26 April 2007 26/4/07 - ASI 2008 Dates and Location Announced
The 2008 Amusement Showcase International will be held Thursday, March 27 through Saturday, March 29, 2008, in South Hall 1, Lower Level, of the Las VegasConvention Center, AAMA President Michael Rudowicz announced today.
"We are pleased to be returning to the Las VegasConvention Center in 2008," Rudowicz said. "The 2007 show was a huge success and we are looking forward to another great show in 2008."
Exhibit applications for ASI 2008 are now being accepted.
The Amusement Showcase International is owned and sponsored by the American Amusement Machine Association (AAMA) and managed by William T. Glasgow, Inc. For additional information, contact show management at 708.226.1300 or fax 708.226.1310 or E-mail info@asi-show.com . To request photos of the 2007 show, please email Christen Embry at cembry@wtglasgow.com
19 April 2007 19/4/07 - Kiosk Europe Still Growing!
KIOSK EUROPE EXPO 2007, one of the largest self-service trade events in the world, is still growing, signing up ever more exhibitors (now well over 110!), including Panasonic and the Fraunhofer Institute IAIS, who have some incredibly exciting, cutting-edge technology lined up. And it won't just be for show - visitors will even be able to try it out for themselves!
KIOSK EUROPE are also very happy to announce the participation of Lotus Cars, the sports car manufacturer, who will be showing off their latest models and announcing some very special incentives at the event ? The organisers are tight lipped but tell us that visitors test-driving the solutions on show at the Self-Service Solutions Parlour, could well be getting behind the controls of something a little bit different!
18 April 2007 18/04/07 - New Innovation to Upgrade older Vending Machines
Cleveland area company, Vendors Exchange, showcased options in cashless payment at the NAMA Spring Expo, including unveiling a revolutionary Universal Vending Machine Control Board that will upgrade older machines to existing technology and prepares them for future technological advances.
03 April 2007 2/4/07 - AGI's Coolfire II conquers Switzerland
After the great success of Austrian Gaming Industries’ Coolfire™ I product generation, the company’s latest gaming platform Coolfire™ II and its Duo-Vision™ and Tri-Vision™ cabinets are well on their way to conquering Swiss casinos.
Successful gaming concepts and outstanding high-quality products have made Austrian Gaming Industries the most successful provider of electronic gaming equipment in Switzerland. The country is a key market for AGI and the top-performing Multi-Gaminator® is its favorite electronic gaming machine, in which various versions incorporate exciting game mixes for a maximum of flexibility and gaming fun.
Besides the great success of the Coolfire™ I gaming products, AGI is also the undisputed market leader when it comes to multi-players in Switzerland. With the Roulette products Novo TouchBet® Live-Roulette and Novo Multi-Roulette™ the company successfully retains a 100% market share.
The outstanding customer service provided by AGI’s local exclusive distributor ESCOR Automaten AG, is another vital factor of the success of AGI’s products in Switzerland. Pascal Chambettaz of ESCOR is highly satisfied and notes that AGI’s new Coolfire™ II gaming equipment is proving to be very popular among Swiss casino guests. “The cash box results are excellent,” says Chambettaz. “All the new games are well above the average Swiss casino slot performance.”
This new Swiss story of success is being driven by the Coolfire™ II games Enchanted Jewel™, Egyptian Experience™, Beyond the Stars™, Fruits on Fire™ and the brand new Hannibal™ as well as the buzzing Mosquitozzz™. The games are housed in the highly attractive Duo-Vision™ cabinet with two extra-wide TFT screens – Mosquitozzz™ even offers guests maximum action on all three wide-screens of the Tri-Vision™ cabinet.
Swiss casino operators appreciate AGI’s best selling combination of top-performing games and superior cabinets. Pascal Chambettaz comments: “The feedback I got from my customers at the ICE show in London was extremely positive. The new slant top with the 27” top screen was even rated as the ‘most beautiful slant top of the show’ and its flip screen feature, which allows the player to switch the main game from the bottom to the top screen, was praised as ‘pure genius’. With this feature the new slant top allows the guest to play in his ergonomically perfect position. It is obvious that my customers can hardly wait to get their hands on this machine, too”.
Chambettaz hopes to follow up the success of the best selling Multi-Gaminator® with the Coolfire™ II generation of games. The prospects are good. Several Swiss casinos have acquired whole clusters of Mosquitozzz™ in Tri-Vision™ cabinets that are attracting high levels of play.
16/3/07 - Dave & Buster's is considering E-Tickets
Dave & Buster's is considering E-Tickets, the paperless redemption operation developed by Sacoa:
Dave and Busters, which continues to use the Sacoa hardware in it's 48 stores, has expressed interest in Sacoa's new generation of wireless controllers. These have the capability of working with both paper tickets and 'E-tickets'. This would allow the Dallas-based company to save over a million dollars per year in paper ticket cost, without incurring any development costs and guaranteeing compatibility with the thousands of Sacoa controllers currently in use on it's non-redemption games. As the new generation wireless controllers are fully compatible with the previous generation, this would also enable D&B to eventually move to wireless operation's if it so chooses
