The UK government said this month it had ratified a code of practice agreed by the Gaming Board of Great Britain and the ABB, which will allow betting shops to continue operating fixed-odds machines, while limiting their number, maximum prize and range of games. [more information]
The Sega Private Show was held this month at the Tokyo Commerical Distribution Centre, where Sega AM2 announced the development of a new arcade game, Quest of D, expected to be released early in 2004. [more information]
U.K. pushbutton and reel mechanism manufacturer Gamesman Ltd. has formed a joint venture with leading coin validation equipment manufacturer Coin Mechanisms Incorporated, who will market the Gamesman product line in North and South America. [more information]
Excellent final attendance figures confirm what many long time industry insiders were privately predicting after only a few days of witnessing the frenzy of commercial activity at the IAAPA Orlando 2003 Convention and Trade Show - the show was the second largest in association history. [more information]
The 2nd annual Golden Tee World Championship was held last week, where 32 of the world's top players met at Friday's Front Row to compete, with Chris Eversole taking the 2003 individual title home and the U.S.A. winning the team trophy. [more information]
Legislation aimed at revamping the way gambling is regulated in South Africa was approved in the national assembly this month, with the passing of the 2003 National Gambling Bill. [more information]
AmEx 2004 organisers, MD Associates, have announced that additional space has been allocated to the 25th anniversary event, which will be held on Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 March 2004 in Dublin. [more information]
The IAAPA and the EAASI announced last week that the organisations have signed a letter of intent to form a new company, of equal shareholding, to own and manage what will be Europe's largest industry show. [more information]
Funworld has announced its new Ski Jumping net game will be launched on Photo Play networks in December 2003, on all linked Photo Play terminals in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Denmark and Finland. [more information]
As a result of the King of Fighters 2003 location test in Japan this week, SNK has released new details of characters for this new edition of the famous fighting series. [more information]
Global VR announced this week the immediate availability of EA Sports PGA Tour Golf Conversion Kits and also unveiled new financing programs for operators who purchase five or more of the Kits with tournament hardware. [more information]
Arcade Planet have announced they will release a number of new products at booth 3021 at the 2003 IAAPA trade show which starts today in Orlando and runs until Saturday 22 November. [more information]
Players from all over met at the German Photo Play event of the year, the Grand Prix Championship in Geiselwind, Bavaria, this month from the 7 - 9 November with Goran Laitkam taking the title of champion for 2003. [more information]
VirTra Systems, Inc. last week announced unaudited results for the third quarter of its fiscal year ended September 30, 2003, where the company cited the fourth consecutive period of comparative increased revenues and narrowing losses. [more information]
Leisure & Allied Industries have released details of it's new western style shooting game, Most Wanted, which will be released and on display at IAAPA 2003. [more information]
Sega Corp, a Japanese video game publisher and arcade game maker, said on Wednesday its group net profit jumped 485 percent in the first half, backed by brisk sales of its arcade game machines. [more information]
TAB-Austria has announced its first worldwide Silverball championship commenced this month on November 7 and will continue until February 29 next year, when the world champion will be announced. [more information]
Fans of the King of Fighters arcade series will be interested to hear SNK Playmore has announced the latest addition, the King of Fighters 2003 machine, will have its location test next week on Friday 21 November. [more information]
VirTra Systems, Inc. announced today that it has contracted with General Electric to utilise the company's promotional virtual reality technology at the 8th Annual Canadian Institute of Mortgage Brokers and Lenders Mortgage Conference and Expo. [more information]
LAI Games celebrates the success of its blockbuster Instant Prize Game Lighthouse and is offering operators a chance to win a Lighthouse for Christmas. [more information]
Incredible Technologies reconfirmed today the annual full course update, the Golden Tee Fore 2005 will ship as planned in March 2004. [more information]
Recent orders for CEW International show that the company is at the forefront as a supplier of Casino products and has a growing client base in Europe and the Americas. [more information]
Introducing the new CSC200 Scaler which will up-convert composite, S-video, or YCbCr component input to high resolution PC or HDTV output. CSC-200 is ideal for use with LCD projector, CRT/LCD monitor, plasma or HDTV display to improve picture quality. [more information]
The American Amusement Machine Association has revealed that two Members of the U.S. Congress - Representatives Joe Baca and Tom Osborne - have formed a "Congressional Sex and Violence in the Media Caucus" and are actively soliciting Members of Congress to join. [more information]
The 2004 ATEI for the international amusement industry will be held from the 27-29 January in London's Earls Court Exhibition Centre and will see the trade show celebrate its 60th birthday. [more information]
Air Games Maxi Fun has announced its new game, the FunBall ShootAir, will premiere at the 2003 edition of the IAAPA Orlando trade show. [more information]
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Namco Europe has revealed it has secured a range of patents to protect the integrity of its new Pac Man Ball game and all future derivatives of the game. [more information]
MGM Mirage has entered into a joint venture agreement with the Earls Court and Olympia Group - plans to develop the Olympia Exhibition Centre into a new gaming and entertainment complex. [more information]
According to a report in the Sunday Herald Sun, in Australia, linked jackpots will be banned, poker machines will no longer accept notes, and players' losses will be strictly limited as part of a tough national gambling strategy. [more information]
VirTra Systems, Inc. today announced publication of The Police Marksman's current edition, featuring the company's IVR-360 simulator as the front cover story. [more information]
Organisers of the ATEI and ICE shows have published a list of recommended hotels and apartment facilities close to the Earls Court exhibition complex with special discounts which can save show visitors up to 55 per cent on published room rates. [more information]
Sega Amusements Europe Ltd have released the long awaited F-ZERO AX, a driving game where players race through an exhilarating 26th Century Sci Fi world at a heart pounding 2000km per hour. [more information]
The Isle of Man's Department of Trade & Industry has appointed John Gilmore as e-gaming Ambassador to address the issues that led a number of the Island's online casinos to leave for other jurisdictions, and help to develop appropriate solutions. [more information]
More than 170 of the machines from the 1950s to the 1990s went under the hammer at the Claremont Showground on Sunday, with all but a few being snapped up in under three hours by a crowd of 300 wannabe pinball-wizards. [more information]
Harbour Group announced last week that it has agreed to acquire certain assets and the business of Rowe International, Inc., a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based manufacturer and marketer of jukeboxes and money-changing machines. [more information]
Golden Tee's 2nd Annual World Championship will be held in Orlando, Florida from 16-18 November 2003 with defending champions Team USA battling the World Team for the trophy. [more information]
Lucky Chip, the game recently launched for the Dutch market, has seen a dramatic increase in business for JPM. Launched initially for the bars, Lucky Chip will be followed by an arcade version in early 2004. [more information]
At a recent meeting of its steering committee in Amsterdam the organisation for European Operators adopted the name the European Casino Operators Association and heard submissions for a Code of Conduct and Mission Statement. [more information]
VirTra Systems, Inc. today announced another purchase order for its IVR-360 training simulator, this one from the City of Chihuahua in the Republic of Mexico. [more information]
On the heels of their recent Meltec Inc. acquisition, BayTek has announced they are in negotiations with Victory Lane Ideas, to purchase their Stock Car Challenge and Stock Car Challenge 2. [more information]
At least one Funworld employee is likely to be filmed in the Good Morning Austria program - with six Funworld employees recently attending the casting call for the show. [more information]
85 of the country's finest Golden Tee golfers teed it up at Official's Time Out sportsbar in suburban Hoffman Estates, IL over the weekend of October 18-19 - total prize money for the event was $30,000. [more information]
Last week, Managing Director of FX Simulation, John Fleming was in Belfast installing the first U2 Mirage simulator into Northern Ireland. [more information]
The dates for the 2004 AMOA Expo and Fun Expo have been set for Thursday, September 30 to Saturday, October 2, in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV. [more information]
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