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“Councils aren’tanti-bookies butneed powers totackle the damagethat can be causedto high streets by theclustering of bettingshops.”

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Industry must grasp oppoTECHNOLOGYThe Gambling Commission’sPhilip Graf believes that thereis a clear opportunity for thegambling industry todemonstrate that it is seriousabout using innovation andtechnology to develop betterplayer protection tools andadopt a more sociallyresponsible approach as wellas to grow its business. He stated: “Regulators cansupport and endorse aproactive industry approach toplayer protection, but it is theoperators themselves that arefar better placed than anyoneelse to identify andcommission the mostpromising avenues forimprovement. “They haveaccess to player dataregarding time and moneyspent and need to use thatdata much more effectively -and be prepared to share theirfindings so that we can alllearn more about how to keepplayers safe. “We look forward, one day, tobeing able to move away fromissues such as stake and prizelimits to a more player

focussed approach aimed atprotection of those who need itand regulation that reflects thetechnological world we live in.We need to be able to showopinion formers that innovationis being used to improve playerprotection, so they feel

Single site operators servingLancashire seaside resort

Blackpool will be buoyed to hearthat the proposed Early MorningRestriction Order in the town hasbeen thrown out by councillors.The town’s licensing committeehas rejected an application by thepolice for an EMRO. BlackpoolCouncil announced the decisionthis week after a four-day hearingat the town hall.

Blackpool Police had appliedfor the order which they said wasnecessary to combat alcohol-fuelled disorder in the towncentre. But club and pub bossesopposed the move saying itwould sound the death knell forsome venues and send out thewrong message about Blackpool.

The town would have been thefirst local authority in the coun-try to introduce an EMRO. Thedecision must now go to the fullcouncil for ratification.

Cllr Tony Williams, leader of theConservative group on Black-pool Council, told local press:“The council had already statedin their ‘Blackpool Plan’ that theywould implement an EMRO so Iwas surprised and delighted thatafter hearing both sides of theargument that the whole com-mittee agreed not to go ahead. Ialways said that the whole debatewas a farce and I think a unani-mous decision has proved meright. The police’s action andposition has disappointed a lot ofbusinesses and residents in the

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confident that people can enjoygambling without undue risk. “Until this happens, politiciansand the public will remain, atbest, ambivalent andsometimes antagonistictowards gambling operators.Public confidence will only be

built by a demonstrablecommitment to playerprotection and building growthon responsible gambling notthose gambling to excess. Butthat public confidence is thekey to sustainable growth andinnovation.”

town and they now have to startto build bridges to repair rela-tionships. What I will be demand-ing to know is just how muchpublic money has been wastedon this debate especially from thepolice’s resources at a time whenthey are complaining aboutbeing stretched.”

Cllr Simon Blackburn, leaderof Blackpool Council, countered:“Of all the many objections to theEMRO, nobody suggested thatlate night drinking in Blackpoolwas not a problem - so that is agood starting point. Our effortsto improve the town’s economy,the public health and the visitorexperience are all reliant upon asolution to this problem beingfound. It is not acceptable to con-

tinue to let the problems of latenight drinking and violence toharm our economy and disruptthe lives of our residents.”

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n a speech entitled: “Innova-tion as a force for good -exploiting technology to

secure public confidence,” Gam-bling Commission chairman PhilipGraf spoke of how the UK gamblingindustry is in the midst of a revolu-tion, but player protection mustremain at the forefront of stake-holders’ minds.

Graf told delegates at ICE: “Manypoliticians and members of thepublic believe that high stakegaming machines and online gamesare inherently dangerous and addic-tive and that they exploit the vul-nerable. And whether or to whatextent that is true, it is a widely pub-licised belief.

“Our legislation hard wiresrequirements such as limits onmachine numbers, stakes and prizesand provides a crude proxy protec-tion for players. Advertising is seenas pervasive and exploitative byvocal groups and by politicians. Reg-ulators, determined to protect vul-nerable people by means ofproportionate, rational regulation,have surprisingly little good infor-mation to work with, when facedwith innovations and products notdreamt about ten years ago.

“The industry recognises thatthere are risks to the vulnerable andthat owners and boards accept theyneed to put social responsibility ona par with responsibility to theirshareholders. This will mean that we,as regulators, are in a position toassure the public that the industrycan be allowed to innovate and grow.

“Probably what concerns theBritish public most at the momentabout gambling is the possible riskto players of high stake gamingmachines and the growth ofonline gambling, especiallymobile gambling.

“Operators are not using thesame tools and analytical approachthey use to manage commercial risk

and opportunity to understand therisk to players or in some cases themoney laundering risk. Shouldn’tthe same analytic techniques beingapplied to commercial marketingand risk be applied elsewhere – tohelp identify which players aremore likely to be engaged in harm-ful gambling behaviour and to helpus find ways of targeting player pro-tection and advice measures?

“It is not sufficient to say thatthere are ‘only’ 0.5 per cent ofpeople who are problem gamblers,and they can be treated. Very fewof those seek help and there is amuch larger group who have someissues and could be helped by theindustry providing more sophisti-cated self-help tools or staff sup-port. The industry needs to findways to identify and target help tothose in this group.

“We are starting to see a wel-come increase in operators provid-ing access to data andcollaborating with researchers.The RGT ran a harm minimisation

conference last December, fundedby the industry, bringing in expertsfrom around the world.

“But the concerned public arenot yet convinced that sufficient,real effort is being made to harnessmodern analytic techniques andtechnology in pursuit of player pro-tection. This was clear in the debatein Parliament on the remote gam-bling bill - whether it be a nationalself-exclusion scheme or mandat-ing the best international practices.

“The public need to see theindustry really trying to use modernanalytics techniques to help themdistinguish where the industrymoney comes from – to what extentfrom healthy recreational gamblersor to what extent from those withharmful behaviour patterns – andto see operators harnessing moderntechnology to reduce the risk oftheir growth and prosperity beingpartly on the back of problematicgamblers. The industry will not havecredibility until it can make a betterfist at dealing with that issue.”

Graf believes innovationis a force for goodMARKET ANALYSIS

In his keynote speech at the ICE World Regulatory Briefing,Philip Graf, chairman of the Gambling Commission, praised theindustry’s innovation and technology, while reinforcing themessage that social responsibility is paramount.

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Talarius, the UK’s largest operator ofadult gaming centres, has revealed

that a new electronic service systemhas been rolled out to all of its venuesacross the UK which will help to fur-ther increase operational efficiency ofthe business.

Invested in as part of Talarius’ longterm growth strategy’, the new system

creates a live database which acts as acentral hub for all engineers and venuemanagers. The system provides realtime updates so engineers are immedi-ately informed of any machine faultslogged by venue managers. This enablesTalarius’ bespoke team of engineers tomanage time more effectively and serv-ice the needs of the company in a far

more efficient manner than was previ-ously possible.

As a result, overall machine down-time is significantly reduced. Thesystem also provides Talarius’ manage-ment team with a central overview ofdevelopments within each venue,enhancing the overall operations of thebusiness.

Talarius launches new electronic serviOPERATORS

A new real-time systemrolled out across the UK hasimproved efficiency andreduced machine downtimeacross Talarius adultgaming centres.

ndustry trade bodyBACTA has formeda working group to

address the recent HMRCVAT repayment demands.After consultation with thegroup,

BACTA is meeting with aleading Silk to explore whatoptions are open to mem-bers with regards thesedemands. Specifically, Coun-sel will be asked:•Whether there are any

legal arguments to chal-lenge the validity of theassessments issued byHMRC under the terms ofthe VAT Act 1994 follow-ing repayment of allegedoverpaid VAT to taxpayersin relation to “Linnewe-ber” claims;

•Whether an assessmentcan be raised on a protec-tive basis at all, in circum-

stances where HMRC con-sider themselves liable tomake a repayment of tax

•Whether there are anylegal arguments to chal-lenge the enforcementaction now being taken byHMRC in respect of theprotective assessmentsthat were issued and

•How taxpayers can bestprotect their position inlight of the enforcementaction.Any non-member can join

the association to takeadvantage of BACTA’s workand receive free adviceabout how to take this issueforward if it affects them.

Meanwhile, last week,John Powell, BACTA’s treas-urer, Leslie MacLeod-Miller,BACTA’s CEO and PeterBingle, BACTA’s parliamen-tary advisor met with the

Exchequer Secretary to theTreasury, David Gauke MP, todiscuss BACTA’s pre-Budgetrequests. Although veryshort, the meeting was suc-cessful the Minister waspleased to learn more aboutBACTA and the industry werepresent. He noted BACTA’sconcerns about the state ofthe industry and requests forreforms, including simplifi-cation and rate reductions.

As he explained, all taxesand tax regimes are keptunder review as part of theregular Budget process. Hewill be considering gam-bling taxation with his offi-cials in the run up to Budget14. Budget decisions aretaken in the round, with thegovernment mindful of ahost of competing pres-sures, including the state ofthe public finances.

TEN PIN

Aten-pin bowling alleyincorporating a FEC is

set to open in MerthyrTydfil. The idea has longbeen touted and nowMerthyr Tydfil County Bor-ough Council has decidedto proceed with a newbowling complex andadventure play facility inthe town’s RhydycarLeisure Village.

The new complex will-include a 14-lane ten-pinbowling alley, adventureplay facility with partyrooms, coin-op gamesand food and drink out-lets. A definite openingdate is yet to be con-firmed, however. Councilleader, Cllr BrendanToomey, told local press:“I am delighted toannounce that it has nowbeen confirmed that a ten-pin bowling and adventureplay facility will be devel-oped at the last remainingvacant unit. This is excel-lent news for MerthyrTydfil and will form thefinal piece of the jigsaw at

the leisure village and I ampleased that we coulddeliver this developmentduring this administration.

“The completion of theleisure village with thedevelopment of the bowl-ing facility is very fitting atthis time, given that theformer leader of the coun-cil, Harvey Jones, whowas the political architectof the leisure village, hasnow returned to the coun-cil to see his visionrealised.”

The bowling alley willform part of the existingleisure services section atthe council and create atleast 20 new jobs.

Cllr Toomey concluded:“In addition to providing areturn for the council, thiswill also contribute to thecouncil’s vision and prior-ity outcomes, includingbuilding a strong, sustain-able and diverse econ-omy, and offering peoplewho live, work and visitMerthyr Tydfil a healthierand better quality of life byimproving physical activ-ity and play facilities.”

New ten pinbowling complexslated for Merthyr

BACTA forms HMRCworking groupCoin-op’s tradebody BACTA hasbeen very busy oflate, as it continuesits lobbying effortsto better serve theindustry, includingthe formation of anHMRC workinggroup and ameeting with DavidGauke MP.

LOBBYING

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BACTA members areaware that making a

contribution to Research,Education and Treatment isa condition of their Gam-bling Commission operat-ing licence and a conditionof BACTA membership.

In previous years, BACTAcollected these paymentsfrom members and for-warded them to the

Responsible GamblingTrust. BACTA no longer col-lects payments from mem-bers, and members havebeen reminded to maketheir payment directly tothe RGT.

The Gambling Commis-sion commented: “As withall licence conditions, theGambling Commissiontakes compliance very seri-

ously. While it is open tooperators to decide howbest to comply, many oper-ators find the simplest wayto do so is to make a contri-bution to the ResponsibleGambling Trust. Making asuitable contribution to theTrust will always be accept-able to the Commission andwe encourage operators totake that option up.”

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INDUSTRY AMUSEMENTS LEISURE B2B COMMENT NEWSWEEK

REGENERATION Southendamusements could find a newaddition to its ranks? 10

takeholders in the leisure and hos-pitality industry have long beencampaigning for a VAT cut. This

week’s Parliamentary debate focussed onwhether the government should reduceVAT for businesses in the sector to 5 percent, down from the current rate of 20per cent.

The debate was scheduled by a group ofMPs who took part in a round table organ-ised by Cut Tourism VAT in London lastmonth. Cut Tourism VAT, which is sup-ported by over 3,500 hospitality busi-nesses and associations, is encouragingeveryone in the industry to send a letter totheir MPs ahead of the debate. The cam-paign has published a template letter call-ing on MPs to support a reduction in VATon tourism accommodation and visitorattractions as a first step.

Graham Wason, chairman of Cut TourismVAT, said: “This is the first ever debatefocused exclusively on tourism VAT in Par-liament and is an important opportunitythat industry must take advantage of. TheCampaign is working with all of our sup-porters to encourage MPs to take part andto raise awareness of the strong eco-nomic evidence behind the casefor a reduction.”

British Hospitality Associationchief executive Ufi Ibrahim saidthe debate was proof that eventhe smallest grassroots cam-paign could be effective: “Everyletter, every conversation, everymention of the importance ofhospitality and tourism, andthe potential to drive

additional wealth and jobs through a com-petitive VAT rate gets us one step closer tothe prize.”

Under EU laws, member states are per-mitted to reduce VAT rates for a limitednumber of services and industries, includ-ing tourism. Other EU countries havetaken advantage of this, with all but fourmember states introducing reduced VATrates for visitor accommodation, and 13member states introducing lower VATrates for restaurants.

However, UK government has repeat-edly ignored calls to reduce the VAT ratefor tourism and hospitality, because itbelieves the cut would be too expensive.

Campaigners argue that cutting VAT forhospitality and tourism would increase rev-enue because it would improve the compet-itiveness of UK tourism in Europe,encouraging more foreign visitors andtempting Brits to holiday closer to home.Treasury adviser Professor Adam Blake notedin an independent report published in 2013that cutting tourism VAT to 5 per cent wouldbe “one of the most efficient, if not the most

efficient, means of generating GDP gainsat a low cost to the Exchequer.”

Brighton and Hove MP Caro-line Lucas concluded: “The factthat the UK is one of the fewEuropean countries that does-n’t have a reduced rate of taxon tourism puts us at a majordisadvantage,” pointing outthat a reduced rate wouldboost UK businesses, create

jobs and deliver revenue tothe Treasury.

VAT in tourism andhospitality sectors debate reaches halls of Westminster

The first ever House of Commons debate on tourism and hospitalityVAT took place in Westminster Hall this week.

DEBATE

service system

Peter Harvey, chief executive ofTalarius, said: “We are delighted tobe launching this new system,which will improve the efficiencyof our operations. Our research hascontinually shown that customersbecome dissatisfied when theirfavourite machines are unavailableand this investment is just one of

the steps we’ve taken to ensure weare capable of providing the bestpossible service for our customers.Talarius has an excellent team ofhighly skilled engineers who havebeen hand-picked over the yearsfor their experience and expertise,and this system will allow them toflourish further.”

Brighton’s beleagueredWest Pier has become

the latest victim of therecent horrendousweather that has bat-tered the British coast.

A number of main sup-ports on the eastern sideof the skeletal structurewere washed away in70mph winds, splittingthe former pavilion intotwo sections.

Rachel Clark, chiefexecutive of the WestPier Trust, said: “Therehave been collapses forseveral weeks as we’vehad the high winds. Asignificant section of thepavilion island skeletonhas collapsed. It’s verysad but it was alwaysgoing to happen.”

Opened in 1866 anddisused since 1975, theGrade I listed pier suf-fered a fire in 2003 andhas since stood as amuch-loved relic to agolden age of seasideresorts.

Going,going,gone?

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Industry INDUSTRY AMUSEMENTS LEISURE B2B COMMENT NEWSWEEK

EXHIBITION This year’s ICE Totally Gamingexpo broke all records and all expectations -none more so than the coin-op contingent. 12

BINGO

The Mecca Bingo hall in Springfield Quay, Glasgow, has uploaded a video toYouTube with members of staff and players alike dancing along to the Phar-

rell Williams song ‘Happy’.The clip starts with the name of the song and the artist and then viewers

are invited to “Come and play at our house” by text on the screen before themusic starts and an array of staff and members of all ages are shown dancingalong and generally having a good time.

With all due respect to some of the dancing routines, while the clip won’twin any awards, it illustrates how operations are increasingly marketing them-selves effectively in a creative, cost-effective way.

With over eight months’development time spentin perfecting the look

and play of the sensationalnew Arena centrepiece fromEmpire Games, RLMS Sales hasset out to do justice to thismodel, placing it as one of thekey multi-players in their2014 product offering. Talking about the initiative,MD Phil Boulton explained:“We first saw the prototypeof this model almost a yearago and said to Empire MDCraig Beer at that time, theyreally had something here.Craig and his team contin-ued to develop the modeland gameplay in the follow-ing months, and we got ourfirst few Arenas out in the lastquarter of 2013. The results on £70were tremendous. Whilst the lookof a gaming product doesn’talways translate to excellent cash-box, this is one example wherethe two elements work in sweetharmony. It really is an attractivepiece for any AGC or bingo envi-

ronment. The chairs alone makeyou want to sit down and play it!”

RLMS Sales is selling Gold RunArena with some attractive inter-est-free payment terms to assistthose operators who are looking toinvest heavily in new Cat C models.

Martin Austin, new accountsmanager for the company, added:

“Following EAG, I have manyoperators interested inknowing more about theArena. On face value, they arehappy with the look, the qual-ity of build, the game play, theprice and the paymentterms. If it can perform on£100, as well as or betterthan the £70 versions, thiswill be the Arena productof 2014. There is very littleelse it competes with in itsfield, in terms of reel based,multi-player, sit-downproduct, yet there is still abig demand for this type ofmachine from both players

and operators alike.”The Gold Run branding

has spawned a number of off-spring for 2014, with a CAT Dmulti-player version available, a three-player CAT C in the stand-up WOW cabinet, a single-player, CAT D in the smallDynamic Cab and even a B3 GoldRun multi-player.

APPOINTMENTS

Sim Bielak has joinedparts and peripherals

specialist Suzo-Happ asexecutive vice presidentand general manager for

the global bill-to-billproduct line.

“Sim possesses awealth of experience inthe payment businessthrough his knowledgeof the products and the

industry,” said JamesBrendel, CEO of Suzo-Happ. “His customercentric approach is aperfect fit for the Bill-to-Bill product line.”

Bielak, who has been

in the industry for 14years, was on hand atthe ICE show in Londonto promote the bill-to-bill product line lastweek, which featuredthe 200G model.

Glasgow bingo hall posts promo video on Youtube

Bielak joins Suzo-Happ

RLMS strikes Gold withArena centrepieceDISTRIBUTORS

Burton-based distributor RLMS Sales is placing its faith in one of Empire Games’most promising three-player Cat C games now that the £100 prize level is startingto establish itself in the AGC and bingo sectors.

COURSE

Falmouth University haslaunched a degree

course in digital games.Students will gain skills inprogramming, design, art,animation, audio andwriting and create theirown video games.

The announcement fol-lows the launch ofAlacrity Falmouth, a£1.1m graduate pro-gramme supported by theEuropean RegionalDevelopment Fund,designed to feed gamedevelopment in Cornwall.

GamecreationstudiesdegreeheadsFalmouthway

STORM

Amusement arcades and otherleisure businesses in Dorset

have been severely disruptedafter the coast was bombarded by70mph winds and huge waves lastweek.

The worst storm the county hasseen for 30 years brought dra-matic scenes to Weymouthseafront, as waves crashed ontothe resort’s promenade.

The power of the sea was sosevere that waves also crashedover the sea wall at the coastal vil-lage of Chiswell, sending f loodsirens sounding.

Anthony Bennett, companydirector of Weymouth Pier Amuse-ments, said waves smashed into awater pipe on the pier’s band-stand and damaged the watersupply to the structure.

He told the Dorset Echo: “Ithasn’t completely stopped oursupply but has affected our waterpressure.

“Wessex Water came out imme-diately to assess and fix thedamage and we had sandbagsgiven to us from the EnvironmentAgency which also helped a lot.”

Storms hitsouth westamusements

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The prestigious annualawards were hosted at the SavoyHotel in London last week. TheInternational Gaming Awards ,the ‘Oscars’ of the gamblingindustry, recognise outstandingperformances throughout the

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petition has been setup against plans for anew AGC in Shepton

Mallet by local trader TinaEdgar, backed by Sheptoncouncillor Bente Height anddistributed to traders acrossthe town. The application for7 Town Street is waiting forMendip District Council’slicensing department toapprove a licence, and thenthe premises can go ahead totrade as an AGC.

Edgar told local press: “Thisarcade is not going to do anygood - there are enough prob-lems around here already. Ithink it’s wrong that wehaven’t had the opportunity totalk about it. As far as we wereaware this had all just goneaway. Until Councillor Heighttold us it had been approved,none of us had any idea thearcade was going ahead.”

Julie Duncan of PeppersCatering, in the town, added:“I feel disappointed that as amember of the public I havenot had the opportunity to putforward my views in a full plan-ning meeting where we couldspeak against this. You don’thave to be a rocket scientist toknow it’s not going to do anygood for the town.”

Height, together with Coun-

cillor Jeanette Marsh, asMendip ward councillors forShepton Mallet East said theyhad done everything in theirpower to find a way to stop thearcade getting approval.

The town council votedagainst the application, butthe Mendip District Councilplanning officer, after lengthyinvestigation, approved theapplication. The applicationwas then passed to Height andMarsh for their views.

Height said: “We were bothin agreement that an amuse-ment arcade is not suitable forthe little market town of Shep-ton, especially consideringthe problems that alreadyexist in our town centre. Theplanning process requires thatour recommendations go tothe planning chairman andthe vice chairman andtogether with the planningteam manager take the finaldecision.”

She concluded: “Unfortu-nately they felt that the mate-rial reasons for refusal werenot strong enough, so theapplication was granted. We,however, have not given uphope and will continue ourwork to find a way whereuponcommon sense and consider-ation for people will prevail.”

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SheptonMallet AGCplan meetswithpredictableoppositionADULT GAMING CENTRES

Traders inSheptonMallet haveprotestedagainst an adultgaming centrethat has beengiven the go-ahead in thetown.

AANALYSIS

There is something so perplexing about this case thatit’s difficult not to stand up and scream at the paper

when you read it. Forget the fact that this is an age old NIMBY argu-

ment that refuses to acknowledge that businessesthemselves have rights - the councillors and the peti-tioners should recognise that the law is there as much toprotect the hard working AGC operator from the NIMBYactivists as much as it is to listen to their arguments.

However, the interesting point that keeps poking itshead from behind the curtain in this issue is the constantreferences to the problems in the Shepton Mallet areacurrently. “There are enough problems around herealready”; “considering the problems that already exist inour town centre...” - it beggars the question, who’s takingthe blame for running this town into the ground so far. It’sclearly not the AGC applicant. And this is the questionthat perhaps the local traders need to ask themselves -what have they been doing to create so many problemsin this area? By their own accounts, there are clearlyissues in the town; but before they point their accusatoryfingers at the AGC operator who wants to pay counciltax, who wants to employ local people, who wants toinvest in the local infrastrucure, and who wants to bringcommercial prosperity to the local area; perhaps theyshould ask themselves, why the hell have they failed intackling the town’s existing problems to date?

They’ve managed somehow to offer up a scapegoatfor their own failings - but it’s a bit too early really - theAGC’s only just received its planning permission. No,their problems are all of their own design.

Perhaps when messrs Height, Marsh et al comedown from their high horses, they might see somecommon sense and realise that a busy AGC, bringingemployment and footfall, beats an empty shop unit anyday of the week.

JUKEBOXES

Music contentprovider Soundnet

has made its rental deal,which was trialled in2013, open to all opera-tors. The firm’s TobyHoyte said: “Jukeboxeshave moved centre stagein recent years, compet-ing and even beatingother forms of pub retailpay per play equipmentfor cashbox take. Cannyoperators have recog-nised that jukeboxes arefar from being ancillaryequipment, and make thejukebox their flagshipproduct in manyvenues.”

Recent significantorders from the UK’s twolargest operators Scep-tre and Gamestec forSound Leisure jukeboxesillustrate this point.

Soundnet, exclusivemusic supplier for SoundLeisure digital juke-boxes, is keen that alloperators have a chanceto invest in the latestjukeboxes in order torealise the benefits. Thecompany has launched arental-purchase scheme,which will allow all UKoperators to upgradetheir estates for no capi-tal outlay.

There are two stan-dard offers, both includ-ing the cost of the musicand culminating in oper-ator ownership of thejukebox.

Hoyte concluded: “Wetrialled this rental offerlast year and withoutexception it has provento be huge success. Weare now making this offeropen to everyone. It isnow possible to get abrand new SoundLeisure jukebox within aweek for no capital cost.Operators can use thisoffer to grow or establishtheir business while keepexisting sites happy withthe latest machines.”

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CRIME

Police in Skegness haveissued an appeal for

information after thievesstole an unspecifiedamount of blue power leadfrom one of the resort’samusement arcades.

The theft occurred at onarcade on Skegness’s NorthParade sometime between10.30pm on January 29 and10.45am on January 30.

In a statement, SkegnessPolice said: “The offendersgained entry to an amuse-ment complex on NorthParade, Skegness by cuttingthrough a wire fence.

“Once inside the offenderhas stolen a quantity of bluepower lead and made off inan unknown direction.

“The point of entry isoverlooked from the publicfootpath running fromNorth Parade car park tothe Pier car park.

“We appeal for anyonewho saw any suspiciousactivity or vehicles in thearea during the time speci-fied to contact them on 101quoting ‘incident number122 of January 30’.”

Alternatively, anyonewho thinks they may be ableto help can call Crimestop-pers anonymously on 0800555 111.

outhend’s seafrontcould soon have abrand new amuse-

ment arcade if plans for aderelict site are submittedto and passed by theresort’s council.

Developer Inner LondonGroup wants to submit itsmuch-anticipated plans forthe Marine Plaza develop-ment, on the rundown landopposite Southend’s GradeII-listed Kursaal familyentertainment centre,before the end of the year.

It hopes building workon the multi-million poundproject, which would alsoinclude bars, restaurants

and shops, could thenbegin some time in 2015.

George Fentiman, InnerLondon Group director,hopes the new develop-ment would be a catalystfor regeneration at theresort.

He told local press: “Itmay be this size of develop-ment will push forward therest of the seafront. It’s a fan-tastic development and afantastic scheme.”

If the plans are passed,work to replace the derelictFunland play area, theForesters Arms pub and atemporary car park with290 flats and 3,000 square

metres of commercialspace could start within sixmonths.

Inner London Groupbought the site for £2.25min 2010, and has now beenin discussion withSouthend Council plan-ners for more than twoyears.

It is understood the firmhas formally asked thecouncil to clarify whatdetails it needs to includein a report on the environ-mental impact of thedevelopment, requiredwith the planning applica-tion due to the site being2.7-acres in size.

It is also believed thegroup is still in negotiationswith a local resident to buythe last of a row of four ter-raced houses at the north-eastern corner of the site,but it is confident a deal willbe concluded.

Another potential bar-rier of the Happidromeamusement arcade at thesouth-western corner ofthe site has been circum-vented by no longerincluding it in the redevel-opment plans.

Fentiman commented:“We are ready to build. If wehad planning permission ayear ago, we would be

building now.“We hope to put the

application in this year andwork could start within sixmonths. It will be in 2015.”

Seafront traders andsenior councillors haveembraced the project,agreeing with Fentiman ithas the potential to driveregeneration onSouthend’s seafront.

As well as an amusementarcade, the developmenton corner of Marine Paradeand Southchurch Avenuewould include a 13-storeyblock of flats, shops, restau-rants, cafes, bars, a take-away and offices.

PIERS

Community ownership lookslikely to be the future for

Portsmouth’s South ParadePier after its owners finallyagreed in principle to sell it.

The South Parade Trust hadbeen involved in protractednegotiations over a sale formonths with pier owners FredNash and Dawn Randall.

The last stumbling block in

the process is the option to buycontract, which will lay out anagreed price at which the Trust

can purchase the pier and giveit a set period of time in whichto raise the funds.

It is hoped that the deal willbring stability to the troubledstructure, including the amuse-ment arcade at its landwardend, which was forced to closelast month after Nash and Ran-dall allegedly failed to pay a£14,000 electricity bill.

Trust chairman Leon Reis

told local press: “I’m burstingto tell local people we’regoing to own the pier and it’sall wrapped up. Everyone inour group will be so happyand hopefully that day’s nottoo far away.

“But we need an optionagreement in our hands beforewe can say to the public ‘thisis definite’.”

Reis also thanked the Nash

and Randall: “I cannot praisethe owners enough though formaking this offer as it is a diffi-cult decision to decide to partwith something this iconic.”

He said the Trust had beenworking with the Heritage Lot-tery Fund to secure what hedescribed as “a sizable sum ofmoney” to start the first phaseof the repair works after thedeal was finally concluded.

South Parade Pier owners agree on sale

New arcade set for Southendregeneration plans

REGENERATION

An ambitiousregeneration projectfor Southend hasacknowledged theimportance of coin-op amusements aspart of the resort’sseafront leisureoffering.

Police appealfor informationafter arcadelead stolen

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Soccer season

here could be light atthe end of the tunnelfor Evesham’s historic

working men’s club fourmonths after it closed amidfinancial hardship. The club inthe Merstow Green area of thetown, which was establishedin 1879, closed in October2013 after two crisis meetingswere held with members.

Last week, a further meetingwas held with administratorMoore Stephens, where mem-bers were informed of the pro-posed voluntary liquidationarrangements. Club treasurerBill Keyte, however, saiddespite the club losing thou-sands in recent years, there isstill a chance it could re-open.

He said: “The club as a busi-ness has been losing money forthe last four years. At everyAGM I have given it to themembers straight, that theclub is not going to survive, butit fell on deaf ears. The clubmembers own the freehold forthe building. The biggest strainon the club was the Hollandsuite. It fell into disrepair. I puta proposition in three-and-halfyears ago to sell the back endof the building. We got adviceand they said we needed to sellwith planning permission. In anutshell, so much moneywanted spending on it. Themembers rejected this propo-sition and it went on foranother three years.”

Since then, Keyte said theclub has spent more £100,000more than its income, forcingit to go ahead with his originalproposition, with the backingof members.

“We now have the plan-ning permission for the backend for demolition and sixhomes. But we are now inadministration. It is still con-ceivable the members couldelect to re-open the club. Itcould take 12 months to selloff the back end and releasethe capital. But when we getthe money it will be the mem-bers’ decision what happens.Everything has been done bythe letter of the law and wehave followed due process.”

Renewed hope forEvesham WMCWORKING MEN’S CLUBS

PUBS

The British Beer & PubAssociation has welcomed

the Welsh Government’s deci-sion to extend Small BusinessRate Relief to March 2015,which will avoid a massive£3.4m bill for thousands ofpubs across Wales - assought by the Better Rates forPubs campaign.

The decision means that asfor businesses in England,increases in Business Rateswill be capped to two percent. It will help Welsh pubs

avoid £250,000 in tax on thepreviously proposedincreases. The BBPA has alsowelcomed the commitmentfrom the Welsh EconomyMinister, Edwina Hart,for the introductionof a fund to supportsmall businessesaffected by therevaluation delay to2017.

The BBPA is alsopreparing to contributeto the review, byProfessorBrian

Morgan, of the future of busi-ness rates in Wales when thepowers are further devolvedto the Welsh government.

The joint industry BetterRates for Pubs campaign,

led by the BBPA calledfor the extension ofSBRR, alongsidemeasures to improvethe flexibility of therating system for pubsand the promotion ofrural rate relief.

Brigid Sim-monds

OBE,

BBPA CEO, commented: “Wewelcome this decision by theWelsh government as positiveprogress for pubs in Wales.The introduction of a fund tosupport small businessesaffected by the delay to 2017of the national revaluation isalso welcome. However, pubsthat feel they have a case forrevaluation should still followthe appeals process. We alsowelcome the opportunity tocontribute to Professor BrianMorgan’s review of smallbusiness rates in Wales as itprogresses.”

BBPA welcomes Welsh governmentextension of Small Business Rate Relief

FINANCIAL

Amusement attractionsand parks operator

Merlin Entertainmentshas chosen Barclays andCitigroup to be its jointcorporate brokers afterits £1bn initial publicoffering in November2013.

The FTSE 250 company,which owns Alton Towers,Chessington World ofAdventures and ThorpePark, revealed theappointments in a stockexchange announcementlast Wednesday.

Merlin’s IPO, one of theCity’s biggest flotations oflast year, was co-ordi-nated by Barclays along-side Goldman Sachs.

Other big financial play-ers were involved, withCitigroup acting as a jointbookrunner alongsideMorgan Stanley, whileHSBC and UniCredit wereco-managers.

Although it is commonpractice for companies tochoose the lead banks ontheir IPO as their corpo-rate brokers, it is notwithout precedent for abank to pick a junior syn-dicate member to workalongside it in the role.

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Building onits successfulappearanceat January’sEAG Interna-tional Expo,Axminster carpet manufacturersAntrim Carpets presented itswares to the casino market at ICETotally Gaming. The company had awide range of custom-designedproducts on display at ExCeL event.

Antrim returns to ExCeLAhead of the ribbon-cutting cere-mony last week, Clarion Events co-ordinators Julian Graves and KateChambers confirmed that the ICE2014 would feature more exhibiting

companies thanever before, with inexcess of 500 or-ganisations from57 countries occu-

pying space on the show floor. Thefigure beats last year’s total of 481.

Breaking new ground

Visitors attending the2014 edition of ICE hadaccess to 67 new exhibitors drawnfrom across the international gamingcommunity. Topping the league tableof new exhibitors was the UK with15. The first-time exhibitors at ICE2014 were drawn from a total of 30countries, once again confirming theinternational credentials of the world’sbiggest B2B gaming event.

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SHOW REPORT

JCM Global, the international currencyvalidation group, has been confirmed asthe first commercial sponsor of May’sJapan Gaming Congress. The an-nouncement was confirmed on the sec-ond day of ICE Totally Gaming during theAsia Breakfast Focus, which featured keyspeaker Toru Mihara, director of the Insti-tute of Amusement Industry Studies atthe Osaka University of Commerce.

ICE Totally

ome 23,891 gaming industry pro-fessionals defied a 48-hour strikeon the London Underground to set

a new record attendance at ICE 2014 lastweek. The figure, which at this stageremains unaudited, represents a seven percent increase on 2013 and a 12 per centuplift on 2012, the last edition of ICE to beheld at Earls Court.

Kate Chambers, portfolio directorresponsible for organising the world’slargest buisness-to-business gaming event,described ICE 2014 as “the most dynamiccelebration of international gaming imagi-nable”. Reflecting on the event, whichopened on Monday with the InternationalCasino Conference, Chambers said: “Iwould like to pay tribute to the many thou-sands of visitors who navigated their way

across London using a combination oftaxis, cars, buses and even boats to get tothe river fronted ExCeL Centre. This says ahuge amount about their determinationnot to have gaming's most important busi-ness week of the year ruined by a strike.

“The ICE team also worked tremen-dously hard to put on an event whichreflected the investment made by our visi-tors and the 503 exhibiting companieswhich occupied the 55,000sq.m of spaceat ExCeL. Not only did the team workharder but they also worked smarter.

Chambers’ upbeat analysis was echoedby Nick Harding, CEO of Praesepe, whobelieves that ICE sets the tone for the yearahead. “ICE certainly lived up to its billingas the most sensational gaming event inthe world,” he said. “For the sectors I am

most concerned with - AGC and Bingo – Ifelt that there was a strong and relevantproduct mix on show.

Zane Mersich, CEO of the Astra GamingGroup, believes that ICE Totally Gamingattracts a discerning audience comprisingsome of the most influential decisionmakers in the global gaming business. Hesaid: “We came with a world-class productportfolio that was tailored perfectly toexceed their expectations – and I think weachieved that in some style. Our efforts atICE were, of course, helped significantlyby the recent implementation of the new£100 Cat C jackpot which proved to be acase of classic timing for us and the broaderbusiness. As we expected, they expresseda keen interest in learning more about ourcurrent models and our plans to reinvigo-

ICE rips up therecords book

After reporting a record numberof visitors and exhibitors this year,the organisers of ICE TotallyGaming have provided anupbeat outlook for the globalgaming industry in 2014.

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rate the Cat C genre going forward.”The importance of ICE to the UK Street

sector was underlined by Ken Turner, CEOat Sceptre Leisure, which has 20,000 Cate-gory C gaming machines in pubs. He said:“This show has become a major event forthe street market. I have seen an amazingnumber of retailers here and had far moremeetings with pub groups than I have everhad at a trade show before.”

The IOA Group’s Peter Weir added:“Technology and innovation were thestand-out themes of ICE 2014, and it’s clearthat the pub retailers, many of whom wemet at the show, are hungry for inspira-tional ideas and products. ICE has verybroad foundations and an energy which istangible and which reflects the huge sizeof the event.”

From top left:

Suzo-Happ’s Piet-Hein Simons, at theirICE stand, which included a dazzlingarray of products designed to cover abroad spectrum of gaming needs

Alex Kirby (centre) spokeenthusiastically about NSM’s variedrange of jukebox and media systems

Paul Curley, business developmentmanager for Innovative Technology,presents the company’s new

SMART Ticket solution

James Boje (pictured), vice president ofMEI’s gaming and retail division in theEMEA region, spoke aboutconsolidation

Chris Black and the Sound Leisureteam brought the company’s Classicrange of jukeboxes - together with theirkey partners Soundnet

FutureLogic’s chief marketing officer,John Edmunds took the stage at ICE

Totally Gaming to mark the company’sfifteenth anniversary

The Astra Gaming Group gathered thecream of its collective talent alongsidea far-reaching product portfolio atLondon’s ExCeL last week, in supportof parent Novomatic at ICE TotallyGaming.

Managing director Quentin Stottbelieves that “Reflex is in the minorityof manufacturing companies servingthe UK spin-reel Category C market.”

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As always, it was great to be at theshow,” said Jabro’s Tony Brookes.“The recent change in legislation

has resulted in an increase in sales overthe last few weeks after seeing the B4jackpot go up to £400 and Cat C going to£100 - a very welcome change! Thesemachines are six-game compendiumswhich include Bar X, Bob the Landlord,Monkey Band, Pots of Luck, Roulette andBlack Jack offering a range ofgames to suit all types ofplayers.”

Aware of the demand foranalogue machines, Jabrolaunched Red Alert, a newHi-Tech Cat C £100, whichis also available as a 10p £5.

Also on display was thelatest Multi Lotto B3Ashowing the newly added£2 stake to its multi-stakekiosk, each stake havingits own lottery.

Brookes has been in thegaming industry a very longtime - 34 years to be pre-cise - and has seen manychanges, adapting to theindustry’s trials and tribula-tions along the way.

“One of the biggest prob-lems in manufacturing is cer-tain types of supplies,” heexplained.

“Many components are

readily available off the shelf but game-specific items are unique to the individ-ual so the supply can be problematic.Over the years, we’ve highlighted theproblems and solved them by bringing inexperienced staff and setting up our ownmanufacturing facilities for both vacuumforming plastics and wire harnesses.”

“Here in Swansea, we manufacture newmachines as well as refurbishing second-

hand units to a very high stan-dard, housing our latestgames. A lot of peoplecannot tell the differencebetween new and our refur-bished. We produce ourown games as well as sub-contract builds for othercompanies.”

Jabro can offer machineassembly, vacuum form-ing plastics and wire har-nesses, all under the oneroof - essentially, threecompanies in one, a one-

stop shop.When it comes to the

future of the industry,Brookes is realistic, whilstremaining positive.

“I don’t think the industrywill ever be the same as itwas. But, I think it is here tostay. We must endeavour tobe more efficient and com-petitive!”

Jabro - three in oneTony Brookes, of Jabro Games, was a familiar face at EAG lastmonth, showing an interesting insight and displaying the vast diversityof his company’s operations in Wales.

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Affordable Leisure’s jukeboxes cannow be controlled from anywhere. An

advantage for a multi-site owner, systemscan now be managed from anywhere inthe world by simply logging in to anaccount and selecting the appropriatejukebox, viewing the takings, and makingnecessary changes without visiting thesite. All music comes from a direct server.

WIRED FOR SOUND

NSM Music’s innovative new back-ground music system was a hit at ICE.Sites can access up to 120,000 tracks

on the system with 2,000 held locally onthe device.

Running from a tablet provided by theuser, the system supplies fully licensedbackground music which can be easilysearched, set and also overridden manu-ally, by the site.

The new product replaces the Icon 2and is a slimmed down cabinet retaining afull-sized screen with the top part being

ideal foradverts,bingo andkaraoke. Inaddition,NSM show-cased its newApp whichdials into thejukebox andallows cus-tomers tosearch musicand maketheir selec-tion remotely.

PUBSANTI-SOCIALBEHAVIOUR BILLCOULD DAMAGE TRADE

The Anti-Social Behaviour Bill - whichproposes to widen police powers to

close licensed premises within 24 hours -is set to be introduced in the spring.

Venues could be closed for up to 48hours if there has been, or is likely to be, anuisance or dis-order, which maylead to a closureorder lasting upto three months.

The bill willalso include a ‘community trigger’; threecomplaints regarding a premises withinsix months could end up in a police orlocal authority investigation.

Leading licensing lawyers have warnedthat the new legislation could be “enor-mously damaging”, leading to increasedpolice intervention and loss of trade.

OPERATORSGAMESTEC STRIDESAHEAD AT ICE

UK gaming and amusement machineoperator Gamestec reported an

“extremely busy show” at this year’s ICETotally Gaming.

“The investment we have made in digi-tal gaming, music and skill-based enter-tainment was extremelyevident,” said commercialdirector, Peter Davies. “Wepromised our customersinvestment and innovation toreinvigorate the pub sectorthrough exciting collabora-tions with market leadersand we are delivering that in spades. Wenow look forward to bringing the innova-tion we had on show to market over theforthcoming months.”



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Norwich-based Roche CharteredSurveyors, who represent many

companies in the coin-op industry, haveincreased their standing in the city by han-dling the letting of Hyperion House.

Situated on the Sweetbriar IndustrialEstate close to the city centre, local com-pany EV Off-Shore, have expanded and

moved into theindustrial property.The companysupply small cam-eras that canremotely monitorunderground oil

wells and have leased the entire two-storey building.

James Allen of Roche said; “The lettingof Hyperion House reflects not only thesignificant improvement in the industrialletting market during the second half of2013, when we saw a number of vacantlarger properties being occupied and thecontinuing strength of businessesinvolved in the energy sector in EastAnglia, many of who are exporting theirproducts and services throughout theworld,” commented who handled the let-ting of the property.

MUSICAPPLICATIONS

EMBRACING NEWTECHNOLOGIES ATEXCEL

James Luck, director at Soundnet, saidhe was “delighted” with the calibre of

the ICE audience and their receptivenessto new technology-driven products. “Weattended ICE to introduce our next bigthing, the SoundJack music app,” Lucktold Coinslot. “M-commerce was a realdiscussion point for many of the pubretailers who were in abundance at ICE.

“Although gaming was at the forefrontof their thoughts, they were also very

aware ofmobile tech-nology andwhat it coulddo for theirbusinesses ifharnessedcorrectly andpresented tothe consumer

as a function rich experience. SoundJackdoes that - it provides unique access to awealth of music memories, but it alsohones the brand experience while freeingdegrees of consumer choice along the

way.” Luck added: “The many pub retail-ers that we spent time with at show werereally excited about the opportunitymobile could give to generate income andto create brand loyalty. Innovation under-pinned the entire ICE experience, and Iam pleased to say that SoundJack addedan extra element to the mix.”

PINBALLA HELPING HAND

The pinball machine business is enjoy-ing a revival, with the video game

industry giving it a helping hand.One of the leading pinball video game

developers is California-based FarSight Studios,who buy up the licences tomany of Williams and Got-tlieb’s machines to createhighly accurate digitalsimulations. Thesevirtual classicmachines canthen be played onphones, tablets,games consolesand home com-puters.

As a result, themachines FarSight have reproduced invirtual form are available to far morepeople than was possible when they wereonly available as physical tables. But, aflipside is the resurgence of interest in theoriginal pinball machines too. Both for-mats would appear to have a healthyfuture.

DIGITAL CONTENTSG GAMINGSHOWCASES NEWCONTENT

SG Gaming showcased its latest inno-vations at the ICE Totally Gaming 2014,

including its exclusive content, platformdevelopments and specialist field-basedsupport service, SG Connect.

The SG Gaming, WMS and WilliamsInteractive stands were located along-side each other this year, making it easyfor delegates to experience the expandedrange of product offerings.

SG Gaming was also demonstrating itsself-service betting terminals (SSBTs)developed in partnership with BestGaming Technology, as well as its widerange of cabinets including the T8, Infinityand the new Clarity terminal.

“We are constantly pushing the bound-aries of content innovation and redefiningwhat is thought of as possible in thegaming industry,” said group managingdirector, Phil Horne. “With so much goingon, it is an exciting time for our business.”


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1 1 Magic Lotto Ultra Novomatic2 2 Big Party Astra3 3 King of Slots Blueprint4 4 Triple 8 Barcrest5 5 Mega Bars Big Hit Project6 6 Triple 7 Barcrest7 7 TS22 Project8 8 Lady Luck Reflex9 9 Jackpot Kings Project10 10 King Pots Astra

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Members clubsThis LastWeek Week Name / Manufacturer

1 1 Jackpot Island Reflex2 2 Street Casino Storm3 3 Happy Hour BFG4 4 Raiders of the Lost Tenners Reflex5 5 Cops & Robbers Gold BFG

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FEC - familyThis LastWeek Week Name / Manufacturer

1 1 Party Time Classic (3 Player) Astra2 2 Bullion Bars (3 Player ) Astra3 3 Party Games (4 Player) Astra4 4 Gold Rush Stampede (4 Player) Barcrest5 5 Adders And Ladders (4 Player) Vivid6 6 Rainbow Riches (3 Player) Empire7 7 Crazy Fruits Bellfruit8 8 Party Time Arena (4 Player) Astra9 9 Party Time (3 Player) Astra10 10 Rock N Roll Empire

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FEC - adultThis LastWeek Week Name / Manufacturer

1 1 Magic Games U/R Novomatic2 2 Find The Lady 70 Project3 3 Free Play 70 Project4 4 Pure Gold Astra5 5 Sevens Up Electrocoin6 6 Party Time Aerna (4 Player) Astra7 7 Rainbow Riches Party Barcrest8 8 Chase The Ace Project9 9 Party Time Classic (3 Player ) Astra10 10 Gold Run (3 Player) Empire

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Single siteThis LastWeek Week Name / Manufacturer

1 1 Bank Job - Rob the lot QPS2 2 DOND The Big One BFG3 9 Monopoly Reel Estate BFG4 3 DOND Lucky Streak BFG5 4 DOND Pure Gold BFG6 8 DOND Double Chance BFG7 - DOND Powerplay BFG8 7 Monster Money QPS9 - Lady Luck Trail of Riches REF10 - Snow White and the Seven Tenners REF

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AGCsThis LastWeek Week Name / Manufacturer

1 - Encore T7 (GP3) SG Gaming2 - Party Time Streak Astra3 1 Encore T7 (GP2) SG Gaming4 2 Magic Games 3 (s/d) Novomatic5 5 Encore T7 (GP1) SG Gaming6 7 Magic Games 3 Novomatic7 8 Triple 7 (GP1) SG Gaming8 6 Triple 7 (GP3) SG Gaming9 9 Bullion Bars Arena Astra10 4 Triple 7 (GP2) SG Gaming

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UK Box Office ChartThis LastWeek Week Name

1 1 The Wolf of Wall Street2 2 12 Years a Slave 3 - That Awkward Moment 4 - I, Frankenstein 5 4 Frozen 6 - Lone Survivor 7 3 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 8 5 American Hustle 9 6 Inside Llewyn Davis 10 7 August: Osage County

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1 1 Happy Pharrell Williams2 3 Rather Be Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne3 2 Timber Pitbull feat. Ke$ha4 4 Hey Brother Avicii5 5 Trumpets Jason Derulo6 6 The Monster (Clean Version) Eminem feat. Rihanna7 7 Wake Me Up Avicii8 8 Animals Martin Garrix9 - Feelin' Myself (Clean) Will.I.Am 10 - Drunk In Love Beyoncé feat. Jay Z

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1 - So Long See You Tomorrow Bombay Bicycle Club2 4 True Avicii3 2 Halcyon Ellie Goulding4 7 If You Wait London Grammar5 3 Beyonce Beyonce6 - Hydra Within Temptation7 - Too Much Information Maximo Park8 8 Pure Heroine Lorde9 5 Wanderlust Sophie Ellis-Bextor10 1 Cavalier Youth You Me At Six

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Comment

Issues surrounding workprevalence of bookies hwith the latter still coming

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commentalex lee

he most oft-usedword emanatingfrom the two

recent London ExCelshows is ‘innovation’. Infact, anyone not using itto describe their latestrange of products or serv-ices is probably some-thing of a pariah inindustry circles. And I’mnot knocking it, for bothcoin-op and the widergaming sector survivesand thrives on innovationso long may it continue.

Even the GamblingCommission’s chairmanPhilip Graf believes thatinnovation, in terms ofhow the gamblingindustry harnesses tech-nology and uses it tobetter serve (while pro-tecting) its customers isvital to the long-termfuture of our sector,regardless of whether itultimately ends upbeing powered by bit-coins rather than twos,fives, tens, twenties,fifties and pound coins.

Yes, despite thefloods, the FOBTs andthe flagging fortunes ofsome, I’m, for once, rela-tively upbeat and that, Ibelieve, is a reflection ofwhere the industry is atpresent. We’ve all cometo terms with the Gam-bling Act, the SmokeBan, MGD and so on,while continuing tobattle away for, vari-ously, fairer VAT, fairermachine allocations and

fairer stake and prizelevels. With all the abovefirmly in mind, it hasbeen a breath of freshair to hear manufactur-ers, distributors andoperators alike declarean overall sense of opti-mism for the industry in2014 and beyond,underpinned by theabove mentioned inno-vations and general willto keep innovating andcarry on.

On the subject oftechnology and innova-tion, I’m sure it hasn’tescaped your attentionthat there’s a raft ofproducts with theprefix ‘i’ in the market-place at present, glee-fully piggy-backing thesuccess of the iPhone,iPod, iPad and so on.This is no bad thing asfar as I’m concerned asthe above mentionedproducts are all-pervad-ing and part and parcelof any self-respecting‘modern’ person’s techcollection. Why should-n’t the coin-op sectorhave a piece of it?

To this end, I’m goingto bring something outwith ‘i’ at the beginningof it, although I’m notsure what as yet. Givenmy abject failure to beatBAPTO’s Mike Large atthe ‘thinking man’s cuesport’ Trilliards at theEAG International, per-haps I need an iCue. Nopun intended...

The iWord

The Local Government Associ-ation, which represents more

than 370 councils in England andWales, is setting out how thegovernment should reform thelicensing system to stop ‘clus-ters’ of bookies taking over townand city centres, according tothe Bradford Telegraph & Argus.

The move comes 18 monthsafter the paper mounted its BeatThe Betting Blight campaign call-ing for a change in planning rulesthat would give local authoritiesthe power to stop new bookmak-ers opening if they felt it would bedetrimental to the local shoppingenvironment.

The LGA says it has the back-ing of William Hill and BetFredand will be setting up a gamblingindustry and LGA taskforce toaddress shoppers’ concerns.When granting new licences,councils are not allowed takeinto account the number of bet-ting shops already present in alocal area, or their economic andsocial impact.

The LGA is now calling for thegovernment to allow councils toconsider the ‘cumulative impact’when deciding on licences, amove which would force bettingfirms to prove that new shops

would not have a negativeimpact on the local economy orexisting businesses.

Councillor Tony Page, theLGA’s licensing spokesman,said: “Councils aren’t anti-book-ies but need powers to tackle thedamage that can be caused tohigh streets by the clustering ofbetting shops.”

Councillor Simon Cooke, thedeputy leader of the oppositionTory group on the council, said:“If we hound out bookies, whatdo we get instead? At themoment they are occupying sitesand providing jobs and doingthings businesses do. We needto be cautious in the way weapproach this. Bookmakers arenot pushing out other business.They are coming into emptyproperties in the main. We couldend up with empty shops. While Iunderstand the desire to dosome regulation on this, weshould be careful what we wishfor.”

Meanwhile, the BBC newswebsite has featured a WorkingMen’s Club in Leeds which hasbattled back from the brink ofclosure through the hard work ofvolunteers, the wholesale buy-inof the local community and the

influx of some younger blood.Over the last few decades, the

number of WMCs has halved andthere are now around 2,000 left.Many are struggling to survive.

In April 2013, Holbeck WorkingMen's Club in Leeds was on theverge of closure with mountingdebts, but with the aid of an armyof volunteers things are lookingup. Some believe working men’sclubs, re-invented, could onceagain have a vital role in bringingcommunities together. AmandaGriffin, a volunteer for the Hol-beck WMC stated: “I think weshould care about clubs becausethey have great potential forcommunities. Maybe we need tomodernise them and do differentthings, but they can still be reallywonderful, friendly places.”

And finally, a leading licensingbarrister has suggested thatBlackpool’s pubs and clubsshould “reconsider their busi-ness model”, after claiming theintroduction of an early morningrestriction order (EMRO) wouldbe “no death knell” for the town’strade.

Philip Kolvin QC, representingthe police during Blackpool’shearing into an EMRO last week,said of the 1,377 licensed prem-

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rounding working men’s clubs, pub opening hours and thee of bookies have all been featured in the local and national press lately,tter still coming under intense media and political scrutiny.

Speaking in a recent Parliamentarydebate surrounding single staffing inbetting shops, Helen Grant, theParliamentary Under-Secretary of theDCMS, told the House of Commons thatnew statutory regulations aren’t requiredto ensure LBO staffing is sufficient. “politicshelen grant

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ises in Blackpool, the EMRO wouldonly limit the activities of about 22of them, and of those, none wouldhave their licence pegged back formore than two hours, according tothe Blackpool Gazette.

Blackpool Police want the coun-cil to introduce an early morningrestriction order which would pre-vent alcohol being served between3am and 6am in part of the towncentre. Kolvin told councillors: “TheEMRO will lead to some loss ofbusiness, but this is no death knell.If a bell is tolling, it is to tell prem-ises to reconsider their businessmodel. The council has a chance torestore Blackpool’s reputation as asafe place for families to visit and topreserve and build that element ofthe tourist economy. If in doing so,it deters that sector of the economythat wishes to drink round the clock- the outcome can only be of benefitfor the town, its residents and itseconomy.”

He added: “We can see theseinsidious effects as they seep intoimpact on the daily lives of Black-pool people as they go about theirdaily business.”

The resort’s police chiefs pre-sented the council’s licensing com-mittee with 102 statements of whatthey describe as “compelling evi-

dence” that the town must call timeon late-night drinking. At themoment almost everyone arrested(98 per cent) between those hoursin that part of town is drunk,according to police figures.

The committee was given statis-tics compiled by the police, whichshow between 3am and 6am, theEMRO area accounts for 13 percent of all violent crime in Lan-cashire, and 43 per cent of all vio-lent crime in the Western Divisionpolicing area. While violent crime asa whole is decreasing in Blackpool,in the EMRO area it has increasedby 267 per cent between 2005,when drinking hours were relaxed,and 2012.

However, local pubs and clubsare vehemently opposed to themeasure - which they say woulddamage tourism, cost jobs andharm their businesses – and it isthought other local authoritiescould follow Blackpool’s lead if itapproves an EMRO.

“Because we are not venue bound we can talk with ourexhibitors about their plans for the future with confidence thatwe can meet them and hopefully exceed them.”

KATE CHAMBERS, CLARION

Hon. Members have made a number ofpoints about single staffing in betting

shops. I should like to set out clearly whatcontrols are already in place and what theGovernment are doing in this area. Iabsolutely agree that betting shops shouldbe sufficiently staffed to ensure that thelicensing objectives of the Gambling Act2005 are upheld, and I confirm that localauthorities already have powers to ensurethat this is the case.

The Gambling Act allows local authoritiesto attach conditions to betting shop prem-ises licences where there are local concerns,including the compulsory use of CCTV. Thereis evidence that local authorities are usingthese powers to good effect. The London bor-ough of Newham used these powers inNovember 2013, when it imposed a numberof licence conditions on a betting shopbecause of concerns that it attracted crime,disorder and underage gambling. The condi-tions include a requirement to have a mini-mum of two members of staff on dutythroughout the whole day.

Westminster city council has been proac-tive in using powers under the Gambling Act.Its licensing service has implemented sev-eral new practices for assessing applicationsfor new premises or for extended hours,imposing additional licence conditionswhere necessary. Westminster councilrequires betting shops to operate no pre-planned single staffing after 8pm and toensure there are a minimum of two staffmembers after 10pm.

The examples I have provided show thatwe do not need new statutory regulations onbusinesses to enforce minimum staffinglevels. Local authorities, which know theseareas best, in conjunction with businesses,are responsible for setting appropriate mini-mum staffing levels, depending on local cir-cumstances. The government have made itclear that staff and customer safety in anyworkplace is of paramount importance.Employers have a legal duty under the Healthand Safety at Work etc Act 1974 to ensure thehealth, safety and welfare at work of their staff.

In 2010, the betting industry formed the

Safe Bet Alliance to tackle instances ofcrime against staff, customers and bettingoperators. The alliance’s principles agree avoluntary minimum standard of workplacesafety and security for the industry. Thosestandards were developed in collaborationwith the industry, police and local authori-ties. ABB statistics show that the numberof robberies in London fell by 60 per centin the two years following the introductionof the code.

Although the Safe Bet Alliance waslaunched in London, all those standards havebeen adopted by the largest betting opera-tors, which means that the vast majority ofbetting premises in England, Scotland andWales are covered by those principles. Everyemployer must consider workplace risks totheir employees. I expect all bookmakers toproperly assess the appropriateness of singlestaffing as part of their business operations.

The industry is implementing its socialresponsibility code, which includes pointson staff safety, from March. The principles ofany charter could perhaps be adopted in theexisting code. There is certainly room forfurther discussions.

It is essential that all gambling operators,not just betting shops, are able to providesupport to customers who appear to behaving difficulty. That is why it is already acondition of an operator’s licence thatlicensees define their policies when thereare concerns that a customer’s behaviourmay indicate problem gambling. Those poli-cies must include training for all staff ontheir respective responsibilities and howand when any customer interventionshould occur. Those procedures must beadhered to as a minimum requirement bygambling operators. The Commission cantake action, up to and including licence rev-ocation, if there is evidence that a bettingshop is falling short of its obligations.

The safety of betting shop employees andcustomers is of paramount importance.Local authorities already have powers toimpose licence conditions on betting shopsto ensure that this is the case. It is right thatthese powers remain at local level.

Act already gives LocalAuthorities enough power“Without truly independent research we’ll

never get to the bottom of the problem withfixed odd betting terminals.”

ADRIAN PARKINSON, CAMPAIGN FOR FAIRERGAMBLING

“It was mostly verbal abuse and low-levelabuse, like pens being thrown - there was theundercurrent of violence. You're vulnerablewhen you're on your own (working in a bettingshop) and it could always escalate.”

CHRIS EVANS, MP, ISLWYN

“I welcome this move from the Local Govern-ment Association. There is now a growing tideof support to clamp down on the numbers ofbookmakers, which in turn will limit the avail-ability of these (FOBT) machines.”

LUCY POWELL, MP, MANCHESTER CENTRAL

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LOCAL GOVERNMENTINVITED TO PROBLEMGAMBLING EVENT

he Public PolicyExchange are doingtheir part to keep

gambling safe and enjoyableby hosting an event entitledReducing the Harm Associ-ated with Problem Gambling:The Role of Local Govern-ment. Officials from the civilservice will travel to centralLondon on 26 February, 2014for a schedule of panels. Del-egates will learn what initia-tives they can undertake tokeep gambling crime-free,ensure that it is fair and openand to protect children andvulnerable adults. Operatorsand members of the police

and health services are alsoencouraged to attend, withtwo open floor discussionsgiving representatives fromacross the industry anopportunity to share theirviews.

TILEZONE RETURNS TOLONDON DUNGEON

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TiLEzone event on 25-26March, 2014. Attendees willspend the first day in thespooky confines of the Lon-don Dungeon for an eveningreception, before decamp-ing to the London Transport

Museum the following dayfor a series of talks and pan-els. Speakers include trendstrategist, Maxwell Luthyand Macau business expertSteven Spalding. The eventconcludes with with a mixer

hosted in the Covent GardenPiazza by the Themed Enter-tainment Association (TEA).

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UK EVENTSFEBRUARY 201423-24 INPAS 2014 Bruntingthorpe

Proving Grounds Bruntingthorpe UK

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26Reducing the Harm Associ-ated with Problem Gambling Lon-

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INTERNATIONAL EVENTSFEBRUARY 2014

12-14EAAPA 2014 Sokolniki Exhi-

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MARCH 2014

1-3CIAE Guangzhou Expo 2014China Import and Export Fair

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he team behind the Inflat-ables Expo & Trade Show(INPAS) have been scout-

ing for a larger location to hostthe event’s sixth annual outing,following increased interest fromboth visitors and exhibitors. Fol-lowing an exhaustive search theysettled on Bruntingthorpe Prov-ing Ground in Leicestershire,with its 670 acre site capable ofhousing bouncy castles, foodstalls, go karts and many otherproducts.

Bruntingthorpe is a former USAir Force base and houses an air-plane museum alongside thelargest privately owned vehicle

test track in the UK. Members ofthe industry looking to attendcan do so for free by registering in

advance, with the event takingplace from 23-24 February, 2014.Visitors will also benefit from

both free parking and a guidedtour of the aeronautical museum.

The INPAS takes place inHangar 42, which providesexhibitors with over 30,000square feet in which to constructtheir displays. Inflatable productsare set to take up a large portionof the available space, but associ-ated businesses such as kiddieride creators and insurance firmswill occupy the remaining space.

Anyone registering for INPASbefore noon on Monday will alsobe entered into a prize draw towin products and discountcoupons from some of the manycompanies in attendance.

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