Brent Sales has expanded the range of sports-themed games in its armoury with the launch of Big Buck Hunter Pro. Manufactured by US-based Raw Thrills, the latest model – which features two rifle-assisted playing positions – will be unveiled at ATEI on stand 910. [more information]
The official launch of the electronic steel and soft tip Wild Bull Dart Board will be held in Sydney on 17 January 2006 and Highway Entertainment would like to extend an invitation to interested Australian Operators to attend this event. [more information]
Highway Entertainment and Darts For Fun are inviting Australian operators to the launch of Wild Bull Dart Boards on Tuesday 17 January 2006 at the Royal Automobile Club in Sydney. The event will offer an ideal opportunity for interested operators to see this electronic dart machine in action and to find out more about this product and its tournaments. [more information]
Steele Publishing, LLC announced yesterday that it has completed the acquisition of GameRoom Magazine, which will join RetroBlast as part of the Steele Publishing family. Steele's plan to expand and update the magazine includes adding consumer retrogaming news and articles alongside GameRoom's industry-leading coverage targeting coin-op, video arcade, and pinball game collectors. [more information]
Brent Electronic, part of the Bandai-Namco group will use ATEI 2006 to unveil a wide selection of low cost, high performance money handling equipment. [more information]
FX Simulation will be showing the brand new 2006 version of the X2 on stand 618 at the ATEI show. The X2 replaces the previous model and has dynamic new styling along with some impressive new features. [more information]
The 5th International Gaming & Entertainment Expo (Gaming 2006) will be staged at the Macau Tower Convention & Entertainment Centre from 27-29 April 2006. According to show organisers, the expo has been widely recognised as the most significant exhibition of its kind in the Asia Pacific region since its inception in 2002. [more information]
Funworld has announced it will hold an International Photo Play tournament at ATEI again this month after the success of the tournament at last year's show. The finals for the 2nd London Open Photo Play tournament will be held at the Photo Play booth on Wednesday 25 January 2006. [more information]
Show organisers have unveiled an exciting new floor plan for ATEI/ICE 2007 which will allow exhibitors to maximise the massive commercial opportunities provided by the London shows. [more information]
As 2006 is the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the Irish Gaming & Lotteries Act, there is considerable speculation, and some hope, that the Government will see its way to finally changing the totally outdated 1956 legislation. [more information]
West London-based fun games distributor Brent Sales will use ATEI 2006 as the launch pad for the latest addition to its extensive product range, Rockin' Bowl-O-Rama, a video bowling game which captures all the excitement and strategy of various bowling alley competitions and fuses them with a nostalgic range of classic 1950's songs. [more information]
TAB-Austria in November 2005 started a new International tournament for its Virtual Pinball. The grand final which will see the world's best player of 'Pirates of the Sea' crowned will be held on February 1, 2006. [more information]
The first Spanish Photo Play Championship was held at the start of this month in a shopping centre in Oviedo where Spain's 32 best players competed in four different disciplines for the Spanish Champion's title and tickets to the Photo Play World Games 2006 in Majorca. [more information]
News has broken this week of a new video amusement gaming range making its first appearance in the UK and Europe as Genesis Games announces an agreement with veteran American game manufacturer and developer TLC Industries. The relationship is set to commence with the exclusive appearance of the 'Texas Fold'em' prize and gaming system at the London show. [more information]
AmEx 2006 - The 27th Irish Amusement & Gaming Trade Exhibition, will be held at the newly refurbished Lynch Green Isle Hotel, Dublin on Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 March 2006 where international technical guru Randy Fromm will conduct a series of technical seminars under the banner "TechFest Ireland 2006". [more information]
Tribeca Tables Europe, Ltd, the leading providers of comprehensive ePoker solutions has announced that Bowmans International Sports Ltd has joined the Tribeca Tables Poker Network, the world's foremost e-poker aggregator. [more information]
Namco-Bandai is preparing to bring its latest 'House of Fun' collection of games to a global audience when the European division takes up residence in its usual place (stand 910) at ATEI 2006. [more information]
Incredible Technologies has released new contest software, FACTS LIVE, for the latest version of its video golf hit, Golden Tee LIVE. Incredible Technologies has also released the AdWiz program, which allows machine owners to create vibrant advertising messages quickly and easily using images saved on their computer. [more information]
TAB-Austria has announced it has developed encoder software for its Max Fire digital jukebox which is free for its customers and enables them to encode their audio CD's for Max Terminals (Max Fire and Silverball Max) and govern their files with CD-covers. [more information]
Sega Amusements Europe Ltd. will be holding court in its usual dominant position at the centre of the ATEI hall this year with two stands. From what Sega has indicated so far it promises to be something of a spectacle with various themes running through the product range, not to mention a few surprises. [more information]
The 62nd annual ATEI takes place on 24-26 January at London's Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Co-located with the world's leading coin-op amusements and soft gaming show are the ICE – incorporating the integral interactive gaming section, ICEi – and the inaugural VES, which promises an exciting mix of new equipment and services for dedicated operators of parks, attractions and venue/theme-based leisure facilities. [more information]
Money Controls – manufacturer of a complete range of secure payment solutions for the gaming industry – is set to launch a brand new note acceptor at ICE 2006. The company remains tight-lipped about the details, except to say it's the next generation of a highly successful product and all will be revealed at stand no. 3368. [more information]
Sega Amusements Europe Ltd reveals for the first time the final design of its House of the Dead 4 deluxe cabinet. The much-awaited game is the first in the industry to adopt new Digital Light Projector monitors. [more information]
The debut of the Korean G Star trade show set records with over 150,000 people attending the four day event in November 2005, qualifying the claims that G Star is one of the world's top three game shows. [more information]
Gaming Technologies, a newly established company dedicated to the manufacture of video games, casino gaming machines, electronic roulettes as well as jackpot and management systems for casino floors, will make its maiden appearance at ICE 2006. [more information]
Talarius plc, the UK-based operator of Quicksilver high street Adult Gaming Centres and Cyberslotz online 'slot' casino, is pleased to announce that Tattersall's Limited, one of the largest operators of lotteries and gaming machines listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, has acquired a 10.1 per cent holding in the company at a price of 130p per share. [more information]
AmEx 2006 - The 27th Irish Amusement & Gaming Trade Exhibition, will be held at the newly refurbished Lynch Green Isle Hotel, Dublin on Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 March 2006. Opening hours will be from 11 am to 6 pm both days. The main exhibition halls are now full but a small number of stands remain in the hotel foyer and a number of syndicate rooms are also available. [more information]
Last month TAB-Austria launched its multigame platform - the Virtual Pinball at the SAGSE exhibition in Argentina, which was met with immense interest and a good response according to the company. The Virtual Pinball features a 42" plasma display and five games. [more information]
In a dazzling display of trackball proficiency Team USA defeated a tough but inexperienced international squad to reclaim the team title at the Golden Tee World Championship held last month in Orlando. [more information]
PMT last month announced it has been granted exclusive rights to distribute Fantasy Entertainment's range of portrait and entertainment systems in the UK and Europe including the world's first 3D Crystal machine, which was released at IAAPA 2005. [more information]
UltraCade Technologies last week announced that the highly anticipated 2006 software update for the Breeders' Cup – Tournament Edition product is now available. Packed with over a dozen new features and a simplified interface, the 2006 software update is a significant achievement. [more information]
Introducing the 2.4GHz wireless Audio/Video Transceiver which allows the user to watch videos at a location away from the video source such as DVD players and VCR's without the need for cables. [more information]
Highway Entertainment has announced it is proud to be distributing Wild Bull Dart Boards in Australia in conjunction with Darts For Fun. The Wild Bull Dart Board is a fully electronic, coin operated, arcade style bristle dart board that scores both steel and soft tip darts. [more information]
Highway Entertainment is proud to be distributing Wild Bull Dart Boards in Australia in conjunction with Darts For Fun. The Wild Bull Dart Board is a fully electronic, coin operated, arcade style bristle dart board that scores both steel and soft tip darts. [more information]
Brent Sales has made a major new signing with the appointment of John Crompton, who now has specific responsibility for the South-East and South Coast of England, East Anglia and Wales. [more information]
"A very satisfying outcome to one of the longest commercial courtships in the industry" is how Nick Harding, CEO of Talarius described the company's acquisition of Blackheath Leisure. The deal, for a total consideration of £19m, was announced to the London Stock Exchange this month and takes Talarius' aggregate spend on acquisitions over the last four months to £30m. [more information]
The 2006 International Casino Exhibition (ICE), which takes place at London's Earls Court 2 on 24-26 January, is on track for yet another record-breaking year according to show organisers. Whilst the last few remaining stand pitches have been filled, online visitor registrations have been pouring in and show organisers ATE have confirmed that entry badge requests are already up year-on-year. [more information]
JPM has further revealed its changing product direction as it last month launched its Gameology system which brings SWP games to interactive TV. JPM also recently announced the appointment of Charles Walker as a director who will set and implement JPM's business strategy as it enters new markets. [more information]
Project has announced that its highly successful Wild Cash Section 34 rebuild is being made available in the company's PlayPack format, and said this will give massive savings to operators. [more information]
The Tribeca Tables Poker Network, one of the world's foremost e-poker aggregators, has this month announced the launch of a new game called Badugi Poker. [more information]
TiLE announced this month the expansion of its leading exhibition and conference as well as the appointment of a new TiLE conference committee chairman. [more information]
The ATEI show which is to be held on the 24-25-26 January 2006 at Earls Court 1, London, UK, more widely known as "The London Show" on the international circuit, will have on offer a diverse range of products and services by a number of different suppliers. [more information]
The corporate identity for the recently merged BANDAI NAMCO Group of companies has been unveiled by chairman and director Kyushiro Takagi and president and representative director Takeo Takasu. [more information]
Elo TouchSystems, Inc., one of the global leaders in touch technology and a business unit of Tyco Electronics, is launching several exciting gaming and amusement oriented products on booth 1830 at the ATEI Exhibition, Earls Court, London, 24 to 26 January 2006 including a new family of rear mount gaming LCDs, tabletop LCDs and the recently launched 1529L touchcomputer <i>(pictured)</i>. [more information]
Ireland is going roulette crazy – according to Ron Vinson, whose company Amusement Machine Services is responsible for marketing and distributing the Casino King product for Project. His appraisal of the Irish gaming market is based on what he describes as "a substantial and growing order book" for Casino King, which was launched in a dedicated Irish format earlier this year. [more information]
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