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Whitehouse Leisure awarded Dis

PLUSH

Whitehouse Leisure, one ofEurope’s leading manufactur-

ers and distributors of licensedand generic toys for the amuse-ments sector, has acquired thelicence to distribute its Disneyplush products throughout amuse-ment and leisure venues in theMiddle East and Africa. Thisnew territory will enable thecompany to sell its widerange of licensedDisney collectionsto over 27new countries.

Thefirm’srange con-sists ofcharactersfrom Disney’s most popularTV shows and films includingMickey, Minnie, Winnie thePooh, Doc McStuffins, TheMuppets, Planes, Nemo andMonsters University.

Mark Titterton, partner atWhitehouse Leisure, commented:“We were awarded the Disney

licence for UK and Eire back inApril 2012 and

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Project has this week unveiledthree new B3 models which

use the same cabinet as the clas-sic Mega Bars Big Hit. The threemodels, High Roller, Diamondsand Jackpots and Mega 7, are ini-tially being marketed by Projectat £4,495, a saving of some£2,500.

Expanding on the company’sB3 Classic Series promotion,managing director Tony Boultonsaid: “Following our campaigncalling on all elements of thesupply chain to deliver value tothe end-user we have created100 games to sell at what is a fan-tastic price point for a brand newgame. Huge credit must go to our

suppliers and our dis-tributors who havecompromised theirmargins, as we have,in order to deliverthese 100 games.”

He added: “When weshowed the games atEAG, the message wereceived back from themarket is that operatorswanted more of theMega Bars Big Hit stylegames but at a betterprice. Being able tofreshen up a gamingfloor with exciting newproduct is of hugeimportance, but we

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he Gambling (Licensing andAdvertising) Bill, new legis-lation which amends the

2005 Gambling Act, will enable theGambling Commission licensingsystem to cover all UK remote gam-bling operators.

Under the previous Act, remotegambling operators that locatedtheir remote gambling equipmentoverseas did not need a remoteoperating licence from the Gam-bling Commission regulatory body,whereas UK-based companieswere required to have one.

The new legislation will requireall remote gambling operators inthe UK market to obtain a licencefrom the Gambling Commission toallow them to transact with Britishcustomers and advertise in the UK.

Furthermore, overseas operatorswill have to inform the GamblingCommission about suspicious bet-ting patterns in order to helpcombat illegal activity and corrup-tion in sports betting.

Operators based outside of theUK will also be required to pay andto contribute to research, educationand treatment in relation to Britishproblem gambling and regulatorycosts.

The DCMS’ Helen Grant stated:“This Act marks a significant step inincreasing protection to con-sumers based in Great Britain byensuring that all remote gamblingoperators will be subject to robustand consistent regulation. Thisincludes a requirement for opera-tors to support action against ille-gal activity and corruption in sport,and to comply with licence condi-tions that protect children and vul-nerable adults.”

Philip Graf, Gambling Commis-sion chairman, added: “This is a wel-come step forward. Bringing the 85

per cent of the remote gamblingmarket currently regulated over-seas within the Commission’s remitwill provide us with direct accessto and oversight of all commercialgambling provided to those inBritain. This means that we will befar better placed to protect playersand to respond to and advise thegovernment on emerging playerprotection and consumer risks andissues.”

The government’s intention toextend the horserace betting levyto overseas bookmakers was alsoannounced during the passage ofthe bill through Parliament. The gov-ernment said this will create a ‘levelplaying field’ between UK-basedand offshore operators so that allwill contribute to the support ofhorseracing and also fund integrity,veterinary and breeding activities.

The government is expected topublish a public consultation on

proposed changes to the levy exten-sion later this year. Meanwhile, thecoin-op sector continues to cam-paign for a level playing field whenit comes to the siting and stakes andprize levels of FOBTs.

Harris Hagan, a law firm whichspecialises in gambling legislation,stated: “We anticipate that the Com-mission’s application window,during which EEA and white listedoperators must apply for an operat-ing licence if they wish to continueoperating in the UK market, will runfrom mid-July to mid-August. Fulldetails of how and when the appli-cation window will operate are tobe published in a statutory instru-ment, which is expected shortly.Whilst there remains an outsidepossibility of further delay, opera-tors simply must prepare on thebasis that applications will need tobe made during the summermonths.”

Bill to bring remotegambling on boardgranted Royal AssentLEGISLATION

The Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Billis set to enter into UK law after it was granted RoyalAssent by the British monarchy. But will it bring abouteffective change?

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UK and Eire back in April 2012and have seen

huge success in these regions withour exclusive plush items foramusement and leisure venues.Nearly two years on it is exciting tobe able to expand our territory andbuild on the success that we’vealready experienced with ourDisney product.”

He concluded: “We have manylicences already working well forour partners in the Middle East

region and securingDisney will assistsignificantly ingrowing opera-

tors’ revenuestreams.”

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to make theinvestment atwhat is close to£7,000. It’s ineveryone’s inter-ests to makevenues excitingand desirableplaces for playersto spend theirleisure time I hopethat operatorswho perhaps oth-erwise would not

be able to bring new products tomarket are able to take advantageof this initiative. We know ofoperators who plan to takeadvantage of the incentive byplacing the three new gamesalongside their Mega Bars Big Hitto create a strong visual centrepiece.”

Project has worked hard tocater for a mix of playing prefer-ences with High Roller designedfor high end players in highervolume venues; Diamond andJackpots is a follow-on fromMega Bars Big Hit but with a dif-ferent win profile and Mega 7offers players a soft low end buttougher top end score card.

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Ahighly experienced veteran of thecoin-op manufacturing sector,

Bell-Fruit’s John Austin believes thatthe highest achieving and most sus-tainable games are invariablydesigned and produced from theground up.

He told Coinslot: “I think that whenit comes to gaming machine produc-tion, it’s vital that we identify a cleardistinction between what constitutesmanufacturing in the truest sense ofthe word and what is merely assem-bling, or re-building using productsthat originated at Bell-Fruit. Ourgames, for example, are instantlyrecognisable as Bell-Fruit productsbecause, intrinsically, they carry theunmistakeable BFG design DNA. Itruns through everything from the waythat the cabinets look to the way thatthe games play. Furthermore, withoutBell-Fruit’s investment in cost effec-tive design and procurement, muchof the platform source would beunavailable for cheap re-work. ”

Austin adds that by choosing Bell-Fruit products, customers are buyinginto the firm’s unrivalled expertise inessential areas such as technologyand security. He commented: “Asimportant as high cashbox returns isthe issue of machine security. Here atBell-Fruit we have made machineintegrity one of our top priorities byimplementing industry-leading ini-tiatives such as encrypted softwareand communications. We also useserial, encrypted communications to

control peripheral devices which, inturn, makes our products the mostsecure in the market. These tech-niques have been developed overmany years.”

Austin added: “Having more than50 years’ matchless experience ofproducing games for the UK market,Bell-Fruit is better positioned thanmost when it comes to understand-ing what will be required of manufac-turing in the future. Our games arebuilt on a platform of sustained suc-cess backed by class leading technol-ogy and some of the most talentedpeople in the machine business.That’s evidenced by the fact that, gen-erally, our games not only outperformthose of our peers, but do so for muchlonger.”

He concluded: “Our approach tocreating success by design ratherthan by accident has set us apart fromthe competition for the last 50 yearsand will continue to do so in thefuture.”

The East Coast Amuse-ment Show took place

once again this year at theSouthview Park Hotel inSkegness on 13-14 May.Exhibitors included Electro-coin, UDC, Embed, PMSInternational, BingoExpress, Crown Direct andDeith Leisure.

Mark Horwood, manag-ing director of UDC, toldCoinslot that they werepleased that local opera-tors came out to supportthe show and that plenty ofbusiness was done. Theattendance on the first dayheavily outweighed that ofthe second day, which wasprobably caused by theweather changing signifi-cantly with the sun blazingmidweek, meaning thatlocal arcades were much

busier that day.Michael Green, UDC

sales director, confirmed:“The East Coast Amuse-ment Show is a more inti-mate affair than the bigindustry shows. It’s smallerand quieter, but it’s also acase of quality over quan-tity. Those customers andfriends who attended werehappy to see us make theeffort to support their mar-ketplace. We’d like to thankeveryone who took timefrom their busy schedulesto come along.”

The increasing preva-lence of smaller regionalexhibitions and events ofthis type during the springmonths goes to show thatdistributors and operatorsdo indeed value these addi-tional opportunities in addi-tion to the EAG in Londonand the large shows over-seas. The fact that severalprovincial events remain onthe calendar is testamentto both the organisers’efforts and the willingnessof operators to attend.

he latest manage-ment statementfrom Rank has

shown an increase in totalrevenue, which for the 19weeks to 11 May 2014 hasgrown by 19 per cent, butlike-for-like revenues aredown 1 per cent. For the 45-week period total revenuesincreased 17 per cent;whereas like-for-like rev-enues were down 4 per cent“as a result of the challeng-ing and highly competitivetrading environment”.

Henry Birch, chief execu-tive of The Rank Group,commented: “I am pleasedto report that since H1 thegroup’s performance hasshown an improvement in

both total and like-for-likerevenues. The investment inour Grosvenor Casinosvenues and our continuingfocus on providing value formoney in our Mecca venuesare helping deliver thisimprovement.”

In the 19-week periodlike-for-like brand revenuegrew by 2 per cent whilsttotal revenues grew by 45per cent. Venues revenuewas flat on a like-for-likebasis, an improvement fromH1, as customer visits con-tinue to recover from theweather-impacted H1.

The London venues winmargin in the 19-weekperiod has fallen marginallyversus H1, however, was

above the comparable 19-week period.

Like-for-like revenue forthe Mecca brand fell by 4 percent in the 19-week period,an improvement on H1;total revenues were down 3per cent. Following theintroduction of improvedvalue for money bingo ses-sions at the start of H2 thebrand saw improvements inboth customer visits andrevenue trends in theperiod. The trading periodalso benefited from a softercomparable term due to thesnow impact in January2013.

On 30 October 2013,Rank received notice thatthe Court of Appeal found in

favour of HMRC regardingclaims for overpaid VAT oncertain types of amusementmachines between 2002and 2005. HMRC haverequested repayment ofmonies received and it isanticipated that a repay-ment will be made beforethe end of the financial year.

On 16 April 2014, theSupreme Court grantedRank permission to appealagainst the Court of Appealdecision; the appeal isexpected to be heard early2015. On 19 March 2014, theChancellor announced areduction in the rate ofbingo duty from 20 per centto 10 per cent. This reduc-tion in bingo duty will apply

from 1 July 2014 for thegroup.

Rank has committed to aprogramme of investmentand job creation in its bingovenues. Currently, the groupis carrying out detailedresearch, site reviews, plan-ning and licensing to assistwith its plans.

Following the successfulimplementation of both rev-enue and operating profitimprovement actions, asoutlined at the group’s H1statement, the board antici-pates operating profit forthe full year to 30 June 2014to be line with manage-ment’s expectations. Rankwill announce its full yearresults on 14 August 2014.

Rank issues interimmanagementstatementRESULTS

Rank has issued its interim management statement for the recentperiod leading up to 11 May 2014, and it makes slightly morepositive, albeit realistic, reading for the UK gaming giant.

BFG MD underlines value of true manufacturing

Almost one year onfrom Bell-FruitGames’ 50thanniversary,managing directorJohn Austin hasreflected on how thecompany continuesto hold its enviableposition as the UK’sbiggest gamingmachinemanufacturer.

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INDUSTRY AMUSEMENTS LEISURE B2B COMMENT NEWSWEEK

PREVIEW Preparations are underway for one ofthe most popular gatherings in the amusementsindustry - Park Avenue unveiled. 10

Soundnet will add a new,free category called

Come on England to SoundLeisure Milestones InMusic and VHub juke-boxes in time to make themost of this summer’s foot-ball fixtures.

The new category willcontain songs associatedwith supporting the Eng-land football team and willbe added to jukeboxes onJune 7.

“Pubs are likely to bebusier than ever over theWorld Cup season and wewant to ensure that thejukeboxes reflect this, sothat sites can maximisetheir income,” said Sound-net’s Toby Hoyte.

On CD MIMs and VHubsa special update, whichincludes the new ComeOn England category, willbe sent out on May 12. This

is update 1014. The newcategory will automati-cally appear on the juke-box on June 7, and willthen be automaticallyremoved on July 14. Ononline MIMs and VHubs, anonline update will activatethe new Come On Englandcategory on June 7 and willbe automatically removedon July 14 - hopefully aremoval not coinciding

with that of the Englandside.

Hoyte added: “If you donot want Come On Eng-land as a category on yourjukebox you need to man-ually disable the Come OnEngland category usingthe Engineers Menu oneach juke after 29 April. ForCD-updated jukeboxesyou must ensure update0914 has been appliedbefore you attempt toremove Come On Eng-land.”

Soundnet will send theCome On England cate-gory songs as a specialupdate for free to SNUKand Value. These songs willappear on your jukeboxesin the Venue Favourite cat-egory. Soundnet remindedoperators that they willneed to request thisupdate.

Highly respected indus-try figure Nik Novak has

been confirmed asNational Account Managerfor the IOA Group - theUK’s largest independentmachine operator. Nik,who boasts over threedecades experience work-ing in the industry withhigh profile organisationsincluding BLMS, Barcrestand most recently as salesmanager (EMEA) at Future-Logic, takes up his newpost on July 7.

Announcing theappointment, Paul Lang-ham, vice chairman at theIOA, said: “I am delighted tobe able to welcome Nik tothe post of IOA nationalaccount manager wherehe will play a key role inhelping to deliver ourindustry best machine

practice and performanceto the IOA’s existing and tonew customers through-out the country.

“Nik is extremely wellknown both to the IOA andto the wider industry atlarge. His knowledge, expe-rience and insight gainedworking with some of theindustry’s best known andsuccessful brands willprove to be a huge asset asthe IOA continues todemonstrate the skill, thevalue and the integrity ofthe independent operat-ing sector. During hiscareer Nik has seen all sidesof the industry and willbring an important newdimension to our businessstyle. He certainly has all ofthe credentials to make asignificant contribution tothe development of the

IOA brand as we respondto the challenges and theopportunities which lieahead post-triennial.”

Commenting on hisappointment, Novak said:“I am delighted to be join-ing the IOA Group, anorganisation which I knowwell and which is justifi-ably respected for deliver-ing industry best cash boxfigures on behalf of its cus-tomers. The IOA has a com-pelling story to tell basedon performance, its inde-pendence, the passionwhich only owner man-agers can have and the abil-ity to combine localknowledge with nation-wide deployment. My jobis to package these uniquecredentials and to ensurethat they are put to workon behalf of the retailers.”

PIERS

The owners of Weston-super-Mare’s Grand Pier

have launched a £5 sea-sonal membership pass forregular customers, a monthafter they began to charge£1 for admission.

Kerry and MichelleMichael installed turnstilesat the attraction before thestart of the Easter holidaysafter witnessing a decline indwell time and spend perhead.

Although the moveprompted complaints in thelocal press and on socialmedia from some cus-tomers, the pier has notseen a dip in visitor num-bers since the new chargewas introduced.

On the membershippass, Grand Pier generalmanager Paul Charalam-bous said: “It is a seasonpass valid until May 2015irrespective of when theyare purchased.

“It is aimed at our regularcustomers and it wasalways planned to be intro-duced.”

Charalambous said thatdespite the new charges,the attraction enjoyed abusier Easter weekendthan the previous year, withvisitors coming from as faras South Wales andGloucestershire to enjoythe pier.

The Michaels, whobought the pier in 2008, saidit cost them £20,000 a weekjust to open the pier anddescribed the admissionfee as ‘modest’.

They added that theoperating cost of the newpier, rebuilt after the origi-nal was destroyed by a firein July 2008, was now threetimes that of the originalpavilion.

Grand Pierlaunchesseasonalpass

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APPOINTMENTS


OPERATORS

Hartlepool-basedCamerons Brewery

has partnered with BobRudd, which suppliesgaming and amusementmachine equipmentacross its 74-strongestate.

Bob Rudd has suppliedCamerons for the lastthree years, building astrong working relation-

ship which has ensuredmachine income hasbeen maximised. Thecompany already sup-plies the Head of Steamgroup, which Cameronshas recently acquired,and is encouraged by theinvestment that is goinginto the brand.

Commenting on theannouncement, NickRudd said he was glad tosee that the hard workover the past years hasbeen recognised. Hestated: “It is great to beworking with a companylike Camerons who arecontinuously investing vianew acquisitions and intotheir existing estate.”

Along with Camerons,Bob Rudd has also wonthe sole supply to theArchdiocese Parish Cen-tres across the NorthWest (including Liverpooland Manchester). This isencouraging growth fortheir Warrington depot,which is already BobRudd’s biggest operatingarea.

“Both of these accountwins show once againBob Rudd’s sustainablegrowth and we areexcited for the challengesthat lie ahead,” con-cluded Rudd.

CRIME

William Finch struck six times intwo months, pocketing more

than £3,500, after threatening to killterrified staff at two bingo halls, abuilding society, a bookmakers anda convenience store throughoutthe West Midlands. Finch, whoalways covered his face while car-rying out the thefts, was finallyunmasked after a CCTV picture ofhim was published in the localnewspaper, the Express & Star.

Readers provided detectiveswith information and officers

raided Finch’s flat in Willenhall. ABMW that matched the getawayvehicle used by the robber in thebungled post office raid was in thecar park at the foot of the blockwith a set of latex gloves in thevehicle.

He first targeted the West

Bromwich Building society branchin Wednesbury last year. He thentook £200 in coins from the OneStop convenience store inStowlawn.

Finch struck again at Coralbookmakers in Bradley, threaten-ing staff with what they assumed tobe a gun and ran off with £530. Hegrabbed a further £800 thrown athim by shocked staff at MeccaBingo Hall in Bilston after heshouted: “Give me the money or Iwill shoot you,” and two days laterhe pounced again, but this time hewas tricked by the couple in charge

of Rough Hay Post Office in HallStreet, Darlaston who both lay onthe ground and set off the alarm.

Three days after that he waswearing a balaclava when hedemanded money at gun pointfrom staff at Gala Bingo in ParkLane, Walsall and was given a plas-tic draw with around £2,000 in it.

Finch pleaded not guilty to alloffences but a jury convicted him offive robberies, an attempted rob-bery and six counts of possessingan imitation firearm after a trial atWolverhampton Crown Court andwas jailed for 14 years.

Serial armed robber sentenced

Bob Ruddsecuresnewbusinessdeal

he British Beer & PubAssociation and pubsminister Brandon

Lewis MP joined forces lastweek, at the Phoenix, Victo-ria, to launch the Pubs areGREAT website. The site,developed in conjunctionwith Inapub, is a new featureof the successful and highprofile GREAT Britain initia-tive, led by the Number 10team, Visit Britain and UKTrade & Investment. Any ini-tiative aimed squarely at get-ting more people into thecountry’s pubs will bewarmly welcomed by singlesite operators.

Visiting a pub is the thirdmost popular activity foroverseas visitors, with fourout of ten heading to a pubat some point during theirstay. With this in mind, thewebsite has been designedto help visitors find a qualitypub close to the area orattraction they are visiting.This new service covers awhole range of visitor attrac-tions under the headlines:Heritage, Culture, NaturalBeauty, Sport and Music andwill help visitors pinpointthe GREATest pub nearby.

The GREAT campaignpromotes Britain abroad as a

great place in which toinvest, to study and visit,highlighting all that is bestabout the UK. This singlecampaign promotes GreatBritain under a commonbanner, so that Britain speakswith one voice.

Community Pubs Minis-ter, Brandon Lewis MP said:“I was proud to be asked toannounce the latest stage ofthe Pubs are GREAT cam-paign, a website that willplay a crucial role in sign-posting those visiting Britishtourist attractions to highquality local pubs. Andthrough this website increas-

ing the numbers of touristsvisiting our pubs, we are notonly helping visitors to expe-rience a truly British institu-tion as part of their visit, butthe local community alsobenefits through theincreased trade.”

Brigid Simmonds, BBPAchief executive, com-mented: “Pubs are an essen-tial part of the tourism offerin Britain, much loved byoverseas visitors and all of uswho increasingly holiday athome, so it is wonderful thatthey now play such are animportant part in the GREATcampaign.”

Campaign to lift pub footfall gathers momentum

The Pubs areGREAT websitehas beenlaunched by pubsMinister BrandonLewis in a moveto increase visitorlevels in pubsaround thecountry.

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FANTASY LEAGUE

In what proved to be aclose-run title race in the

2013/14 Jabro SurrealSoccer league, industrystalwart Terry Farr kept hisnose in front after latecharges from both LeeClarke and Mark Sherwin.Farr’s AMG First 11 sidetook the £1,000 top prize,while the £200 pot forrunner-up went to LeeClarke’s Above Standards.In third place, winning£100, was Mark Sherwin’s

Sherwin ATeam.

Farr alsowon £100in claiming the Main Cup,beating Peter Holmes’ teamKeeplayers 79-53 on aggre-gate in the final. The MinorCup prize, meanwhile,went to Games Ware-house’s Nick Hardy. Hisside, Paragon Academicals,beat Ray Harris’ outfitShowboat Allstars 78-34 inthe final. The Surreal Soccer2013/14 season was spon-sored by Jabro Games.

Farr scoops SurrealSoccer double


Astra Games and Empire Games, two ofthe three manufacturing arms of the

Astra Gaming Group, were among anumber of exhibitors who supportedCrown’s Northern Showcase at The PinesHotel in Chorley on May 7 and 8.

Astra Games commanded a significantpresence at the event with games includ-ing Slotto 500, Magic Lotto 500, MagicGames 100, Party Slots 100, Party TimeDuo, Bullion Bars Classic and the Cat C Liteoffering R-cade777.

One of the main talking points at theshow was Astra’s Slotto 500, a 22-strongB3 compendium that comes housed inthe widely lauded FV762 cabinet. Boast-ing some of the most successful titles from

Astra and Novomatic, Slotto 500 allowsoperators to control of the game suite witha ‘drag and drop’ menu meaning they cantailor what is on offer to perfectly suit thelocation and player demographic. The unithas also been ergonomically modifiedwith the note acceptor now positionedmore conveniently in the button panel.

Astra Games sales and marketing direc-tor Alan Rogers noted: “Events like this fulfila vital role in bringing the industrytogether at times of the year when salesopportunities are not as abundant as wewould all prefer. In line with the impor-tance of the Showcase, we brought withus a fantastic range of products designedto deliver strong cashbox returns across a

variety of locations. And, as a result, our dis-tribution partners have committed to sig-nificant orders.”

For Empire, Showcase provided atimely opportunity for the firm to flex itscreative muscle with three entertainingnew models in the three-player Gold Runalongside Clickety Click and Lucky Lad-ders. The company’s Steve Young, buoyedby an encouraging response to the trio,commented: “We have received some verypositive feedback to our latest games. Inkeeping with Empire’s unique approach,they offer something different to themarket place and we’re grateful to havehad the opportunity to showcase them atthis event.”

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TEN-PIN

The newly-refurbished Skegness Bowl held itsVIP evening on 1 May. The event was to cele-

brate the re-opening of the venue after exten-sive refurbishment over the last four months.The opening included guests from both thebusiness community and town officials, notablythe Town Mayor and Deputy Town Mayor.

With its all-newAmerican theme,Skegness Bowloffers visitors anew food menuwhich includes achoice of gourmetburgers and hot-dogs at its Holly-wood Diner andBar. The refurbished venue is now available tohost all kinds of parties, from birthdays toanniversaries and hen and stag nights.

Carolyn Wilkinson, managing director, (right)was “thrilled to see so many guests attend theevening, which was a huge success.”

Skegness Bowlcelebrates re-opening


REDEVELOPMENT

Morrisons has revealed it willopen a new store on the site

of an amusement arcade in Whit-stable High Street. The supermar-ket chain has confirmed it isbehind plans submitted to thelocal council to take over Cain’sAmusements.

Spokesman SarahAtta told local press:“We’re in the earlystages of planning tobring a Morrisons MLocal to Whitstableand are proud to becreating 20 new jobs

for local people. As well as givingshoppers more choice, we thinkthe extra footfall generatedshould benefit everyone and willwork hard to make our store apositive addition to the commu-nity.”

Business leaders had launchedan appeal to stop Morrisons open-ing on the site, claiming its arrival

would damage busi-nesses nearby. Theyhad hoped an inde-pendent tradercould take on thebuilding, but no bidto do so was forth-coming.

PLUSH

Anumber of cuddly toyswith a penchant for

travel have recently turnedup on Skegness Pier - over300 miles from home.Bemused Skegness resi-dents were left scratchingtheir heads after seasidememorabilia from a pier inDevon was seen beinggiven away as prizes in theseaside town.

The toy bears, bearingthe legend “I Love Paign-ton Pier”, were spotted invarious crane machinesalong Skegness Pier. How-ever, the explanationbehind their mysteriousarrival in the seaside townturned out to be muchsimpler than the wave ofspeculation spreadingacross social media. Co-owner of Skegness PierCarolyn Wilkinsonexplained that up until afew weeks ago she hadalso owned Paignton Pier.

After the new propri-etors of Paignton Pierdecided they did not wantto keep the bears, the toyswere transported up toSkegness, where they arecurrently being used asprizes on the pier. Wilkin-son was unable to say howmany bears had made thejourney, but confirmedthat they would remain inSkegness until they hadbeen found a good home.

DISTRIBUTORS

The new £1/£100 Trien-nial Review stake and

prize level is definitely abright spot, believesCrown Direct’s managing

director Dean Harding,although it might be somemonths before the sectorsees the fruit of itslabours. He told Coinslot:“We’re only just starting tosee good figures coming

through from the AGC andbingo sectors and it’s Maynow. Some of our suppli-ers had machines avail-able and ready to go fromday one, while othersweren’t quite so quick.

This isn’t a criticism,though, because manu-facturers just don’t havethe same resources whenit comes to R&D as theyonce did.”

Harding concluded:

“It’ll be autumn by the timewe get a true view on whatimpact £1/£100 has madeon the AGC and bingosectors, especially thelatter as they start to seethe benefits of the bingo

duty cut. Bingo operatorswill be given the opportu-nity to invest in new coin-op machines andtherefore that sector willbe a positive one for usthis year.”

FEC

Blackpool Councilhas given the

green light to JDWetherspoons’ plansto convert the resort’sLucky Star amuse-ment arcade into apub.

The nationalpubco, which alreadyowns four pubs inBlackpool, plans to

invest £2.2m in theproperty on the Prom-enade, which it saidwould create around50 jobs.

It must now applyto the council for analcohol licence for thevenue before the con-version can go ahead.

Councillor DavidO’Hara, whose Water-loo ward includes thesite, said: “The build-

ing is shuttered up atthe moment and does-n’t look great, so aWetherspoon pubwill improve it.

“They have saidthey will re-open allthe windows whichare blocked up at theback. We are trying toupgrade the area andbring more footfall inand hopefully this willhelp do that.”

Arcadepubconversionplans getgo ahead

“I Love PaigntonPier” bearsappear as prizesat Skegness Pier

Amusements to makeway for Morrisons

Harding keeps fingers crossed for AGC revival

hile the eyes of world foot-ball will be focussed onevents taking place this

summer in Brazil, industry aficiona-dos of the beautiful game will be pre-occupied with a group of ballplayers battling it out not in the Mara-cana but in Milton Keynes.

Praesepe’s third annual CHIPS 5-a-side Football Tournament andFamily Fun Day is being held on 21June (10am-4pm) at the Power-league in Milton Keynes. Organisershope to match or exceed the 2013total which raised £15,000 for thecharity which funds the purchase ofbespoke powered wheel chairs foryoung people in the UK.

Praesepe’s head of machines,Nigel Davis, who is helping organisewhat has become the industry’s

biggest football event said: “Lastyear’s Praesepe Family Fun Dayraised an amazing £15,000 forCHIPS, thanks to the support andgenerosity of our colleagues in theindustry whose contributions madea massive difference to the lives ofthe children that benefit from thewheelchairs and the families andcarers who help them. I am deter-mined to get close to and hopefullyto exceed 2013’s record breakingfigure and your support to helpachieve this is much appreciated.

“The day is about far more thanjust football and we will be offeringfamilies a day packed with activitiesfor all ages. The main attraction is anine-hole game of Crazy Golf and wewill also have a barbecue offeringoutstanding food, a bar to quench

your thirst on what traditionally hasbeen a sunny day, vast numbers ofhome baked cakes all topped-offwith a chocolate fountain of pureindulgence.”

Nick Harding, CEO of Praesepe,added: “CHIPS is a wonderful char-ity which was born out of thegaming industry. Under the charis-matic leadership of Linda Lindsay ithas raised in excess of £1m to helpthose children for whom the NHScannot or will not assist. Eachbespoke powered chair costs in theregion of £4,000, but has an impacton the lives of each recipient familywhich can only be described aspriceless. Praesepe has made over40 powered wheel chair presenta-tions to families up and down thecountry where we have venues and

every presentation is a truly hum-bling experience. All 1,600 mem-bers of the Praesepe team havetaken CHIPS to their hearts and Ihope that the industry at large willalso dig deep to help in whateverway they can for a charity whichreally does change people’s lives andwhere every penny raised is put towork buying chairs. This is an openinvitation to everyone associatedwith the industry - footballers or oth-erwise - to join us in Milton Keyneson June 21 when I hope we will beable to once again demonstrate thecompassionate side of this wonder-ful industry.”

To enter a squad of seven players,(£250 men and £150 women) or tomake a donation, contact [email protected].

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ew research by theOffice for NationalStatistics has found

that Brighton and Hove is themost popular seaside desti-nation for overseas tourists.

The city had 409,000 visi-tors that stayed for at leastone night in 2013 - up morethan 50,000 from the previ-ous year.

However, while Brightonwas the eighth most populartown or city destination inthe UK (not includingLondon), it was the only sea-side resort to feature in theONS’s top 20.

With overseas visitorscontributing over £20bn lastyear, the news has left stake-holders at other UK resortsurging action to increasetheir appeal beyond thedomestic market.

Gary Pretty, chairman of

the Blackpool CombinedAssociation, which repre-sents the city’s traders andhoteliers, told local press:“People might be visitingBlackpool but they certainlyaren’t staying here.

“When people come fromabroad they tend to staydown south and don’t reallycome north. We have got tolet them know what we havegot.”

In 2013 the UK saw thehighest number of visitsfrom overseas tourists andthe highest recorded spend-ing since the InternationalPassenger Survey began in1961.

The IPS collects informa-tion about passengers enter-ing and leaving the UK at allmajor airports and searoutes, Eurostar terminalsand on Eurotunnel shuttle

trains.Trips to the UK by over-

seas visitors rose from 31.1million in 2013 to a recordhigh of 32.8m last year.

Mark Wilson, managingdirector of Blackpool-basedSleepwell Hotels, said: “I wasin Edinburgh last week and Iwouldn’t have had thatdown as somewhere youwould see a huge range of for-eign tourists, but it waspacked with them - the ques-tion is how do we get moreof that?”

Jason Kitkat, leader ofBrighton and Hove CityCouncil, told the Daily Mailhis resort’s “talented andhardworking” business com-munity had built a resilientlocal economy that, whilestrongly leisure and tourism-based, had diversified inother ways.

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Anew arcade showcasing a range of antique amuse-ment games has opened in Bridlington.

Old Penny Memories, based in the resort’s Prome-nades shopping centre, houses the collection of over 50classic coin-op machines.

It is the brainchild of Bridlington resident Chris Parcell,who developed a passion for themachines when working as anarcade engineer when he was just 13.

Parcell told the Hull Daily Mail:“There is something magical aboutplaying coin-operated amusementmachines. I enjoyed the sound of thebells and the mechanical clanking.

“When I was 13 I worked in anamusement arcade giving changeand fixing the machines if they broke.

“The Bridlington guy who owned itcouldn’t afford to pay me so he gaveme a few old machines in the early1970s when the new money came in.”

Although he was happy to accept

the machines, Parcell later sold them as he pursued acareer as a car mechanic and then a car salesman.

His interest in classic amusements was rekindled in1990 after meeting fellow enthusiast and penny arcadeowner Jon Grisham.

He explained: “I became friends with John and startedcollecting again. I had fantastic facilities in my workshopand started restoring them.”

“It’s great to have this hobby andto be creating pleasure from myhobby for other people. Myfavourite machine is probably thefirst one I bought in the 1990s - aLittle Stockbroker from the 1920s.”

Open every day from 10:30am to4pm, Parcell said Old Penny Mem-ories had been well-received.

He commented: “It bringspeople to the shopping centre andit is nice to see kids comingthrough looking at the oldmachines. It is supported and sub-sidised by the Promenades, but isnot a permanent display.”

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This year’s Park Avenue Open Daytakes place on 4 June, 2014 at Elec-trocoin and UDC’s headquarters. At-tendees should head towardsElectrocoin House or UDC House at181 Park Av-enue in Londonto get a look atthe machinesand servicesbeing show-cased.

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The event is beingco-organised byElectrocoin andUDC. The two com-panies are taking advan-tage of their proximity and theimportance of the summer seasonto combine forces for a single openhouse event. A number of othercompanies will also be on hand todisplay their latest products and net-work.

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Park Avenue became theunofficial centre of the UK coin-opindustry since during the latter partof the 20th Century and, during thelate 80s and early 90s a number ofcompanies were doing business inclose proximity. It was during thisperiod that neighbours UDC andElectrocoin organised the first openday, which has grown from a mar-keting showcase to a major event ofthe industry’s social calendar.

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Avenue Open Day, Elec-trocoin sees its valuefrom both a personal per-spective and that of theindustry as a whole.“Days such as ParkAvenue Open Day arecrucial when it comes tomaintaining contact anda flow of informationwith our customer base,”said business develop-ment director, KevinWeir.

In many ways, ParkAvenue is a flagshipregional show. Thelargest in a group ofsmall-scale events tar-geted at the operatorsand suppliers who carryon their business in a par-ticular local area. “With-out Preview there is too

long a gap from one EAGto another and we wel-come the return of anAutumn show,” said Weir.“However these gather-ings, of which ParkAvenue is the largest, arean economic way ofkeeping our profile tothe fore.”

The show’s legacygoes back thirty years,with companies based inthe Park Avenue coin-ophaven organising opendays to showcase theirwares and interact withcustomers. “The historyof Park Avenue’s openhouses goes back threedecades,” said Weir. “How-ever, as a number of com-panies moved out of thetrading estate, Electro-coin and UDC vowed tocontinue the tradition byinviting other compa-

nies from around the UKto join in. We offer a smallspace to these ‘visitingcompanies’ and all thatwe ask is for a donationto charity.”

The addition of com-panies from outside thelocal area have madePark Avenue a widelyattended event thatmaintains the laid backatmosphere of a regionalshow. “Our guests tell usthat it is probably themost valuable network-ing event of the year,” saidWeir. “This, combinedwith a free bar and bar-becue, ensures that busi-ness is done in a relaxedenvironment.”

The show’s early Juneappearance is also fortu-itously timed, positionedbetween big expos at thestart and end of the year.

“The date of Open Dayfalls midway betweenEAG or ICE and what wasPreview,” said Weir.“Therefore the timingensured that productwas on display and avail-able to potential cus-tomers at regularintervals throughout theyear.”

This year, exhibitorswill be showing some ofthe most exciting newmachines on the marketand Electrocoin includethemselves among thatnumber. “The launch ofthe new Bar X 7 Extrawill be a major talkingpoint,” said Weir. “Bar X 7was arguably the mostsuccessful game fromthe Bar X range and wehave now brought it upto date with a £100 Jack-pot version as well offer-

ing a community feature.This combined with thenew presentation in theMini Eclipse cabinetwith an illuminated dooris certain to attract agreat deal of attention.”

A wide range of prod-ucts will be displayed atthe show, includingmany of Electrocoin’snewest machines.“Other products thatare gaining a veryhealthy reputation arethe Bar X handheldgames/kiosk system, aswell the new OXOSuper Reels three playerand Wheel n Deal Cat Cdigital compendium,”said Weir. “The Open daywill also see the launchof the new Stern Pinball‘Mustang’ which cele-brates 50 years of theFord Mustang.”

CuratingPark AvenuebolstersElectrocoin

Electrocoin continue to foster thecommunal history of Park Avenue,maintaining a laid back networking hubthat now serves the entire UKamusement sector.

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PARK AVEUE OPEN DAY2014

ROLL CALL

Astra GamesAstro SystemsBell-Fruit GamesBlue Print EntertainmentCMS GamingCummins-AllisonElectrocoinElmacEmbedE-ServiceEmpire GamesFat SpannerFair GamesG-Squared GamesHarry Levy AmusementsHazel ElectronicsIncredible TechnologiesInnovative TechnologyJabro GamesJNCJPM InternationalNamcoPrestige Seating TechnologyProject Coin MachinesQuixantRLMSSega Amusements EuropeSG GamingSound LeisureSternSuzo HappTaitoUDC

ince the early days of an amuse-ment industry hub at Park Avenue,UDC has been involved in show-

casing its products to visitors. Along withtheir co-organisers Electrocoin, the com-pany helped turn the show into one of themost highly anticipate dates in the indus-try’s calendar.

“The shows stretches back to whenPark Avenue hosted many more coin-opmachine businesses and was known as‘Coin Machine Alley’,” explains sales exec-utive, Matt Bland. “Its longevity, overtwenty years, is a sign that we have themix of business and networking justright.”

Held in the midst of summer, the usu-ally sunny show is not only a chance forbusiness to be done, it’s also good fun foroperators, suppliers and manufacturersto attend. “The fact that we’ve been luckywith the weather more often than not alsohelps,” said Bland, “but who wouldn’t wantto get out of a stuffy office and mix withindustry friends at the bar or in the sun-shine on a summer’s day?”

Those face to face meetings are not onlyfor entertainment, they’re vital for doingbusiness. “We deal with people all yeararound via telephone and email but youcan’t beat face to face,” said Bland. “Evenat EAG it’s so big and there’s so much tosee there’s less chance to sit down and

catch up, take stock and talk about futureplans.”

In addition to the chance of goodweather, holding the event in the summeralso means that operators have had achance to report back on machine per-formance for earlier in the year, before theremainder of the summer period.

“For coastal operators the summermonths are paramount,” said Bland, “as thisis when they make the lion’s share of theirincome. Even inland operators get a spikein footfall and income with the betterweather, longer nights and school holi-days.”

These customers are an important partof UDC’s business and the Park Avenueshow gives them a chance to check outwhat machines are on the horizon and dis-cuss performance with their fellow oper-ators. “You’d be hard pressed to visit aseasonal FEC style arcade without anyUDC product on site,” said Bland. “Redemp-tion is a key growth area, one which wefocused time and money in early on to con-vince operators that it was indeed thefuture of family coin-op entertainment. Weespecially target ‘family friendly’ gamessuitable for a wide range of ages. Excellentbackup and technical support is also vital,which is why we invest so heavily inmaking sure we respond to customers asquickly as possible.”

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A combination of fine weather and reverence for history helps makethe Park Avenue Open Day a consistent success for UDC.

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Coinslot: What products are you expect-ing to be especially popular at the

event?Tony Glanville: We have the SupernovaReturn to Pharaohs Gold on display. DaveJones and his team have put together anexceptional looking cabinet with a strongproven game format. This is looking to be a‘must have’ product for operator’s line upsfor this year’s summer season. It compli-ments a venue’s redemption and amusementofferings by providing a game that playerslove. We will also be discussing with cus-tomers the virtues of our Cat C and D rangesfrom Bell-Fruit Games, Astra and EmpireGames.

CS: How has the Park Avenue open dayestablished itself as a successful show?TG: Over the years the businesses in ParkAvenue have thrown open their doors andwelcomed the industry with open arms bothoperators and suppliers alike. If the sunshines - and the guys seem to be excellent atorganising the weather for the day - there isnot a better place to be. Good food, great net-working opportunities and excellent prod-ucts to view. You cannot ask for a betterenvironment in which to conduct businessand catch up with the rest of the industry. Ithas become the must do event in the middleof the year and the guys at Park Ave need tobe applauded for putting on such a great day.

CS: What effect does the date of the openday have on its success?TG: Due to the timing of the show it is a piv-otal event in the industry calendar. The prod-ucts that were unveiled and subsequentlyordered at the EAG in January are now out inthe field and operational, and we will havethree bank holidays under our belts, so oper-ators will have a good view on how the yearis progressing from a performance point ofview.

This allows operators to purchase equip-ment that they have heard is performing wellbut they did not buy first time round, orderadditional units of performing models theyare already operating or invest in new prod-ucts that are being unveiled for the first time.This year is even more significant with themuch awaited introduction of the £100 CatC jackpot it will be a fantastic opportunity tofind out how players have reacted to the newjackpots and which of the new range of CatC products the players have taken to.

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he Park Avenue Open Day has beenan institution since the early 90s,not just with the suppliers and

manufacturers who made their homesthere, but also with operators from aroundthe country.

“We’ve been going since it started,” saidPaul Langham of Birmingham’s Town andCounty Leisure.

The welcoming atmosphere at ParkAvenue has always helped to encouragenot only people to travel to London fromfar afield, but also to engage in productivebusiness conversations once they arrive.This year, more than most, these conversa-tions will help shape the future of theindustry.

“I think it’s a great point to meet

people,” said Langham, “and it’s a veryvery good networking day. Seeing aswe’re in a little bit of flux at the momentand, although there’s going to be a showin October this year, over the past fewyears there’s only been one show, so it’sbeen good to see if there are any newproducts.”

Town and County’s customers willalso be present, providing feedback onthe early part of the year. “Most of ourcustomers, the retailers, are there,” saidLangham. “We can find out how thingshave gone during the first six months ofthe business and we’re also going to startseeing what I call the full first generationof £100 machines.”

With the new £100 jackpot machineshaving received their first run at themarket, Langham is keen to see whatdesigners have achieved now thatthey’ve had the time to design a productfor the £100 jackpot from the ground up.“There’s been lots of conversions,” hesaid, “so the new stuff out there thatwe’re starting to see is quite important.Including the likes of Kung Fu Pounda,Best of British, Viva Las Vegas and Paddy’sPay Day.”

These new products are also comingfrom a wider variety of manufacturersthan in previous years. For an operatorlike Town and County Leisure, that makesfor a more competitive market, in whichgetting a closer look at the productsyou’ll be using is all the more important.“All of a sudden we’re starting to see amarket where people, manufacturingwise, are being very brave,” said Langham.“They’re coming into our market at a dif-ficult time, so as well as Bell-Fruit andReflex - who are the stalwarts - you’vegot new people coming in and it’s goodto see that.”

Overall, the event continues to proveits worth and grow in stature. “I think thePark Avenue Open Day has become morepopular,” said Langham. “It’s usually goodweather as well. I take the effort to comedown from Birmingham and there’s thatprobably come from further than that,because it is a great opportunity to net-work.”

For Soundnet’s Toby Hoyte, the annualPark Avenue Open day combines two

of the leisure and amusement’s industry’smost beloved pastimes. “I have learnt twothings about the coin-op business in the15 years I have worked for Soundnet,” hesaid, “everyone likes a good gossip andeveryone likes to do a deal. The ParkAvenue open day is at the right time of theyear - post EAG it’s one of the firstchances everyone can get together tohave a chat and do some business.”

These factors are what have made theevent such a success since it came intobeing during the early 90s. The regularprovision of high quality food hasn’t hurtits popularity either. “The BBQ is alsogood,” remarked Hoyte.

This pleasantcocktail of fac-tors encourageSoundnet to beregular atten-dees. They alsoallow, amid theshow’s laid backatmosphere,serious discus-sions to takeplace aboutfuture partner-ships and sales orders. Hoyte explainsthat he and his colleagues enjoy, “having agossip with our customers and doingbusiness,” but for all its culinary pleasuresand summer exuberance, the show is ulti-mately an opportunity to generate busi-ness. As Hoyte puts it, “James [Luck,commercial director] and I like gettingthings done.”

With the show taking place on 4 June,the summer will likely be in full swing.Soundnet are anticipating a successfulseason for music in pubs and othervenues. “Jukeboxes are increasinglybecoming the leading machines for oper-ators,” said Hoyte. “New sites can be gotand current sites retained on the back of ajukebox deal.”

The cost of acquiring a jukebox hasalso decreased, including Soundnet’sflagship product, the Vhub. “Our newrental deals for operators makes gettingthe latest Vhub jukebox easier than everbefore,” said Hoyte.

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musement machine manufacturerEmpire Games is a big believer inmaking the effort to meet and dis-

cuss with colleagues in the industry. ThePark Avenue Open Day offers one of thebest opportunities to make this happen,held at the start of the vital summer periodas feedback from the first bank holidaysemerges.

“Without face-to-face contact betweenoperators and suppliers, the industrywould lose a vital line of communication,”said sales manager, Steve Young, “one that

plays an integral role in ensuring playersget the games they want to play.”

That feedback is especially importantthis year, as the first generation of £100 jack-pot Cat C machines have passed throughtheir first busy period. Park Avenue will alsoprovide manufacturers such as Empire thechance to show its customers machinesbuilt from the ground up for the new Cat Cstakes and prizes.

“As a manufacturer we place tremen-dous value on the feedback we get fromhaving direct contact with our customers

and our peers,” said Young, “and it helpsshape our approach to good game design.”

Although events on the size of the OpenDay may not draw the breadth of visitorsattracted to the capital by large-scale showssuch as EAG, in many ways they provideexhibitors and attendees with more oppor-tunities to network.

“When it comes to amusement andgaming events, size is rarely a true measureof whether or not something succeeds orfails,” said Young. “Park Avenue Open Day isa great example of how a relatively small

industry event can bring so many like-minded stakeholders together in one placeto check out a broad spread of great prod-ucts and talk shop.”

With companies such as organisers Elec-trocoin and UDC laying on food for thosewho make the trip, the event presents arelaxed environment that is more conduc-tive to friendly and productive conversa-tional. “What it lacks in terms of scale incomparison to the big shows,” said Young,“it more than makes up with its personal-ity and accessibility.”

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Empire keen to converseon Park AvenueEmpire Games consider taking the temperature of the industry to be of vital importance, with eventslike the Park Avenue Open Day affording them a golden opportunity to hear news direct fromamusement’s key movers and shakers.

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Anyone not exiled in space will know all about theinherent value of a day out at the industry’s

number one summer gathering, just off the NorthCircular. In fact, I don’t really need to tell you aboutthe inherent value of a day out at this particular northLondon industrial estate. There’s no need for me to,yet again, extol the obvious virtues that come withspending valuable time with fellow industry stake-holders and seeing the latest and greatest productsup close and personal.

For the sake of those of you who haven’t experi-enced one of the best days out the coin-op calendarhas to offer, either because you’re relatively new tothe industry or you’d prefer to be glued to the near-est laptop or smartphone, let me say it again - miss itor miss out.

The time and effort invested by - in alphabeticalorder - Electrocoin and UDC in putting on a profes-sionally organised industry trade show for everyoneconcerned is a good enough reason for turning up.Furthermore, they’ve kept this event going throughthick and thin, which deserves great credit. Havingbeen a number of times over the last decade, I stillcan’t quite work out how so many people and somany machines manage to get packed into such arelatively small space. Perhaps Messrs Stergidesand Horwood have secretly mastered time traveland their premises are actually a Tardis?

Joking aside, another compelling reason formaking the trip to the capital is to ensure that theindustry can continue to hold events like this, as wellas similar gatherings like the Northern Showcaseand ECAS.

Come June 4, therefore, make certain you’realongside like-minded industry colleagues in anenvironment that’s conducive to doing a bit of busi-ness, finding out which direction the industry isheading and discussing which products are likely tofill cashboxes this year.

With plenty to talk about, such as the likes of thenew raft of Cat C machines following the Triennial,the effects of the bingo duty cut, the on-going FOBTdebate and how best to maximise opportunitiesaround the World Cup, where better to hang out for aday than Park Avenue, NW10?

Coinslot will be there, as ever, to show our sup-port for the event and the industry as a whole. Seeyou down there for a blackened sausage and somefeta cheese. Sorry, did I not mention the world’sgreatest Greek barbecue?

VIEWPOINTORGANISER

he Park Avenue OpenDay is to be held on 4June, 2014 this year

as once again The United Dis-tributing Company (UDC)and Electrocoin will beopening their doors to visi-tors. The event has been run-ning for years and is a solidfixture on the business and

social calendar for much ofthe industry.

As usual, Electrocoinhosts many companiesunder one roof and puts onits now famous Greek barbe-cue at lunch time. Mean-while UDC will be hostingBACTA, Deith Leisure andCrown Direct. As usual, UDC

will be inviting guests to parttake in their regular coffeemorning and ‘AfternoonCream Teas’. This year hasspecial significance for UDCas the company is celebrat-ing its’ 30th anniversary, sovisitors should expect cakeand plenty of balloons. Theofficial cake cutting is at

11am and there will also be acelebratory prize draw forvisitors to enter.

Michael Green, UDC salesdirector, is quick to remindthat it’s not just a celebration:there will be a special prod-uct unveiling on the day.“We’re launching a fabulousnew product on the day butwe’re not saying what justyet. We had hoped to do a spe-cial preview at ECAS lastweek but unfortunately thetiming didn’t work out. AllI’m saying is that if you havea sweet tooth you’ll love it.”

Whilst the whole day isn’tjust about food and drink,there’s plenty of product tosee. Mark Horwood, UDCmanaging director, is keen tohighlight that the companywill be showing much of itscurrent range of gamesincluding change machines,vending, redemption games,kiddie rides, video gamesand more. The UDC sparesand technical team will be onhand during the day for cus-tomers to talk to and discusshow best to keep games intip top condition and max-imise income.

But there will be no-onemore proud at how UDC hasprospered than Derek Hor-wood, UDC chairman, whostarted the company withhis son back in 1984: “Ourhard earned reputation forservice and quality in theindustry is a sign of our con-tinued ethos to give the cus-tomer good value and keepthe door open for repeatbusiness.” he said. “We’relooking forward to receivingvisitors on the Open Day andtrust that once again the sunshines down on us for anenjoyable day to mix busi-ness and pleasure.”

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lueprint Gaming is looking for-ward to this year’s Park AvenueOpen Day, where the team will

be showing Super Slots 100, a newstyle of Category C offering which,with different operating options, willsuit both the UK pub and AGC sectors.

Super Slots 100 is housed in theattractive chrome-surround Geniecabinet, with optional Super Slots 100topper and belly sticker. It offers threecasino and three slots style games,including the highly anticipated Luckof the Irish Hot Slot - the Category Cversion of the hugely successful B3Luck of the Irish game, which hasbeen the highest ever grossing gameon the King of Slots compendium.

“Blueprint has been workingclosely with retailers in the pubsector to bring a different mix ofgame content to the environment,”says Simon Barff, managing directorof Blueprint’s Machines Division.“We think the single site and AGCsectors will embrace this new con-cept in gaming and we have pro-duced marketing material toaccompany Super Slots 100 to pro-mote it in-house to players.”

Other games in the compendiuminclude: Black Jack, Golden Pharoahs(a 20 winline multi stake slot game),Superspins Bar X (a classic 10 win-line game), Hot Pot Roulette andChase the Ace.

“What sets Blueprint’s productsapart from its competitors is the factthat our games start online, then aremoved into LBOs before they cas-cade down to AGC, bingo and thesingle site sectors so we are con-stantly refining that offering, ensur-ing that only those games with thestrongest player pedigree areselected,” says Andy Hall, Blueprintgaming sales and operations man-ager.

“The selection of games in SuperSlots 100 are therefore proven in anumber of environments and we areconfident that this product will per-form incredibly well in the pubsector, as well as in AGCs,” he adds.

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Building on the success of the KiddieSubmarine and the Kiddie Jetski, the

latest kiddie ride from the Tecway stableis Kiddie Wonderland Express Train.Having undergone extensive assess-ment for the European market andADIPS testing, this is latest and greatestkiddie ride, having shown great returnsover the Easter period. The train is inter-active and targeted at a wider age rangeof children than the average ride. Visitorsto the Park Avenue Open Day will be ableto take a look at it for themselves.

As a complement to the range ofkiddie rides that JNC offers, the com-pany will also be showcasing the GalaxyGarrison whacker, which is going fromstrength to strength. It is a durablewhacker that has a small foot-print andalso appeals to younger children. Thewhacker has the capability to payouttickets if required and, due to its unim-posing size, fits perfectly on the end of astraight pusher or in any kiddie or

redemption area.Thanks to data from

various customerreports JNC know thatbig money is being takenby the ClockworkOranges pushers. Evenwith other great pushers in themarket, this product is standing out fromthe crowd, primarily due to the accumu-lating ticket feature and the stand-outattract sound and distinctive colours.

The Slotto Change machine is in itssecond year and is proving to be reliableand well used by arcade customers. Itwas built as a result of the requirementfor low cost 2p change machines with ashortage of them in the market. Theimportance of 2p change machinescannot be underestimated, especially ata time with so many good 2p flatbedpushers in arcades. At just £995 this isworth trying.

These additions to JNC’s productportfolio have been procured to enhancethe strength of its business of great qual-ity used machines. The company doesbusiness with a customer base that isstretching further and further around theglobe. With extensive stocks of video,redemption, AWP’s, boxers, cranes,pushers and many more, at both the JNCwarehouse in Bristol and at its amuse-ment arcade sites in the South West.

ake sure to stop by the Park Avenue Open Day andcheck out some of the new items Embed will bedemonstrating for parks, attractions and ride man-

agement, that may provide you with options for your busi-ness as the company continues to grow and develop forthe UK market.

The introduction of the Embed debit card system isbecoming popular in the UK for offering operators theopportunity for complete ticket and cash managementsolutions. The service helps create return visits, increasingspend and providing operators with the needed data tobetter manage staffing requirements and machine invest-ments.

With the rapid expansion of redemption counters inthe UK, the need for efficient handling of operator’s busi-nesses at the redemption counter is becoming more indemand. The Redemption Pro by Embed restores orderand control in the redemption area by maximisingemployee efficiency, improving the guest’s experience

with reduced wait times and managing inventory. The marketing and promotional opportunities

available within the Embed system are endless. Oper-ators can offer ‘time play’ on a selection of machines, aset number of rides on attractions, free plays in thearcade, or a set lunch of Fish and Chips with a hot drinkall managed in one system. Once you have created yourpackages make sure you don’t keep them a secret. To helpget the information out there, Embed offers a simple guesteducation kit included as part of your system.

Moving away from coins in the cash box permits gameplay pricing that is no longer tied to the standard denom-inations. This enables the business to make a slightincrease for a new game that was added to ensure a highreturn for the investment. With the Embed cashlesssystem you can set your new games to have a charge ratethat is, for example, 10 percent higher automatically atpeak times and will automatically return to your stan-dard price during slower times or even allow you to run

a specialfor 50 percent offall games on specific daysand times.

The Embed system can handle both paper tickets andelectronic tickets or a combination of both at the sametime within our full featured Embed debit card systemand address the issues that each operator is facing. Youcan easily give your guest the option to pick paper orelectronic and easily change if they wish, with the pressof a button on the POS or full service kiosk.

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Kiddie rides and whackers leadthe charge for JNC Sales’range of amusement productsscheduled to appear at thePark Avenue Open Day.

Powerful solutions from EmbedEmbed’s cashless solutions and debit card systems promise to make amusementoperations easier, with a host of expanded marketing opportunities.

stroSystems, supplier of market lead-ing currency validation solutions forthe amusement sector, will be set-

ting out its stall at Park Avenue Open Day inLondon. Having established the GBA andMicrocoin brand within the UK coin-opindustry over the last few years, AstroSys-tems sees Park Avenue as an essentialevent for both showcasing the latestproduct innovations and providingan invaluable networking resource.

On show will be the full rangeof GBA (Global Bill Accep-tors) and Microcoin prod-ucts, including two productlines that have been devel-oped to perfectly suit thedemands of the amusementindustry - the GBA ST2 stack-erless bill acceptor and theMicrocoin SP electronic coinvalidator.

A highly popular banknotevalidator option is the GBAST2, which combinesunprecedented physicalmodularity with unique ban-

knote discrimination methods. This resultsin an impressively secure and reliable solu-tion for a wide variety of applications.

The Microcoin SP provides an incredi-bly versatile coin acceptor solution, withkey features to include a patented ‘full coinpath’ jam release mechanism, simple push

button programming and a multi-level bonus feature. In order toensure that these benefits can beutilised within a range ofmachines, a specific SP faceplateis available which will fit the foot-print required in video andamusement cabinets. In addition,as a further optional extra, the SPcan also be fitted with a newlydesigned SP 115mm faceplatewhich offers an illuminated coinslot. The new illuminated face-plate will be available on thestand. The features and benefitsof the SP, together with excep-tional reliability, have impressedboth operators and manufactur-ers within the UK and globalamusement industries.

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AstroSystems makesits standTaking the opportunity to both network with the industry at large andshowcase new cash handling developments, AstroSystems will beone of the major exhibitors at the show

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VHub is now the highest earning SoundLeisure jukebox in the UK and the newplatform completely overhauls the designand look of the user interface of the juke-box, making it much more intuitive for thecustomer.

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We had tremendous success with R-Cade from Astraearlier in the year and we thought it would be a toughact to follow,” said sales director, Tony Glanville, “but

the team in Bridgend have surpassed all our expectationswith their latest compendium for the Cat C market, Hot SpotDeluxe £100.”

These games are housed in the striking and robust 623cabinet that operators and players are familiar with. The 623cabinet formerly housed the iconic Magic Games, whichgives it a head start with players who recognise the cabinet,and allows operators to integrate it effortlessly into theirexisting offering.

All machines are fitted with note acceptors, meaning play-ers do not have to leave the machine in search of coinage,but the biggest selling point of this product is the range ofgames that it has on offer. In total the machine offers opera-

tors a total of 18 games, with 13 displayed on the player’smenu screens. The games appear are on two tabs labelledPub Fruits and Casino Slots, so players can access the typesof games they like to play quickly.

Astra have used a ‘swish’ feature, which gives playersaccess to the two menu screens by sweeping their fingeracross the screen. Players will find this easy to relate to, asthis is the same way they access different pages on theirtablets and smart phones. The additional five games notshown on the menu screen are held in a back office librarythat, at any time, operators can access to enable and disable.

The compendium of games that comes with the Hot SpotDeluxe offers something for everyone. Within the game suitethere are a number of high-tec games from the Bell-FruitGames stable, including iconic brands such as Deal or NoDeal and Cops n Robbers. Other iconic brands utilised within

the game offering include Astra’s Reel King and Party Time. As well as proven brand offerings there are a range of game

styles including poker and roulette to compliment multiwin-line style games. Astra’s games teams have been busyand there are a range of new titles that capitalise on the new£100 jackpot such as Fortune 100, Reel King 100 and OneHundred to One.

“This machine is incredible value for money and we havealready a strong order book with customers looking toreceive product before the Whitsun holiday,” said Glanville.“Hot Spot Deluxe is going to be on all AGC operator’s shop-ping lists as it is an incredibly attractive offer and with thenumber of games available a bargain in terms value for money.I strongly suggest operators give us a call at RLMS to get theirorders registered so they do not miss out on this tremen-dous opportunity.”

RLMS explain why Hot Spotis definitely a good spotChoice is the name of the game for RLMS, who have a selection of multi-game optionsprepared for the Park Avenue show, including the new Hot Spot Deluxe.

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Kent based manufacturer G-SquaredGames will be bringing best of breed to

the Park Avenue Open day with its smash hitKung Fu Pounda. The firm’s second categoryC release has already secured a formidableset of major retailer approvals and hasattracted substantial ordersfrom operators.

Kung Fu Pounda featuresa traditional ‘three symbolsin view’ feature entry, cou-pled with a fruit matrix andying/yang symbols. In addi-tion, this model features aninnovative ‘take it/leave it’feature that offers the playerthe option of both cashamounts as well as bonusfeatures. The machine ispresented with eye-catch-ing graphics, dual colourside extrusions and fea-tures a full set of bespokesound effects recorded atthe firm’s studio.

Andrew Powell, director,acknowledged the fantasticreception from the market-place, commenting: “We areextremely happy that play-

ers have got behind Kung Fu Pounda and wehave again proved our credentials in beingable to bring machines of the highest calibreto the market place. Our innovative approachto game design is a true mark of G-Squared’spedigree as a now established manufacturer

in the sector.” G-Squared willalso debut a new test modelat the Open Day featuring anexciting new presentationalenhancement.

On the new model Powellexplained that, “in designingour next release we wantedto build on the success ofKung Fu Pounda,whilst at thesame time pushing the con-cept forward, as we do notbelieve in standing still. Wehave seen some good inno-vation in the last few monthson presentation and ournew model features the firstin a series of innovations wewill be rolling out this year.I’m excited to be showcas-ing the new model at ParkAvenue as it’s a superb dayand always draws a greatcrowd.”

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G-Squared’s Kung Fu Pounda has been hitting all the right notes inearly 2014 and Park Avenue visitors will get a chance to view thelatest model.

EMPIRE GAMES

Empire Games headsto Park Avenue

Open Day with a braceof exciting new titlesin Ten Ten Do It Againand Gold Run. Theformer is a new styleof product, aimed at

offering an enhanced player experiencecompared to established, traditional stylegames. The biggest win from the base gameis £10, which enables players to experi-ence a more frequent series of wins.

Also the operator has the option of set-ting the machine so that the player canchoose to gamble each of his reel wins tothe £10 win, staying true to the mantra - TenTen Do It Again. If the player successfullygambles to the repeating £10 feature it auto-matically kicks in, with a continuous chanceof gaining another £10 reward, until the fea-ture says “That’s your lot.” This title featuresno holds or nudges, making it a quickergame, and with the ability to gamble eachwin this is set to be a sure fire winner.

The single player Gold Run, meanwhile,also introduces a new style of game play to

the Empire stable. Designed and guaranteedto keep players entertained for hours onend, this is a traditional style game withsome exciting enhancements. Players willbe kept guessing as to why the wins appearto come out of nowhere.

Players spin the reels in the hope thatthey can gain either winning symbols, fea-turing a range of single, double and jackpotGold Bars with the added benefit of nudgesto help, or the chance of gaining a Gold Runsymbol on the middle reel sandwichedbetween two Gold Bars. The latter elevatesthem to the Gold Run top box featurewhereby bigger wins and more theatreawait them. Wins continue to be spun ontothe win line and the awards accumulatedinto the players bank display. Gaining GoldRun on the centre reel on the top boxaccesses the Gold Run streak where the funreally kicks in.

Empire’s Steve Young commented on thepairing: “These are must-have games thatwill definitely stand the test of time and willbe popular with players for years to come.We’re proud to be able to showcase them atthis year’s Park Avenue Open Day.”

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X 7even Extra has undergone a transformation as it isnow available for the first time with a £100 Jackpot andwill also offer a community gaming feature for the firsttime. The game will be fully switchable through variousstake and prize options, right down to 10p/£5.

Electrocoin’s co-founder John Stergides commented:“We have retained the true values of the game, ensuringthat the player will feel the familiarity straight away,whilst adding the additional option of communitygaming. We are delighted with new presentation andbelieve that by using the Mini Eclipse cabinet with anilluminated door brings the best Bar X right up to date.”

Continuing the Bar X theme, the new Bar X handheldkiosk system will also be on show at the Open Day. First

shown at EAG, the kiosk has now been rolled out across alarge number of venues around the UK. The handheldunits are secured in a robust casing and now feature tour-nament games as well as Cat D Bar X games. The strengthof the games, combined with the unique cash in, cashout kiosk, has made this concept particularly attractiveto arcades up and down the country.

Also previewed at EAG, Electrocoin’s new digital prod-uct Wheel N Deal is also in full production, parallel toVegas Strip. “The base games from Vegas Strip have beenextremely successful and we have now added some newcontent to the platform,” said business developmentdirector, Kevin Wier. “In addition, we have now presentedfive new features which are bespoke for Wheel n Deal.The features bring entertainment to a ‘no lose’ bonusgame adding to the ‘value for money’ feel of the product.In addition, any number of games can be linked on com-

munity across both the Vegas Strip and Wheel ‘N’ Dealconcepts.”

Electrocoins new Cat C hi-tec Take It or Leave It-LuckOf The Irish will also be making its debut at Open Dayand will be accompanied by OXO Super Reels threeplayer, featuring a 30p/£25 base game with a £100 streakon the ‘Super Reels’. The game can also be switched downto various stake and prize levels including 10p/£5.

Whilst gaming machines make up the bulk of newproducts in Electrocoin’s showroom, Stern Pinball’slatest release Mustang will also be making its Europeandebut. The game celebrates 50 years of the Ford Mustangand comes equipped with top-of-the-line features includ-ing artwork by famed Ford GT car artist and designerCamilo Pardo and the ultimate soundtrack from SonyMusic featuring five decades of hits. The very successfulStar Trek Pro will also be on display.

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Instead of the traditional coin dropmethod of the traditional jukebox, cus-tomers can remotely access the NSMjukebox music collection from any mobiledevice such as a smartphone, tablet orPC.

With a choice of over 120,000 songsfrom a multitude of genres ranging fromrap to bhangra, country and western to

soul, NSM Music makes it more than easyto access the music you want.

There is no subscription, just downloadthe app, make your selection and enjoythe music. Payment is organised via yourmobile phone bill.

Commenting on the trial, NSM generalmanager, Martin Agabeg, said: “It is obvi-ous that music provision via mobiledevices - such as smartphones - will out-strip the traditional coin-opereated meth-ods very soon.

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In 2013, Korea’s Big-O Experience,London’s Harry Potter studio tour andDisney California’s Cars Land, wereamong the attractions to win a Theaaward for their achievements in designand theming.

The next set of awards will beannounced in November, with the winnersformally presented at the 21st annualThea Awards Gala next year.

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Gamestec, who form part of the Novo-matic Group, is on the hunt for two

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The company are also searching for anew amusement centre manager in theElveden Forest, Thetford. The successfulapplicant will be taskedwith maintaining highstandards in machineservicing and repair in amultisite games environment.

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London and pos-sibly do someshopping, sight-seeing, maybe gosee a show in theWest End in theevening beforeheading home,”he said.

The show isscheduled to fea-ture a productsfrom variety ofcompanies,including co-hosts UDC andElectrocoin.

Despite the food and networking on offerat Park Avenue, Bland suggests theremight be a few additional reasons tomake the trip. “London’s a great city tovisit,” he said, “so it might not be entirelydown to our charm and catering ability.”

REFLEX TO EXHIBIT ATOCTOBER SHOW

Quentin Stott, managing director atNewark-based Reflex Gaming, has

confirmed that his outfit will have a standat Stamford Bridge at the Autumn Coin-op Show in October.

He told Coinslot: “We’ll be supportingthe new show in October because thetiming and location are both good. Stake-holders can discuss trading patterns andnew developments having had a fewmonths to analyse the state of the market.

We’ll take a stand and hopefully buyerswill support it too. London as a venue,after all, is ideal for entertaining clients.”

The firm exhibited four Cat C productsat Crown’s Northern Showcase inChorley earlier this month.

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he wider enter-tainment world inwhich we live

today is full of apps, Face-book friends Twittertweeters, Instagram idiotsand digital music down-loaders. Yes, there’s stillcoin-op, but that involvesleaving the sitting roomor bedroom! So how canthe UK pay-to-play indus-try persuade the nation to- in the words of a post-modern Why Don’t You -just switch off their iPadsand go and do somethingmore coin-op instead?

Much as I like to think Iknow everything, I don’thave a simple answer tothis one. Encouragingly, anumber of industry stake-holders have at least triedto either promote them-selves via social media ormake some sort of anonline app/land-basedproduct link.

On a basic level, enter-tainment, whether it’smusic, AWP or SWP con-tent uploaded via a wire-less network saves thecostly and time-consum-ing activity of shiftingcabinets up and down thecountry. Let’s be realistic- it’s what happens in thegame, and what drivesthose cashbox takings,that’s most important. Inother words, players haverepeat turns on any typeof coin-op entertainmentbecause they have been

given a convincing reasonto return to it. Obviously,it’s no use if a cabinet mal-functions the momentsomeone leans on it orblows up the first time adrink is spilled on it, butI’m sure you’d agree thatcontent is king thesedays.

The coin-op industry’schallenge is therefore - asit has always been - howto prise that entertain-ment pound frompeople’s pockets, butagainst an ever-more chal-lenging list of rivals and abackdrop of an economi-cally-squeezed popula-tion. If someone has thedefinitive response tothis, please let me knowvia email, text, Twitter,Facebook or (snigger) fax.

We all know deepdown that we can betterpromote ourselves - andthe industry as a whole -by cleverly and creativelyusing the free-of-chargedigital tools available tous. Facebook, Sound-cloud, Twitter et al costnothing but a bit of time.The challenge of linkingone or all of the above tocompelling game con-tent, however, is the bigask. Perhaps someonemight have an answer atthe up-coming ParkAvenue Open Day? To say“check out our website”isn’t quite enough thesedays.

How toattract that allimportantleisure pound

According to theyorker.co.uk,Gala Bingo recently con-

ducted a survey of the UK todiscover more about people’slucky habits. Its results haveshown that York of all places isthe most superstitious city inthe whole of the UK.

York is a city that is steepedwith a haunting past and hasgained a reputation for beinghaunted. Gala Bingo’s researchhas revealed that over half ofYork’s population considerthemselves to be unlucky. Over80 per cent of its folk believewalking under ladders, break-ing a mirror or opening anumbrella inside is bad luck whilealmost one third of people fromYork have a lucky number. Sev-enty-five per cent of people inYork use the same numbers toplay the lottery and over half ofits population consider them-selves superstitious - makingYork the most superstitious cityin the UK.

Meanwhile, a council couldbe forced to pay millions ofpounds in compensation after

closing a pier amid fears aboutits safety, according to TheArgus. The Court of Appeal hasruled a legal firm acting onbehalf of a now defunct bingohall which used to operate onHastings Pier can seek com-pensation.

The claim originates fromJune 2006 when the councilused emergency powers toclose off the pier after metal fellfrom the underside of the Victo-rian structure.

Stylus Sports, which ran abingo hall and amusementarcade on the pier from 2001,was set to host a disco for 500people the day after the closure.

Manolete Partners, whichtook up the case for StylusSports’ creditors after the com-pany was liquidated in 2011,hopes to settle the amount withthe council over the next fewmonths.

The council’s own budgetarypapers reveal it anticipates a£1.8 million claim but ManoletePartners chief executive StevenCooklin told The Argus it will be

looking for a sum “far in excess”of council estimates.

Council officials said theauthority was “bitterly disap-pointed” with the outcome andany compensation paymentwould take away funds from thepublic purse.

They warned the ruling couldhave serious implications forany council wishing to useemergency powers over safetyconcerns in the future.

Lord Justice Jackson saidthe “true culprit, Ravenclaw”,the pier’s landlords at the timewho failed to carry out signifi-cant repairs to the pier, is “out-side the jurisdiction” becausethe company is based inPanama and effectively“beyond the reach of anyenforcement procedures”.

The council was also criti-cised in the judgement for fail-ing to take action earlier and inthe quiet off-season whichwould have reduced the impacton the operating firm of emer-gency procedures.

Lord Jackson said the coun-

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for a tour of coin-op England this week, with Sidmouth, York and Hastingsng in the latest industry-related press reports.

The regulated bettingindustry, represented by theEuropean Gaming andBetting Association andother trade bodies, haswelcomed the main findings of a European Commissionfunded study on sports organisers’ rights in the EU.

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cil will be entitled to argue inthe settlement that the loss ofprofit caused by the council’sconduct must be “substan-tially reduced by reason of thestructural condition of thepier”.

Cooklin said the decisionvindicated the original deci-sion made by the High Court.

He added: “This judgementhas just delayed the processfrom a year ago and has costthe council a lot more moneyand our legal costs just to waitanother year.”

A Hastings Borough Coun-cil spokesman said: “We aredisappointed to be now facinga compensation claim, andhaving to pay legal costs,when all we have ever soughtto do was ensure that the pierwas safe for members of thepublic. We simply could nothave allowed the disco to goahead in June 2006 knowingthat pieces of the undersidehad fallen off, that parts of thepier’s structure were in a dan-gerous condition, and that an

independent engineer hadsaid that parts of the pier werelikely to be unsafe under‘crowd loadings’.”

And finally, Sidmouth busi-ness owners say they haveescaped the spectre of therecession and are looking for-ward to the summer, accord-ing to the Sidmouth Herald.The weather continues to playa pivotal role in how arcades,FECs and shops fare, butsince Easter, things havelooked good for the seasideresort.

Anne Barratt, who has runFitzalan Gems for the last 14years, said: “Things herehave really picked up sinceEaster. Customer confidenceis definitely up since therecession and we’re startingto get as busy as we werebefore.”

Shelley Griffiths, who ownsVintage Green and recentlyopened Pobby and Blue,revealed: “We get so manymore holidaymakers here, alot more people staying at the

hotels. Our best ever weekwas Easter - we did doubletakings. It feels different nowthe recession is less of anissue but people are still con-scious of how they spendtheir money.”

White Horse owner BassanHaidar added: “If you havegood weather you do muchbetter. Sidmouth is such abeautiful place but theweather affects it quite a lot.”

Nathalie Pyro, who worksat Forever England, said: “Itwas a fantastic bank holiday,everyone was out in highspirits and enjoying individ-ual shops - everyone needsto keep on coming down toSidmouth.”

“The East Coast Amusement show, organised by Michael Greenof UDC, is now an established event on the industry calendar,strongly supported by exhibitors and visitors alike.”

STEPH NORBURY, COIN-OP COMMUNITY

Astudy carried out for the EuropeanCommission by a consortium

composed of the Dutch Asser Insti-tute and IVIR of the University of Ams-terdam has found that there is no legalbasis, nor rationale, for an EU-wideright to consent to bets (i.e. “sportsbetting right”). The study also con-cludes that the French sports bettingright, whereby sports betting opera-tors must obtain the consent of sportsorganisers to offer bets, is not an effec-tive mechanism for financial distribu-tion to sport or as an integrityinstrument against match-fixing.

The study was designed to map outthe rights of sports organisers, in par-ticular in relation to sports bettingoperators and assess the merits of abetting right. It makes a number ofsignificant conclusions:

· The “costs associated with theadministering of the right to consentto bets will always be considerable”and “there is no evidence for a linkbetween the financial return stem-ming from a right to consent to betsand the financing of grassroots sport.”

· The adoption of integrity mecha-nisms is not a prerequisite of theFrench right and “there is no guaran-tee that the income is in fact allocatedto fraud prevention and detection.”

· The right to consent to bets “risksleaving less popular and less visiblesports more exposed to integrityrisks” as “for most sports organisersthe financial return would be insuffi-cient to cover their own integritycosts.”

· “It is not evident that safeguard-ing the integrity of sports events con-stitutes the principal rationale of theFrench right to consent to bets.”

· The conditions required to imple-ment a right to consent to bets arecapable of constituting an unjustifiedrestriction on the free movement of

services within the EU.· The right establishes a monopoly

for sports “leading to the creation of adominant position within the mean-ing of Article 102 TFEU” and anti-com-petitive concerns.

· Highlights that “amending the[Database] Directive to meet thedemands of the sports organiserswould bear the risk of creating unde-sirable information monopolies.”

Whilst sports bodies and theFrench authorities continue to pro-mote a betting right, the report high-lights that no other member state hasproperly implemented legislationsimilar to that existing in France andthat most other jurisdictions have“instead opted for alternative mecha-nisms to collect and allocate revenuederived from gambling to sport.”Moreover, the report shows thatsports organisers already have suffi-cient legal protection and the cre-ation, at EU level, of a French-stylesports betting right is not justified.

Maarten Haijer, secretary generalof the EGBA, added: “This study illus-trates clearly that a sports bettingright cannot act as a safeguard to keepcorruption out of sport. Such righthas many practical and legal short-falls, and the regulated betting indus-try is encouraged to see that no othermember states in the EU havedecided to copy the French model.”

Clive Hawkswood, chief executiveof the RGA, concluded: “We welcomethe publication of the Asser Study aswe did the opportunity to participatein the consultation process. We hopethat the European Commission willtake note of its findings which echoour view that calls for a Europeanwide sports betting right, or indeed asports betting right of any kind, arecommercially driven and have little ifanything to do with integrity.”

EGBA backs EC-funded bettingstudy findings

“Japan’s Sega Sammy, a manufacturer of pachinko andamusement games, as well as an operator of amusementcentres, has claimed that new game titles are required inorder to boost the industry.”

SIMON LIDDLE, INTERGAME

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JONATHAN SWIFT, EUROSLOT

“San Francisco is preparing to lift a decades-old restric-tion on arcade video games and pinball machines.”

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company Lotto-Radar areto share their expertise withpayments at PayExpo 2014.Returning for a second year,PayExpo will take place atLondon’s ExCel Centre onJune 11-12 and will see for-ward-thinking gaming oper-ators joined by financialinstitutions, serviceproviders, mobile opera-tors, retailers and transportcompanies. The event

includes four conferences,as well as workshops takingplace across the two days.There will be a number ofthought-leading debateson future trends andemerging technologies aswell as innovative casestudies and regulatoryupdates.

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rganiser IAAPA haslaid on a raft of spe-cial events for this

year’s Asian AttractionsExpo, which takes place inBeijing on June 18-20.These kick-off with the For-

bidden City tour on June 17,which starts in TiananmenSquare and then continueson to the Forbidden City, siteof the imperial palace fortwenty-four oof China’semperors.An opening night receptionon June 18 will enableguests to mix and mingle

with the who’s who of theworldwide attractionsindustry.On June 20, the Happy ValleyBeijing tour includes morethan 50 scenic cultural andecological sights, while thepost-expo tour on June 21takes in the majesty of theGreat Wall of China.

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Newsweekhis year’s Tourism Symposium is set totake place in Liverpool on June 2-3,coinciding with the International Fes-

tival for Business.Its theme will be ‘The role of tourism and

culture in creating economic success’, withexpert speakers from the tourism, arts and cul-tural sectors covering a range of subjects, aswell as a keynote address from John Kampfner,director of the Creative Industries Federation.

The first event of its kind, the symposiumhas been designed to put these sectors right atthe heart of the conversation about the gener-ation of business, growth, employment andprofessional development.

It is being organised by the Tourism Societywith support and input from patrons DCMS,

VisitBritain, Arts Council England, VisitEnglandand Liverpool Vision.

The first day of the Symposium will consistof educational study tours and an informal net-working reception and a supper hosted by TateLiverpool.

This will be followed by a day-long confer-ence on June 3 with panel and delegate dis-cussion sessions, and networkingopportunities.

A key component of the day will be the pres-entation of a Tourism Society Think Tank paper,which will consider the evidence for the suc-cess of cultural events in an area’s develop-ment.

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