dissolvedon April 8. No accountshad been filed for the com-pany since its formation inAugust 2012. A spokesper-son from CompaniesHouse confirmed that thecompany was dissolvedbecause of “non-compli-ance of filing essentialdocuments” namely, gen-eral information about thecompany. She confirmedthat the company had notgone into administrationand former business direc-tors are still eligible toreinstate the company orset up another.

In advice previouslyissued by the Citizens

Advice Bureau, when acompany goes into admin-istration, creditors, includ-ing former employeesowed money, can claimmoney owed through theinsolvency practitioner.

Matt Amos, 24, wasemployed as café managerfrom January until thebeginning of June 2013,and is among those owedwages. He said he is owedabout £1,300 in wages, hol-iday pay and lieu time butis resigned to the fact he isunlikely to be paid.

“I’ve accepted that I’mnot likely to receive themoney,” said Amos. “We’vehad to move on - it’s reallyunfortunate but you liveand learn,” he added.

Bowling complexemployees fear beingleft out of pocket

The company run byformer Exmouthbowling alleydirectors who owethousands to formeremployees has beendissolved.

TEN PIN

ADVERTISING

The UK’s Gambling Com-mission’s approach to

implementing the Gam-bling (Licensing andAdvertising) Bill couldmean an end to the spon-sorship of Premier Leagueclubs by Asian gamblingfirms, according to the

website online casinoarchives.

The Bill requires a gam-bling operator based out-side of Great Britain toobtain a licence from theGambling Commission ifthe operator “knows thatthe facilities (for remotegambling) are being used,or are likely to be used in

Great Britain”.The main reason that

Asian companies sponsorBritish clubs is to advertiseto Asian customers wherethe Premier League ishugely popular, both towatch on TV and as a bet-ting medium. The sponsor-ship counts as advertisingwithin the Gambling Act

2005 and is currently per-mitted since all of theoperators are based orlicensed in the EEA.

Under the new Bill,these operators will needto obtain a licence fromthe Gambling Commis-sion to continue theirsponsorship. As the com-panies are mainly advertis-

ing to Asian customers itwould be simplest forthem to block access toUK customers. However,the Gambling Commis-sion said it will not be issu-ing “advertising only”licenses and “will not nor-mally license operatorsunless they have a British-facing business”.

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Please complete and mail, telephone, fax or email to:Amanda Blundell. Praesepe Plc. Seebeck House, 1A Seebeck Place, Knowlhill Milton Keynes MK5 8FR

Tel: 0845 5215054 Fax: 01908 322769 Email: [email protected]

pay cash on the day

Email Address:Company name (if applicable)Contact Telephone Number:

Again Praesepe are delighted to be hosting the Gaming Industry’s second ‘Shoot the Birdie’ Golf and Clay

Pigeon event on behalf of the CHIPs charity. CHIPs raises money to provide specially adapted wheelchairs

for disabled youngsters and is supported largely by the UK Gaming industry. The ‘Shoot the Birdie’ day is

arranged for Friday June 6th and will take place at Whittlebury Park in Northamptonshire.

It consists of two entirely separate events staged at the same venue.

Anyone interested in competing in either event should complete the application form below or

contact Amanda Blundell for further details.

The Golf comprises an 18 hole ‘Individual & Team’ Stableford competition with ‘Nearest the Pin’ and

‘Longest Drive’ prizes. Entry for a team of four is £300 or alternatively for individuals £80 per person.

The ‘80 Bird’ clay pigeon competition is open to licence holders (or those accompanying a licence

holder) and for a team of four entry is £300. Individuals are also welcome to enter at £80 each and will

be ‘squadded-up’ accordingly into a team. There will also be a pool shoot. All entrants must use

fibre wad cartridges. In both events there will be many opportunities to make additional

donations to the charity including raffles and other competitions.

However, it should be noted that no prizes will be awarded to clay shooters who also manage

to shoot a golfer!

We do hope you can join in and join us - so book early to avoid disappointment.

If you can’t make it but would still like to donate to CHIPs then we will be

happy to accept your payment and will display this on the list of donors

on the day.

Nick Harding

CEO Praesepe

outhend’s Adven-ture Island amuse-ment park is

instructing male visitors torefrain from going bare-chested in an effort touphold its family-friendlyreputation.

The business hasinstalled signs around itssite asking men to keeptheir tops on at all times andwarned it will ask all thosewho do not observe the‘Wear Your Shirt rule’ toleave the premises.

Marc Miller, managingdirector of AdventureIsland, told local press thatthe signs did not amount tostrict dress code, but hadbeen put in place to askmale customers to “showsome decorum”.

He commented: “Inrecent years, we’ve seenincreasing numbers of ladsand men whipping theirtops off, eager to make themost of the sun - which isunderstandable, of course,as Southend is the warmestand driest part of the UK.

“That’s absolutely fine inthe right environment, butwe try very hard to be afamily-focused businessand not everybody is a fanof bare chests. We simplywant to make sure thatAdventure Island maintainsits status as the best place tobring the whole family for afun, safe, reasonably-pricedgreat day out.”

Adventure Island is thefirst UK amusement park tofollow the example set byUS attractions, where themajority ask their cus-tomers to observe an infor-mal dress code.

Miller added: “Of course,we don’t want people tothink we’re introducing anightclub-style policy of nojeans or trainers. There defi-nitely won’t be AdventureIsland fashion police criti-cising people for wearingdouble denim combina-tions, spots with stripes orinappropriate shades ofpurple.

“We’ll simply point outthat if you want to pose

semi-naked, then Southendhas miles of gloriousbeaches on which to dothat.”

The news brought analmost unanimouslyfavourable response onsocial media, where mostcommenters agreed withMiller that partial nudityshould be kept to thebeach.

Posting on Facebook,Southend resident Kim-berly Skehan said: “I don’tthink it ever gets so hot inthis country that it’s unbear-able to wear a t-shirt.

“I’m no prude but I don’tneed to see sweaty men innot a lot when I’m havingfun with the kids.”

Kerry Foreman, anotherFacebook commenter,called for the rule to beextended to women as well:“I totally agree peopleshould keep their tops on -not just men, but woman

that parade around withjust bikini tops too. I’m sureyoung children don’t needto see it all.”

Ironically, AdventureIsland holds the worldrecord for the number ofnaked people riding arollercoaster, set when over100 people stripped off toride its Green Screamcoaster in 2010.

It also attempted to set arecord for the most amountof naked people playingmini golf in 2012.

A spokeswomanexplained that both werecharity events held in pri-vate: “The only people pres-ent were those who hadsigned up to take part inorder to raise a largeamount of cash for charities- Breast Cancer and ProstateCancer.

“The topless ban isrelated to when the park isopen to the public.”

Adventure Island asks mento keep their shirts onAMUSEMENT PARKS

To ensure it maintains its status as anattraction for the whole family, one ofSouthend’s top amusement parks hasbrought in an informal dress code for itsmale customers.

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PIERS

The owner of Teign-mouth Pier has said he

hopes to have the attrac-tion reopen by July,having missed the originalEaster date for repairs tostorm damage.

The pier’s amusementequipment was tossedaround and badly dam-aged after holes werepunched through itswooden floors when pow-erful waves hit the SouthWest coast at the start ofthe year.

The cost of the damage

caused is estimated athundreds of thousands ofpounds.

Owner Nik Brenner saidthe pier, was which origi-nally opened in the 1860s,had been “hit very hard byenormous waves”.

He commented: “Anawful lot of new equipmentis to be installed and it hasbeen a long process withthe insurers, but we aregoing to make sure it is aproper job.

“We would have lovedto have done it sooner.With the kids off, we wouldhave been really busy.”

Earlier this year Brennerhad hoped the pier wouldbe restored in time forEaster, but now confirmed

that work would not becompleted until July,describing the news as“heartbreaking”.

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POKER CLUBS

nfield Council hasbecome the firstlocal authority in the

UK to successfully prose-cute someone for moneylaundering in relation withthe running of an illegalpoker den.

Ahmet Melin ofCheshunt was found guiltyof five offences of moneylaundering under the Pro-ceeds of Crime Act 2002 atWood Green Crown Courton Thursday April 10. He willbe sentenced on May 27. Hewas prosecuted afterEnfield Council enforce-ment officers found the Big

Bluff Private Members Clubin Green Lanes, PalmersGreen was actually a frontfor an illegal poker club andnot a non-profit making pri-vate members club in linewith its Club GamingPermit.

Commercial poker oper-ations require a casinolicence and Enfield Coun-cil’s policy is not to issuecasino licences to proper-ties in the borough.

Because Big Bluff wasoperating large poker tour-naments and all the profitsfrom them were illegal theyamounted to criminal assetsunder the Proceeds ofCrime Act as Melin was with-

drawing money from theclub for his own purposes.

The club was raided inSeptember 2012 by EnfieldCouncil’s LicensingEnforcement and TradingStandards Teams, the Gam-bling Commission and theMetropolitan Police. The BigBluff Private Members Clubhas since stopped operat-ing.

Enfield Council’s direc-tor of environment, IanDavis, said: “These are veryserious offences and thecouncil took robust actionwhen it became clear theBig Bluff Private MembersClub was a front for an ille-gal poker den.

Nick Tofiluk, the Commis-sion’s director of regulatoryoperations, concluded:“This is an excellent exam-ple of how a local authoritywith Gambling Commis-sion support is dealing withillegal gambling in whateverguise it is presented. Themessage is simple - if youoffer poker in a club and arebreaking the law, action canand will be taken.”

Enfield poker denowner found guilty ofmoney laundering

RESORTS

Two seaside resorts havebeen named amongst

the UK’s top 10 destina-tions based on ratings fromholidaymakers on travelwebsite TripAdvisor.

Although London tookthe number one spot, withEdinburgh second,Torquay was third and Llan-dudno eighth.

However, traditional sea-side favourites such asBlackpool, Brighton, GreatYarmouth and Weston-super-Mare were notableby their absence.

TripAdvisor said: “In a list

dominated by larger cities,Torquay’s strong showingparticularly stands out -placing it higher than anyother seaside destination

in the UK and one of onlytwo towns to make the topten, the other being Llan-dudno.”

Award winners were

chosen using an algorithmthat took into account thequantity and quality ofreviews and ratings forhotels, attractions andrestaurants in destinationsworldwide, gathered overa 12-month period.

TripAdvisor spokesmanJames Kay said: “Theseawards are based on mil-lions of reviews and ratingsby those who really matter- travellers themselves.

“Torquay’s strong show-ing, the highest of anytown in the UK, is testa-ment to the unquestion-able appeal of this seasidedestination.”

Seaside resort named topdestinations by TripAdvisor

WORKING MEN’S CLUBS

Abreak-in and an oilleak have hit a Scun-

thorpe-based workingmen’s club hard. Itsannual general meetingwas told that a £5,000profit in 2012 became an£18,000 loss last year.

Keadby & AlthorpeWMC secretary AlanMoss revealed renovationof the oil-fired heatingsystem, following a leakin the tank, had cost£40,000.

Furthermore, Septem-ber 2013 saw thievesescaping with a £6,000haul including takingsfrom the gamingmachines, televisions andCCTV cameras.

Machines raidand £40,000leak hitbeleagueredWMC

NIK TOFILUK: “IFYOU OFFER POKERIN A CLUB ANDYOU AREBREAKING THELAW, ACTION CANAND WILL BETAKEN.”

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Drawing a crowd

This year’sNorthern Show-case returns tothe Pines Hotelin Clayton-le-Woods, Chorley.The event is scheduled to take placeon 7 and 8 May, 2014 in Lancashire,with attendees able to meet and dis-cuss the most profitable trends forthe upcoming summer season.

In the pines

The Pines Hotel iseasily accessiblefrom a number of majormotorways, making it simple from visi-tors from all across northern Englandand Scotland to attend. Headingsouth, drivers can leave the M6 atjunction 29 and follow directions toChorley. Those journeying by publictransport may leave the train at Pre-ston station, two miles from the venue.

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The Northern Showcase has been inexistence since 2007, making this a

relatively young event in comparisonto many of the industry’s long standingtrade shows. Crown has attractedtwelve companies to its showcase, in-cluding Sega, Project Coin andNamco. These manufacturers andsuppliers will be joined by representa-tives from supporting sectors such as asoftware developers Embed andamusement operators Elaut.

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rown Direct expects to makesales at the Northern Show-case, but to assume that the

show was simply shifting unitswould be to do it a great disservice.“Last year we had a guy comingfrom Margate,” said the company’smanaging director, Dean Harding,“and you can’t fault that for com-mitment.”

Dedicated members of the indus-try will go that extra mile in order totake advantage of networkingopportunities afforded by the Show-case’s laid back atmosphere. “Ithink it’s about catching up withpeople,” said Harding. “It’s aboutnetworking, it’s about product andthink it falls at a nice time of year.”

The importance of the show’s Mayscheduling is not lost on Crown,with the show neatly positioned justahead of the vital summer months.“People will have done Easter, allthe kids will have got back,” saidHarding, “and Whitsun is four or fiveweeks away, so it gives visitors alittle time to reflect on what’s hap-pened so far, look at new product,consider any further investments

and then to catch up with theircolleagues and peers.”

The show is also of vitalimportance to operators inScotland and the North ofEngland. “There arepeople that don’t travel toEAG,” said Harding, “so ithas got a more localisedfeel for some. It’s a more

low key affair and because it’s ourevent and we’re representing all thepeople that we distribute for. It islike an open day for us in somerespects, but it takes place in anindependent venue.”

In many cases, operators andsuppliers will be keen to hear hownew Cat C machines have been per-forming and to see what new devel-opments manufacturers arebringing to market. “It’s fair to saythat our supplies will want to use itas a springboard to show anddemonstrate new games,” saidHarding. “Concept Games arebringing a 20p/£10 cat C machinecalled Jokers to the show that wehaven’t even see ourselves. So therewill be new products.”

Brand new games from estab-lished companies will be on displayacross a number of categories.“There’ll be new games for B3 thatBarcrest will be launching at theshow,” noted Harding. “Also Zeus atWar - the first game that ScientificGames are showing since the acqui-sition of WMS - which from earlyindications looks very strong.”

The amusement sector will alsosee it’s fair share of new develop-ments. “There’ll be new noveltyproducts, like Lucky Ducks, so it’s acomplete spectrum,” said Harding.“There’s also some quality usedpieces of equipment for customersthat are coming with a budget,including redemption, air hockeyand second-hand gaming.”

Northern Showcasemakes its markCrown Direct’s NorthernShowcase promises to deliver amix of old and new, as visitorsshare their thoughts on early yearperformance and get hands onwith brand new creations.

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AstraBlueprintConceptElautEmpireEurotekHarry LevyProject CoinReflexNamcoSegaSG Gaming

As part of Crown Direct, Scotland’sDeith Leisure plays a major part inmaking the Northern Showcase a

success. However, the company’s salesdirector Kevin Temple believes that theshow’s recent prominence owes a seri-ous debt to timing.

“The timing, really is a big factor,” hesaid, “because you have the EAG, wherethe products are launched, then some ofthe products are put in the marketplaceand it’s usually April before you get a feelof how good they are. So come our North-ern Showcase in May we really know howthe portfolio we have has been perform-ing in the marketplace.”

The event also gives operators a chanceto meet with the rest of the local industryand discuss which machines they expectto perform well over the vital summermonths. “If people have a successfulEaster period then they’re looking to havea second wave of purchases for thesummer period,” said Temple, “so it’s idealfor us, where it just slots in perfectly justbefore the summer.”

Some of the most interesting feedback

will be coming from those venues thathave been trying out new Category Cmachines. “The exciting thing for thisshow is that we’ll have a lot of 20p/£10machines that have been out, so we’ll havean idea of how they’re going with the newfive per cent MGD,” said Temple. “That’s anew machine for us, a new category really,so it’s quite exciting.” Traditional Cat Cmachines also saw a jackpot increase to£100 at the start of 2014 and feedbackfrom these games will be just as vital.

Elsewhere, Temple expects redemp-tion to be a big performer at the show.“Redemption’s still big for us,” he said.“Wizard of Oz from Elaut and Sweet FallsPusher from Harry Levy, those would bethe two main movers for us this year. Theytested very strongly and they’re a bit dif-ferent. On top of that there’s Monopolyand Down the Clown from Ice, whichhave been very successful.”

The company’s expertise from northof the border has proved a valuableresource, but the gaming and amusementsuppliers are just as prolific in the rest ofGreat Britain and Ireland.

“It’s funny for us because althoughwith Deith Leisure we’re based in Scot-land, as much as 70-75 per cent of ourbusiness is in England, Wales and Ireland,”said Temple. That breakdown is due inlarge part to the scarcity of operators inthe UK’s northernmost country. “We’vesome very good customers in Scotland,but it’s obviously very sparse comparedto England,” said Temple, “so there’s notnew customers popping up all the time.It’s generally the same people who youdeal with.”

Many of these customers will be takingthe opportunity afforded them by theNorthern Showcase to network withother members of the industry. “It’s beenamazing over the years we’ve done it howmany big deals we’ve pulled off here,”Temple revealed. “We have a nice numberof visitors. It gives you plenty of relaxedtime to think and discuss important issues.Whereas at EAG you’ve got two or threepeople waiting to speak to you, it’s rushed.You can tell customers more about what’sgoing on in a more relaxed environment.It’s quality time with quality customers.”

ORGANISATION

Timing and quality the key for Deith

As co-organiser of Crown’sNorthern Showcase, DeithLeisure is looking forward tospending quality time with itsmost valuable and longstandingcustomers, says sales directorKevin Temple.

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Steven Wooley: Any regional show isalways a great time to catch up with exist-ing customers of course. So makingarrangements to meet up is always a keything to do. If, of course, we have poten-tial new customers in that particular areathen again we would certainly try to setup meetings and move the opportunityforward. Essentially, it is about trying tosell, but part of that is the contact withboth existing and potential clients andkeeping the dialogue going.

CS: How important is it to meet theseoperators, suppliers and manufacturesface to face? SW: The show is great as it gives compa-nies a chance to look at any new productsthat will have come onto the market sincethe show in January. It is a local show andgenerally coincides with other regionalshows and meetings so it gives operatorsin the area a chance to meet up as well aslook at new product. The timing is good aswell, as the season has not really got under-way so anyone still looking for producthas the chance to make a few last minutedecisions. Getting to put a face with aname for the local operators that do not

go to the big shows is an added plus forthese events.

CS: In what ways can Embed’s serviceshelp operators during the busy summerperiod? SW: Embed will be showing further detailsabout our cashless solution for the UKamusement market and our stock manage-ment system. We will have with us our fullrange of products, but we are pushing hardon the cashless thanks to the great successof installations we have had recently atLady’s Mile Holiday Park and Pontins.

The Embed product line provides a fullrange of management solution for all partsof the leisure industry. Our cashless andstock management systems are key toolsto any business in the industry to help inmanaging their sites. Providing details ofhow many guests are attending your site,what is the average spend per guest pervisit, and what redemption or merchan-dise items are the most popular. These areall questions that the Embed systems caneasily provide an answer for with just theclick of a mouse. Other great featuresinclude saving on operating cost, a reduc-tion in down time of machines and theadded marketing features to increaseguest visit as well as increasing guestspend during those visits.www.innovative-technology.co.uk

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OPERATIONS

Bourne positive on amusements

Major amusement providersBourne Leisure are reportingstrong machine performance inearly 2014, including many of thegames that will be on show at theNorthern Showcase.

Operator Bourne Leisure, the companybehind the Haven and Butlins holiday

resorts, is optimistic about the state of theleisure and amusement sector. Ahead of avisit to the Northern Showcase, head ofarcades Kevin Scott reports a healthy out-look. “Trading is very strong,” he said.“The weather has been in our favour, holi-day bookings have been excellent and weare confident of a good season ahead.”

Away from the bustle of majornational shows such as EAG, Scottvalues the Northern Showcase for thenetworking opportunities it affords. Hebelieves that regional shows are, “lessintense, more relaxed and afford abetter opportunity for the manufactur-ers to promote their product.”

In addition to meeting with the suppli-ers and manufacturers that provideBourne Leisure’s core arcade offering,

Scott is keen to discuss early year per-formance with his fellow operators. “It isvery important,” he said. “It allows theoperators to meet face to face toexchange views on the current product.They can also discuss the issues withrecent product to allow manufacturers toimprove future games.”

For Bourne, success in the earlymonths of 2014 has been driven by newgames that appeal to the family market.“Our business is very family focused,”said Scott. “Recent purchases in thisgenre will enable us to keep the momen-tum in this sector. Our partners haveinvested in the Elaut products E Clawcranes and Wizard of Oz.”

Elaut will have their own stand at theNorthern Showcase, as will Namco andHarry Levy. “Pacman Smash is nowoffered across our estate,” said Scott,

“and we have also sited a number of theSweetfalls Pushers from Harry Levy,which we believe will be a strong offer thisseason.”

Fellow Showcase exhibitor Sega hasalready proved profitable for Bourne thisyear. “We have seen strong performancesalready on Down the Clown and Snow-down,” said Scott, “and early indicationsare that Video will be lifted by Transform-ers Alliance from Sega. I genuinely believethat 2014 has the strongest product offerin recent times.”



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rown Direct’s Northern Showcasemay not have the kind of long anddistinguished history boasted by

some of the older UK trade shows, but injust seven short years it has cemented itselfas a highlight of the industry calendar.

Looking back on its origins, Crown’smanaging director, Dean Harding, recallsthat the event was not intended to providea platform for sales. “The first one we did in2007 was a July event, but we did it because,at the time, the laws in September werechanging with the introduction of the Gam-bling Bill.”

The Northern Showcase began its life asan event designed to draw in operators andsuppliers from the surrounding area tolearn and debate. “We just felt that therewas so much up in the air, so much productthat was going to be new,” said Harding. “Itwas not sales, it was almost like a serviceand education to our customers. We werealso putting our suppliers in front of ourcustomers and telling them what we’regoing to do about B3 and Cat C.”

This educational gathering was neverintended to last beyond its first year. “Wedidn’t set out with the intent of it being anannual event,” said Harding, but with a sur-prisingly high number of sales made and

the recent demise of the Blackpool show,the time was right for a new star in thenorth. “I think Blackpool was poor or hadbeen the last few years,” said Harding. “Thatwe were organising one independentlywas very cost-effective for us. We weren’thaving to pay someone to organise a show.From there it’s grown and I think that thenice thing for us is, while we’re arguablythe biggest supplier to market and we havethe broadest range of products, it’s nice thatwe actually pull in people who aren’t ourcustomers.”

Visitors now attend from all across thecountry, including many of the UK’s biggestoperators. “We get customers turn up whoaren’t our direct customers,” said Harding.“For instance, we get customers like Prae-sepe, who use it as an event to come andsee people. To catch up, to network.”

Ultimately, while sales remain important,it’s the surrounding elements that havemade the show a success. “It has got a com-mercial element and we wouldn’t do it if itwasn’t worthwhile,” said Harding,” but welike to think that it has a broader appeal too,not just to our customers, it’s there for otherpeople to come and use our hospitality andto network. Hopefully it’s a bit of become abit of a date in the annual calendar.”

EXHIBITION

Growth of aNorthern starFrom humble origins as an educational event, the NorthernShowcase has grown into a major pre-summer sales andnetworking hub.

While the ExCel shows are both vital events,once they’re over by the start of February

it’s the turn of the smaller, more intimate gatherings such as Crown Direct’s NorthernShowcase in Chorley to punctuate the rest ofthe year.

It’s been said before, but for annual provin-cial events to continue to grow in the way theyhave in recent years, the industry must supportthem. While all coin-op show organisers mustbe given credit for their efforts, it is industrystakeholders that help such events remain onthe schedule. Like the corner shop that disap-peared because everyone started going to thesupermarket down the road, trade shows suchas the Northern Showcase will just as quicklydisappear from the calendar without wholesalesupport from the sector that they serve.

Since the inaugural Northern Showcase in2007, which coincided with the eventual imple-mentation of the Gambling Act, the coin-opindustry has taken more than its fair share ofknocks. For an annual, northern event (remem-ber Norbreck Castle anyone?) to grow andthrive, therefore rather than struggle to surviveis a big endorsement of show organisersCrown Direct and its customers. Furthermore,it is an indication that visitors are keen to viewproducts that either missed the cut or wereonly in prototype form at EAG, especially new£100 Cat C product.

In addition to cashbox-busting refurbs, dele-gates at the Pines Hotel will see new machineswhich have been tested on-site since the ExCelshows. Crown Direct has deliberately kept thesame time slot since the first Northern Show-case as it gives operators the opportunity toreflect on their takings over the Easter breakand look for ways to reshuffle their pack aheadof Whitsun at the end of May.

The Wigan-based firm has always worked onthe principle that it will only distribute best-in-class machines. The products that will be ondisplay at the Pines, therefore, will no doubtreflect this strategy. Visitors to the Pines Hotelwill therefore see each product sector repre-sented in a set-up designed to replicate amodern amusement arcade.

The success of the Northern Showcase, ofcourse, will ultimately be gauged by the volumeof sales achieved. The opportunity, however, tochew the post-Easter fat and discuss ways inwhich to improve takings through Whitsun andbeyond in person with knowledgeable industrypeers is as compelling a reason as any to makethe journey to Lancashire.

Overall, it’s testament to Crown’s efforts -and broad product portfolio - that it can headinto the eighth incarnation of its annual North-ern Showcase event with some confidence.

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The post-Easter, pre-Whitsuntidegathering

commentalex lee

While everyone, notleast the eventorganisersthemselves, likes toremind us about thesize and importanceof the EAG and ICE,writes Alex Lee, youcan’t beat a goodprovincial trade show.

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ProductsASTRA GAMES

stra Games will be taking an enviableline-up of games to this year’s NorthernShowcase, with products spanning Cat

C Lite, Cat C and Cat B3. Alan Rogers, Astra salesand marketing director, explained more aboutthe firm’s presence at Northern Showcase,saying: “Every year we are challenged to bringthe very best in innovation and creativity to thisevent and I am delighted to say that our cus-tomers won’t be disappointed.

“This year, Astra Games has undertaken a sig-nificant new product initiative based on whatthe industry is informally calling ‘Cat C Lite’.The ‘Type 2’ machine classification - to give itits formal title - enables a 20p/£10stake/prize configuration that, crucially,attracts the lower five per cent rate ofMachine Games Duty.”

He added: “The three models gearedtoward the new configuration currently onoffer, which will be on display at the show, com-prise the hugely successful and popular BullionBars and Party Time along with Rcade777, astunning, brand new compendium that featureseight of Astra’s top performing titles.”

Housed in the tried and testedNovomatic 623 cabinet, Rcade777 is a visually stunning com-pendium, now showcasingAstra’s latest games, all at £10jackpot. Currently running aneight-game pack, made upfrom some of Astra’s top per-forming games, with some newtitles and content from Bell Fruit.

“Astra has already receivedexciting figures from initial testsof Rcade777,” noted Rogers, “indi-cating that the market is keen totake on board something that isnew and full of potential to rein-vigorate the business. Buyers caninvest with confidence, safe in the

knowledge that future game pack releases areexpected later on in the year, keeping Rcade777 fresh and relevant.”

The manufacturer will also be showcasingthe return of another Astra icon, Party Time Duo.This tried and tested Cat C product now comescomplete with the £100 jackpot in a classicthree-reel format. Players can take a seat at thistwo-player Tiger cabinet and relax with the clas-sic game of Party Time. Available on a numberof stakes and jackpots, this machine is ready slotinto any venue.

Astra preparesstunningproduct line-upfor NorthernShowcaseChanges to rules surrounding Cat C machines have motivated Astra tobring a broad range of new products to the Northern Showcase

“Fun is the key element to any successful game,” saysStuart Wood, sales executive at Crown Direct, “and

Lucky Duck is going to be one of 2014’s best games,because it has bags of it.”

This two player ticket redemption game has beendeveloped by Harry Levy Amusements and is exclusivelydistributed by Crown Direct. The player has to fire a 2pcoin through the opening and closing beak of the LuckyDuck. The coin then falls down through the pins on theback board and at the bottom lights a letter. If all the let-ters light the word “Quacker” are made, this triggers theticket bonus to the player. The coin continues then ontothe rolling belt and gives the player the opportunity to winfurther tickets.

“Lucky Duck combines some great game elements,with quick coin feed for the 2p’s, amusing sounds, andproven mechanical belt awards,” said Wood. “I havetested this game with some customers and early feedbackhas been so positive that I am already seeing repeatorders for the Whitsun holiday period.”

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banknote validator and ticketprinter with fan fold or continuous roll

ticket media options. The revolutionarycombined note in/ticket out design elimi-nates the need for a separate printer. Add

to this the option of top or rear mountingand the SMART Ticket is suitable for multi-ple applications. Tickets are read and veri-fied prior to issue to ensure the validity ofall tickets.

Curley continued, “Our thought processwhen we look to develop a new producthas always been based on not only whatthe customer wants but what the customerneeds. As a market leading payment tech-nology provider we must supply productsthat add real value to customers and notjust offer more of the same. By developinga combined banknote validator and ticket

printer, we think we have a product thatoffers VLT and FOBT manufactures andoperators a fantastic opportunity to sim-plify their cash handling. As you wouldexpect from an Innovative Technologyproduct, the SMART Ticket boasts excep-tional technology and security at a greatprice and the space saved by utilising justone product will create exciting opportu-nities for new machine design. The SMARTTicket is set to follow the same path as theNV200 and NV11 and revolutionise theindustry, bringing a new cash handlingoption to our global customer base.”

INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY

Innovative banking on SMART technologyInnovative Technology’s latest ticket printing innovation has ballooned in popularity since ICE and is set to make another gala appearanceat the Northern Showcase.

Embed is the largest worldwide provider of manage-ment solutions specifically dedicated to the leisure

industry. Individual site owners as well as larger chainsall over the world benefit greatly from the advantages ofan experienced business such as Embed, includingexperienced support staff located in every region and theextreme reliability of each dedicated product. Debitcard/cashless systems, attraction entry control, machinemonitoring, point of sale, membership and loyalty,redemption management, admission control, inventoryand event scheduling are only some of the aspects thatare fully covered and coordinated into the comprehen-sive Embed product range.

More than one thousand installations and operationsacross the globe are consistently enjoying improvedcash controls, reduced labour costs and endless market-ing options to increase revenues using Embed systems.

Security is of paramount importance today for opera-tors, as well as finding more ways to increase revenueand reduce costs. The Embed Cashless System is notonly reliable and secure, but it enables a level of controland accountability superior to any other system. It pro-duces automated reports with the ability to analyse livedata, consolidated reports of all the various revenue gen-erating activities as well as full POS capability, which arehelping operators to be more efficient in their daily activi-ties and strategic planning.

Embed believes thatits system will meanthat employee theftand jammed machinesare a thing of the past.All cash is managedfrom one point in thelocation and monitored bymanagement with reportsproviding accountability andsecurity. There are no longergames down due to coin jams andthere is no need to have staff on loca-tion before operating hours to do collections.

The customer experience is also greatly enhanced bythe use of the same Embed card for arcade games, rides,F&B, bowling or purchase retail items, as well as trackingremaining credit, bonus or to accumulate points for anyassociated prize redemption activity. The marketingopportunities are enhanced by the analyses of spendingpatterns of customers and revenue of each game andthen enabling endless combinations of packages andpromotions to stimulate higher spending and morereturn visits.

Technology is pushing for more mobile functions andextensive use of the Internet. Embed’s continuousinvestment in research and development has resulted in

an exten-sive and pow-erful team with anincredible range of newproducts, ready to be launched in the nextfew weeks. These include mobile POS andswiper functions, Embed System Protection, webbased services, and mobile and internet functions foroperators.

EMBED

Embed to showcase arcadesoftware solutionsEmbed will be educating visitors to the Northern Showcase onthe vast range of applications made possible by the company’scomprehensive software suite.


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per cent share at the entire City ofDreams and Wynn Casinos, more than80 per cent at Mocha Clubs and 65 percent at SJM.

SECURITYCRICKLEWOODLAUNCHESCATALOGUE

Cricklewood Electronics, theLondon-based security solutions

provider, has launched a free cataloguethat lists the company’s wide range ofCCTV and related surveillance systems.

Listings

CATEGORY B3

CASH HANDLINGJCM HEADS TOG2E ASIA

JCM Global,one of the global

gaming industry’sleading transactiontechnologies supplier,will take its award-win-ning line of validators,printers and technolo-gies to G2E Asia 2014,which takes place in Macau onMay 20-22.

JCM has achieved a great deal of suc-cess in the Macau region, including 100

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s the gaming industry emergesfrom recession, it has become clearthat the adjustment of machine

ratios and stakes and prizes in 2011 helpedto create a stable B3 sector. The GamblingCommission’s review not only made a£2/£500 configuration a possibility, it alsoaltered the number of B3 machines avail-able at arcade and bingo premises to 20per cent of their total offering.

Now approaching three years sincethese changes took effect, many suppliersand manufacturers are pushing for further

revisions to this figure. Businesses such asRLMS, however, are taking a more cau-tious approach.

RLMS sales director, Tony Glanville,argues that the question of whetherchanges are needed, “can only beanswered by operators. No two venues arethe same and demand will dictate whetheror not sufficient B3’s are available. With thechange from Amusement Machine LicenceDuty to Machine Games Duty we saw a sig-nificant move in the market with operatorsmoving to maximise their allowance.”

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The EuropeanVending Associa-tion’s latest study onvending in Europe indicates that thatmore than 3.77m machines are in op-eration across Europe, with a totalturnover of €11.3bn (£9.3bn). Italy,France, Germany, the UK, Spain andthe Netherlands account for 80 percent of the total machine fieldbase.

The pressure on the Gambling Commission to conduct furtherreviews into the rules surrounding gaming machines rarely abates, butsuppliers RLMS are promoting a more measured approach when itcomes to B3.

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CATEGORY CGAMING

LEEDS LEISURE HITSTHE JACKPOT

Leeds Leisure has a wide range of£100 jackpot Category C gaming

machines.The company is

selling quality Cat Cequipment from anumber of leadingmanufacturers,including SnowWhite and the SevenTenners, Deal or NoDeal East and West Wing, Shoot the Lootand Best of British.

AMUSEMENTSQUALITY USEDEQUIPMENT FROMWHITTAKERS

Whittaker Brothers has a range ofquality used redemption machines

and kiddie rides for the UK market.On the amusements side, the company

is selling All the Fun of the Fair for £7,250,Camptown Races (£5,950) and Big TopCircus(£5,400). Inkiddie rides,WhittakerBrothers hasCookieCarousel(£2,750), IceCream Van(£995) andPuffin Billy(£995),among others.

PUSHERSJNC PUSHING NEWPRODUCTS

JNC Sales are looking to provide effi-cient amusement operators with the

chance to add an extra cashbox to theiroffering with a selection of over 1500machines that includes video, crane andskill games.

The eternally popular field of coin push-ers has continued to support innovationwith both Pacman Ball and Galaxy 21available as part of JNC’s range. The high-est value pusher in the catalogue is the XQuacker 10p machine at £2,495, withproducts at a whole range of pricesdescending to the Magic 7 10p pusher,available for £845.

Despite this warning, Glanville is keen toemphasise the need to keep high streetoperators in business by ensuring that theyare not outmatched by the growing onlinesector. “We need to continually be movingforward to keep the ‘bricks and mortar”’AGC and bingo industry competitive andappealing,” he said, “in light of increasedcompetition from online offerings as wellas other competitors on the high street,that, until situations change, have a tradingadvantage in their product offering over theAGC and bingo markets.”

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Based on data supplied by a representative number of UK sitesSupplied by RLMS Sales

Members clubsThis LastWeek Week Name / Manufacturer

1 1 Street Casino 2014 Tempest Storm2 2 Public Enemy Reflex3 3 Galloping Jackpot Reflex4 4 Cops Judgement Pay BFG5 5 Flamin’ 400 Reflex

Based on data from representative sites. Supplied by sector professional

FEC - familyThis LastWeek Week Name / Manufacturer

1 1 Party Time Classic (3 Player) Astra2 3 Bullion Bars (3 Player) Astra3 6 Rainbow Riches (3 Player) Empire4 4 Gold Rush Stampede (4 Player) Barcrest5 5 Adders And Ladders (4 Player) Vivid6 2 DOND (3 Player) Bellfruit7 7 Party Games (4 Player) Astra8 8 Party Time Arena (4 Player) Astra9 9 Party Time (3 Player) Astra10 10 Crazy Fruits Bellfruit

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FEC - adultThis LastWeek Week Name / Manufacturer

1 2 Magic Games U/R Novomatic2 - Win Wall Astra3 3 Magic Games S/D Novomatic4 10 Pure Gold Project5 5 Super Big 7 S/D Electrocoin6 6 Party Time Aerna (4 Player) Astra7 7 Rainbow Riches Party Barcrest8 8 Sevens Up Electrocoin9 9 Party Time Classic (3 Player ) Astra10 1 Party Slots Novomatic

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Single siteThis LastWeek Week Name / Manufacturer

1 1 DOND Winfall BFG2 3 DOND Lucky Streak BFG3 - DOND Crazy Chair Gold BFG4 2 DOND Powerplay BFG5 4 DOND The Big One BFG6 5 Bank Job - Rob the lot QPS7 6 Worminator QPS8 7 DOND Pure Gold BFG9 8 DOND Turbo BFG10 9 DOND Double Chance BFG

Taken from a representative number of sites around the UKSupplied by national operator

AGCsThis LastWeek Week Name / Manufacturer

1 - Encore T7 (GP2) SG Gaming2 2 Magic Games 100 Ultra Novomatic3 3 Magic Games 3 Novomatic4 - Encore T7 (GP3) SG Gaming5 - Bullion Bars Streak Astra6 - Find the Lady 2 Card Project7 7 Triple 7 (GP2) SG Gaming8 - X3000 Multigame Amatic9 8 Triple 7 (GP1) SG Gaming10 5 Solid Gold Astra

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1 1 Happy Pharrell Williams2 2 My Love Route 94 feat. Jess Glynne3 - Nobody To Love Sigma4 3 Rather Be Clean Bandit5 4 Money On My Mind Sam Smith6 6 All Of Me John Legend7 5 I Got U Duke Dumont & Jax Jones8 8 The Man Aloe Blacc9 7 Timber Pitbull feat. Ke$ha10 9 Dark Horse Katy Perry feat. Juicy J

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ROCK ON!AC/DC PINBALLPINBALL HEAVEN

The AC/DC pinball machine is perfectfor operators who are looking to inject

some rock into their venues. Developedby Stern Pinball and available in the UKthrough Pinball Heaven, the Premiumedition of the AC/DC pinball includes 12full-length songs from the iconic rockgroup. The playfield includes numerousenticing features, including a rotating ballcanon, ramps, targets, two high-poweredslingshots and three LED jet bumpers.

Shoot like a proSAM Leisure has launched theBritannia Pro range of English poolcues. The cues feature high qualityseasoned North American ash withsmall 7.5mm tips. The Pro rangefeatures designs in tulipwood,

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IT’S A SCREAMTICKET MONSTERHARRY LEVY AMUSEMENTS

Based on the ever-popular Big BassWheel but with a different look that is

sure to scare up some giant revenues,Ticket Monster is an attractive noveltygame from Bay Tek Games. Available inthe UK through Harry Levy Amuse-ments, players step up and pull thehandle to spin the monster’s big tongue.When the tongue stops, players areawarded tickets. Ticket Monster is nowequipped with a progressive feature, soeach time someone plays watch the Mon-ster Jackpot go up. The sounds andgraphics of Ticket Monster make thisgame grab attention from players all overthe room. Ticket Monster also has dualticket dispensers for more capacity andquicker ticket dispensing.

An instant classic Worms is an adrenaline-fuelled B3video slot from Blueprint Gaming.Based on the classic video gamefrom the 1990s, Worms providessome big betting potential, andbonuses galorefor the luckyslots player.Image: 2365-Worms.jpg


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X QUACKER 10P ....................£2,495GALAXY 21 10P ......................£1,995PUSH YOUR LUCK 2P .............£1,995MARILYN 2P .......................... £1,495ELVIS 2P ................................ £1,295CASINO WINNER 10P ................£995FULL HOUSE 10P ......................£845MAGIC 7 10P .............................£845

1 PLAYER

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£100 JACKPOT DONDEAST AND WEST WING

£995

POA

CLUB MACHINESCOPS & ROBBERS JUDGEMENT DAY (NEW) ............. £1,895FLAMIN 400 (NEW) ............................................................. £1,895PUBLIC ENEMY (NEW) ...................................................... £1,895ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (NEW) ..... £1,895ROCKY ........................................................................................£195FIGHT NIGHT ...........................................................................£195

CASINO LOW TECHJACKPOT 100 DIGITAL ....................................................... £2,995CASINO RANDOM GOLD DOUBLE UP £100 ..............£895CASINO POUND STRETCHER £100 .................................£895MAGIC GAMES 2 ......................................................................£395MEGA JACKPOTS (£35) ..........................................................£395FULL HOUSE ..............................................................................£395POUNDSTRETCHER ...............................................................£395CASINO DOND (VIDEO) ......................................................£350CASINO WHEEL OF WEALTH .............................................£295DOND CASINO .......................................................................£295ROLL X .......................................................................................£295JOKERS WILD CLASSIC ..........................................................£295CASINO MAGIC 7S ................................................................£275FANTASTIC 5 (VIDEO) ...........................................................£250CASINO BAR X 10 ...................................................................£245

VIDEOSTIME CRISIS 3 DELUXE ....................................................... £1,695CHASE HQ 2 SSD ................................................................. £1,095BATTLEGEAR 4 SSD ................................................................£995ARCADE MULTI-GAME (NEW) ...........................................£995TABLE TOP ARCADE MULTI-GAME (NEW) .....................£895FAST & FURIOUS U/R..............................................................£795ARCADE CLASSIC UPRIGHT ...............................................£295

B3 £500PLAYMAKER ............................................................................ £1095MAGIC SLOTS............................................................................£995STAR ATTRACTION ................................................................£895WORLD OF GAMES ................................................................£795SUPER 500 ...................................................................................£695PARTY SLOTS .............................................................................£495MONTY PYTHON ...................................................................£395

£100 JACKPOT AWPSBEST OF BRITISH ...................................................................... POASTREETS CASINO (DIGITAL) ........................................... £1,795SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN TENORS ......................... £1,395ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS ................... £1,395COPS STREETWISE .............................................................. £1,195SHOOT THE LOOT .............................................................. £1,095CHOPS & CHANGE ............................................................. £1,095FAMILY GUY DRUNKEN CLAM....................................... £1,095DOND SEAL THE DEAL ..................................................... £1,095DOND BANK ON IT .......................................................... £1,050DOND EAST & WEST WING ................................................£995DOND RIGHT DEAL RIGHT TIME .....................................£995AL MURRAY BBG ......................................................................£895

£70 AWPSDIAMOND GEEZER ................................................................£395STAR WARS DARK SIDE .........................................................£225HOT HOT HOT ........................................................................£195TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT ............................................................£195SAFE CRACKER .........................................................................£195PACMAN POWER UP ..............................................................£175INDIANA JONES HOLY GRAIL ............................................£140

AIR HOCKEYAIRBOY XTREME MINI ....................................................... £1,295GARLANDO SPEEDY 7FT ......................................................£745

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ncredibly, Scotlandseemed to have got thebest of the Easter

weather on Bank Holiday Week-end, with the country reportedas ‘hotter than Tenerife’ onEaster Sunday as familiessoaked up the gloriousweather. Scots headed out-doors to enjoy temperatures ofup to 18c on the west coast ofthe country as southern Eng-land and Wales dodged show-ers and thunderstorms thesame day.

The mixed weather in Eng-land, however, didn’t stop anumber of coastal tourism busi-nesses enjoying a record-break-ing Easter. Tens of thousands ofvisitors, for example, pouredinto Somerset to enjoy the coin-op delights, despite memorieslingering of winter’s devastat-ing floods.

Michelle Michael, co-ownerof the Grand Pier at Weston-Super-Mare’s reported brisktrade. She told local press:“We’ve had a busy Easter weekand Saturday was probably arecord at this time of year. It’sso lovely to see the beach full.It’s quite cold today but thereare still plenty of people outthere.”

Bob Smart, chairman of theSomerset Tourist Association,added: “The evidence is thatpeople have been put off byflood stories so we hope tomake up that backlog in thesummer - or with autumnbreaks. Everyone is pretty satis-fied with what is happeningthis Easter. The school holidaysare spread over three weeks intheir irritating way, which

means that all children in afamily are not always away fromschool at the same time.”

He added: “If Easter occurredin the middle of the school hol-idays we could have squeezeda bit more out of it. The trend isfor people to book later anyway,which is good for the customer,but not so good for the busi-nesses who don’t know wherethey are. Visit England has reallypitched in with its campaign,and it seems to be achievingresults. They have done a goodcampaign for Somerset, Devonand Cornwall. It gives us a bit ofan edge over other parts of thecountry, and we are trying toget money from other sources.”

Meanwhile, the major con-cern for the coastal tourism inDevon and Cornwall was theprolonged closure of the mainrailway line at Dawlish becauseof severe storm damage.

The route opened ahead ofschedule, and in time for Easter,but other repair work aroundthe coast continues. CarolynCusterson, chairman of VisitDevon, stressed the importanceof continuing support for theregion. She revealed: “Bookingsup to Easter were about 23 percent down across the county, sothe crisis earlier this year costDevon around £31m. Ourtourism businesses supportover 74,000 jobs so Visit Devonis delighted that the sunnyEaster has brought so many vis-itors back to the county.”

As ever, Easter didn’t bringsunshine across the whole ofthe UK, but initial reports seemto be that things could havebeen a whole lot worse!

Eastersunshine getsseason off to asolid start

According to Vending Times,it looks like the US is moving

toward a cashless society inwhich the vast majority of allconsumer payments are con-ducted via credit or debit cards.A recent study by MasterCardAdvisors entitled CashlessJourney attributes more than 80per cent of consumer pur-chases in the US to credit ordebit card transactions. That 80per cent may seem close tocashless, even discountingonline purchases that are cash-less by necessity, but not com-pared to countries such asBelgium (93 per cent) or France(92 per cent).

Indeed, the US, at leastaccording to the credit cardgiant, is on the tipping point.Along with countries such asGermany, South Korea, Singa-pore and Japan, the US contin-ues to lag behind mostEuropean countries. Granted,MasterCard has a very largedog in the battle between cashand cashless, but figures from

the US Federal Reserve issuedlast year correlate closely withMasterCard’s conclusions. Thestudy, titled The 2013 FederalReserve Payments StudyRecent and Long-Term Pay-ment Trends in the UnitedStates: 2003-2012, shows asteady increase in cashlesspayments over the previousdecade.

According to the study, theestimated number of noncashpayments, excluding wire trans-fers, was some 122.8 billion in2012, with a value of $79tn.Additionally, the report statedthat the number of non-cashpayments in the US increased atan annual rate of 4.4 per centfrom 2009 - the year examinedin the previous study.

“I think that as far as movingto a cashless society, just look-ing at trends and data, that’s anirrefutable statement,” saidPatrick Frickleton of CoreCashless, which develops pay-ment systems for FECs.“Regardless to what opinion we

have, we have to prepare forless physical money.”

The cashless trend’s wildcard is mobile payments - con-ducted via smartphones.Mobile wallets are still in theroll-out stage, with less than 20per cent of consumers usingthem to make purchases, butthey seem to be gainingmomentum fast.

A recent study by ForresterResearch predicted that mobilepayments would continue togrow at an annual rate of 43 percent through 2018. The trendtoward cashless has been gain-ing momentum in independentlocations as well. In the NewYork City bar and tavern com-munity, non-cash payments cantop 90 per cent. “The truth is,we’d rather not have cash cus-tomers,” said one bar managerof a busy venue catering toupscale twenty-somethingclientele. “It slows down thebartenders and wait staff. Youhave to count it, take it to thebank. Cash is a time-suck and it

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p industry-related news from all around the world this week, as the US moves towards ass society and Singapore’s OAPs boost arcade footfall.

The recent Budget saw bingo duty cut from 20 percent to 10 per cent, but tourism VAT remained at 20per cent. Professor Adam Blakemakes his case for thegovernment to apply the samelogic to tourism as it did to bingo.“politicsadam blake

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attracts sticky fingers.”However, even New York City

is still not cashless. As the barmanager noted, there is a downmarket segment of so-called“dive bars” that remain cashonly or cash preferred scatteredthroughout the city. Not surpris-ingly, these venues are some ofthe most profitable for coin-op,often featuring a pool table, jukeand other equipment. However,these venues have largely beenrelegated to a niche classifica-tion. And, by some accounts,are shrinking in numbers as thecity’s demographics shift.

For the street operator, theuse of mobile payment appscould prove a way to reach outto league members as well ascasual players and patrons. Onthe downside, building out aninfrastructure that either links toa location’s existing POSsystem or runs independentlywill prove a costly proposition.

Meanwhile in the UK, cam-paigners who want to turn aformer bingo hall in Crystal

Palace into a cinema havemanaged to get the buildinglisted as an asset of communityvalue, according to the Croy-don Guardian.

This means if KingswayInternational Christian Centrewants to sell 25 Church Road,communities that want it willhave six months to put togethera bid to buy it.

KICC bought the buildingfrom Gala Bingo in 2009 andBromley Council refused thechurch permission to turn theformer Rialto cinema into aplace of worship at the end ofthat year.

A spokesman for PicturePalace Campaign, which wantsthe property turned into acinema, said there is aprospective buyer which wouldbe prepared to invest a lot ofmoney into the site to turn itinto a cinema.

And finally, in Singapore,three times a week, 64-year-oldcleaner Jenny Lua tries to catcha golden lobster, causing gold

coins to explode over herscreen - and looks of jealousy toappear on the faces of the sen-iors sitting around her, accord-ing to the Straits Times.

Amusement arcades full ofcomputer games were once theplace to hang out for teenagersskipping school, but now theyare attracting a new - and older -generation of thrill-seekers.

“This beats staring at thefour walls at home,” said MsLua. “It’s so exciting. We oldfolk need an interesting way topass time.”

She visits arcades with herhusband to play Fish Hunter,spending two to three hours onthe game each time. Fifty dol-lars’ worth of value on theirarcade card can last them onevisit and, occasionally, two.

“A decade ago Asi Burak developed a video game designed to encourage opposing parties in the Israel-Palestine dispute over land to better understand - even empathise - with each other’s point of view. Thatconflict may be no closer to a resolution, but the concept that interactive games can be used for more thanmere entertainment, even as a tool for positive change, is looking like the next big thing in gaming.”

EDWARD HELMORE, THE GUARDIAN

The UK tourism industry is a majorsector of the economy. It con-

tributes £134bn in direct and indi-rect spend representing 9 per centof GDP, employs 2.72m people andis a key driver of national as well asall UK local economies - creating athird of all new jobs in the UKbetween 2009 and 2011.

But in a global tourism market, thecurrent rate of 20 per cent VAT under-mines UK tourism’s ability to com-pete effectively. Reducing VAT ontourism services to 5 per cent willincrease UK competitiveness, createjobs and grow GDP.

The UK is one of only 14 EU coun-tries that apply the full rate of VAT onadmissions to amusement parks andone of only nine countries thatapplies the full rate on admissions tocultural attractions. Thirteen coun-tries have a reduced VAT rate forrestaurant meals. The EU permitsreduced VAT to be applied to only alimited number of goods and serv-ices, and this includes tourism.

Tourism is the UK’s sixth largestexport-earner, generating over£20bn (including fares to UK carri-ers) from overseas visitors everyyear. Yet the majority of this visitorexpenditure is subject to VAT.Tourism is thus the only UK exportindustry subject to VAT. Reducingtourism VAT to 5 per cent would alsoencourage more domestic holidaysas well as overseas visitors, thusreducing the UK’s imbalance oftourism payments.

There is strong evidence of a clearrelationship between the high rateof VAT and the decline in UK com-petitiveness. The 2013 World Eco-nomic Forum report on Travel andTransportation ranked the UK 138thout of 140 countries in terms of pricecompetitiveness. Along with Air Pas-senger Duty and high fuel prices theUK is missing out on gaining a larger

share of the market by continuingwith its high VAT level for tourism.These factors contribute to the UK’srapidly worsening tourism balanceof payments.

Cutting tourism VAT is the mostefficient way for the government togenerate much needed growth in theeconomy - better than a 2p reductionin Corporation Tax, a 20 per centreduction in rates for employers’national insurance contributions or a1p reduction in the standard VAT rate.

The track record across Europeshows that a reduction in VAT stimu-lates investment, creates employ-ment and boosts growth. Countriesthat have reduced VAT on part oftheir tourism sector in recent years,in spite or indeed because of reces-sion, include Germany, France, Bel-gium, Finland and Ireland. Theevidence confirms the fact thattourism is highly price sensitive andcompetitiveness is damaged by highrates of taxation.

Reducing VAT on tourism serv-ices is a proposition to support long-term and sustainable growth for theUK. UK tourism is labour intensiveand is spread throughout the UK, intowns, cities, rural and coastal areas.It provides jobs at all levels, full-timeand part-time, for men and womenof all ages.

Tourism particularly gives oppor-tunities to young people - 44 per centof people employed in tourism areunder 30, compared with thenational average of 24 per cent.

A survey of campaign supportersshowed that over 95 per cent wouldpass on all or some of the cut in VAT,if achieved. This policy will assistlong-term and sustainable growth forthe UK economy. The tourism sectorwill work with the government tosupport 10,000 long-term unem-ployed back into work to make thispolicy measure fiscally viable.

Compelling casemade for cuttingtourism VAT

“If the pain of paying increases with the transparency of paymentmode, cash payments are more likely to be used for justifiablenecessities and less likely to be used for frivolous luxuries whichmay accentuate the pain of paying. In contrast, using a lesstransparent form of payment such as a credit card or a gift cardlowers the vividness with which one feels that one is parting withreal money, thereby encouraging spending, particularly forhedonically pleasurable luxuries.”

MONOPOLY MONEY: THE EFFECT OF PAYMENT COUPLING & FORM ONSPENDING BEHAVIOUR

“It is a serious matter for the UK industry when a major distribu-tor goes into liquidation. It has not happened too much in recenttimes, so that when it does, attention is focused on the circum-stances and effect.”

DAVID SNOOK, INTERGAME

“Adult game rooms specialising in skill equipment like Skee-balland basketball games, awarding noncash prizes, are opening upin parts of Ohio. The skill game room trend is emerging a yearafter Ohio lawmakers effectively shut down Internet cafés.”

STAFF REPORTER, THE VENDING TIMES

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host its annual Shoot theBirdie golf and clay pigeonshooting competition onJune 6. This year’s eventwill take place at Whittle-bury Park in Notting-hamshire on behalf of theCHIPS charity. The golfevent comprises an 18-holeindividual and team Stable-ford competition with‘nearest the pin’ and‘longest drive’ prizes. Entry

for a team of four is £300 or,for individuals, £80 per per-son. The 80-bird claypigeon competition is opento licence holders and, for ateam of four, entry is £300.

GTI TO SHOWCASE NEWPRODUCTS

TI Asia Taipei Expotakes place at theTaipei World Trade

Centre, Taiwan, on May 8-10. The event will enable theattending overseas anddomestic buyers to checkout the largest number ofproducts from a wide range

manufacturers of amuse-ment machines and relatedproducts, including CPI(formerly MEI), JCM Global,Namco-Bandai and Suzo-Happ.

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NewsweekayExpo claims to be the largest gatheringof gaming operators, service providers,financial intuitions, retailers and trans-

port operators in the UK.Returning for the second year, PayExpo will

take place at London’s ExCeL Centre on June 11-12, and the show is set and to be bigger and bet-ter than ever. Hundreds of delegates have alreadysigned up for the event, looking to receiveexpert advice and guidance from some of thegaming industry’s big players.

PayExpo is the largest gathering of forwardthinking gaming operators, financial institutions,service providers, mobile operators, retailersand transport companies in the UK. The eventwill include four information packed confer-ences, as well as a range of special features andworkshops taking place across the two days.

There will be a number of thought leading

debates on future trends and emerging tech-nologies as well as innovative case studies andregulatory updates. Key speakers at theseinclude representatives from the Gibraltar Bet-

ting and Gaming Association and German com-pany, Lotto-Radar.

Some of the key seminars include ‘Under-standing the Modern Day Consumer’, whereMarc Kidson, chair of the British Youth Councilwill consider the challenges facing ‘GenerationY’ and how to ensure payment products appealto them. Ben Green, head of mobile and pay-ments at Santander, will discuss how to driveinnovation and value to create growth in mobilepayments and how consumer behaviour is shap-ing the future of transaction banking.

Michael Seaman, show director, said: “Pay-Expo offers a comprehensive insight into theindustry covering the latest trends and examplesof best practice. Now in its second year, the showhas become a firm fixture in the industry diarywith many major names set to share the secretsof their success.”

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