The 30th Irish Gaming & Amusement Exhibition, will be held at the Green Isle Hotel, Dublin on Tuesday 3 & Wednesday 4 March 2009. Following the success of AmEx 2008, proposed changes to existing gaming legislation and the introduction of regulations for the growing casino sector will add further to this already successful event. Recent developments in Ireland indicate that there will be considerable interest in AmEx 2009 from those involved in the supply of gaming, amusement, casino, betting and online products and services. There is expected to be a lot of interest in gaming, particularly in the light of current AWP, casino, FOBT and online gaming activity. Many gaming products will be shown, making this an important show from both a gaming and amusement point of view. In addition to the exhibition there will be a programme of meetings, business presentations and social gatherings, continuing the show's reputation for bringing together Irish and international manufacturers, distributors and operators in a businesslike atmosphere.

Visitors from all over Ireland and further afield will converge on Dublin for the two most important days in the Irish Gaming & Amusement Calendar, combining business activities and social events, making it an occasion not to be missed. AmEx 2008 exhibitors have until the end of July to confirm their requirements for 2009, after which all remaining space will be offered to new companies, some of whom failed to get a stand at AmEx 2008 and are already on a waiting list. AmEx is organised by MD Associates and supported by IGAA - The Irish Gaming & Amusement Association (Member Of Euromat). For further information phone +353 45 521 190, email martin@coin-opexpo.eu

FutureLogic, Inc . today announced that it has signed a binding term sheet with TransAct Technologies that settles the current patent litigation and all other legal matters outstanding between the two parties. Under the binding term sheet, FutureLogic has agreed to license TransAct's dual port technology for printers and upgrade kits that utilize the patented technology. The license includes worldwide, perpetual rights for U.S. Patent 6,924,903, U.S. Patent 7,099,035, related applications and patents, and foreign counterparts. FutureLogic, Inc. did not disclose any other details of the agreement.

About FutureLogic
Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Glendale, Calif., FutureLogic designs and builds high-reliability electromechanical assembly solutions for nearly every printing need. As the undisputed leader in super-robust thermal printer technology, FutureLogic is the industry's premier supplier of thermal printers for casino gaming, promotional equipment, kiosk, industrial, RTAL, gas pumps and medical applications. FutureLogic has installed more than 900,000 gaming printers, which produce approximately 4 billion vouchers annually. In July 2004 the company founded FutureLogic Europe Ltd to provide direct sales and engineering support for the growing OEM thermal printer markets in Europe. In October 2006 FutureLogic expanded its global support network into the Asia Pacific market with a new sales and service center in Macau, China. More information on the company is available at

Merit Entertainment has announced the release of their latest Sneak Peek titles – Spider Kings and its symbol version 13 Spiders.  These addictive twists on Spider Solitaire automatically download to all MegaNet-connected Megatouch Force and ION machines.

In Spider Kings, players must clear the entire board of cards in descending order, from King to Ace. 13 Spiders requires players to create 4 descending stacks from 13 to 1. In both games, players can chase the hi-score by playing quickly and racking up bonus points for time left remaining on the clock.

Sneak Peek Games are free to all MegaNet-connected Force and ION machines (including the Aurora). Merit reminds operators that MegaNet itself is free for any broadband-connected Megatouch linked to an AMI jukebox.

"Merit's slate of 2009 Sneak Peek games gives a powerful earnings jump to our connected operators," said Colin Higbie, Merit's Director of Marketing. "We all know that new games and new software attracts players. Not only do MegaNet operators always get the newest games, make money on them months before anyone else, have the software appear automatically without a DVD install, and get updates several times a year, their Megatouches will also be offering players our next batch of Sneak Peeks when other machines are just getting games like Spider Kings for the first time."

Money Controls, world leader in money-handling solutions, has strengthened its North American sales team with the appointment of Rebecca White as VP Sales, North America, with specific responsibility for delivering sales into the retail, kiosk and transportation markets.
Rebecca brings with her considerable knowledge and experience of the retail sector, gained during her previous spell with Money Controls from 1994 until 2002 and her subsequent role with associate company Coinco.
The appointment signals Money Controls’ intent on targeting the retail sector, particularly in the areas of kiosks and self-checkout terminals, as Rebecca explains: “Our portfolio of products for secure handling of cash is the most comprehensive in the industry, covering coin acceptors, bill acceptors and coin hoppers [payouts] and is ideally suited to the retail market. However, we offer more than just individual products; we deliver complete, integrated payment solutions.
“Thanks to ccTalk, the industry open-standard protocol, and PayLink, our USB integration module, our solutions dramatically reduce the cost and time-to-market for new kiosks and terminals, and enable rapid implementation of new applications and services software. Essentially, we present kiosk designers with a payment system that takes care of itself — one that accepts valid coins and bills, rejects frauds and pays out the correct change, with no need for application-specific payment software.
 “But that’s just part of our integration story,” Rebecca continued, “Our Application Engineering Team is unique in the industry, working with OEMs to design custom solutions, incorporating our standard products.”
The company is currently involved with some of the world’s leading kiosk and terminal suppliers on a number of innovative projects such as bulk coin recycling; this reduces a retailer’s coin-handling requirements, as well as simplifying and speeding up self-checkout payment transactions.
“It’s an exciting time in the retail sector and Money Controls’ expertise, coupled with its growing range of products and solutions, was enough to convince me that the time was right to come back home. I’m looking forward to getting reacquainted with former customers and discussing opportunities with new and prospective customers,“ concluded Rebecca.

Money Controls is exhibiting a host of money-handling products from its extensive portfolio at G2E Asia, but the undoubted star on Booth 1129 is the revolutionary Ardac Elite bill and ticket acceptor, with the company showcasing its Server Based Gaming (SBG) capabilities.
Uniquely, Ardac Elite takes a full-colour, whole image of every bill and barcode ticket inserted, yielding 200,000 data points for high-speed analysis by its advanced data processing technology. This enables it to deliver first-time acceptance rates of over 97% for both tickets and street-grade bills. And it’s this technology that ensures Ardac Elite detects all known frauds, even some of the most difficult US ‘superfrauds’, an important consideration in the Asian gaming market, where the US dollar is a widely accepted currency.

Bill Murphy, Money Controls’ Asia Pacific Sales Director, is looking forward to meeting casino operators and machine manufacturers at G2E Asia: “We are currently working on a number of new software features which will enable operators to make the most of Ardac Elite’s advanced technology and add value to their SBG customer interface. One such example, which ties in nicely with the increasing popularity of TITO [ticket in: ticket out] machines, is to send a scanned image of barcoded tickets to back-office systems for data storage of every ticket validated. Scanned note images could also be instantly transmitted to back-office systems. I see G2E Asia as an ideal opportunity to discuss the future of Server Based Gaming with both operators and manufacturers, and to look at ways in which we can work together to realize the full SBG potential of Ardac Elite.”

The display on a PDA of a full-colour image of the last-note inserted is sure to impress visitors to G2E Asia. Now, disputes can be resolved in seconds, with no need to access the cashbox: all floor staff need do is connect a PDA to the USB socket on the front of the Ardac Elite for instant proof of what note was inserted last.

Money Controls has unrivalled experience and expertise in designing and developing money-handling equipment and has gained an enviable reputation for innovation over the last forty years. This innovation began with the Universal Hopper – the latest version of which is still the world leader – and continues today, not just with Ardac Elite, but with other products such as PayLink, Money Controls’ USB integration module. PayLink enables developers to integrate a variety of payment peripherals into the software for new games without having to create bespoke payment software — dramatically reducing the time-to-market for PC-based machines, lowering costs and enabling trouble-free peripheral upgrades.
Ardac Elite, Universal Hopper and PayLink are joined on the Money Controls booth by the Condor Premier coin acceptor and the Cyclone Range of hoppers, which now includes three variants – standard, high-capacity and the new mid-capacity – to meet the differing needs of machine manufacturers.