Get ready for a reel funky ride in Crazy Taxi High Roller
Sega Amusements Europe
Sega Amusements Europe Ltd will be exhibiting Crazy Taxi High Roller on stand 1030 at the ATEI 2003 in January. This is the long awaited sequel to the highly successful Crazy Taxi that was released to the coin op industry in 1999 and is still a top earner in many arcades today.
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Pool breaks new ground at the ATEI
EPA
January's Amusement Trades Exhibition International (ATEI) at Earls Court sees a new twist - the final stages of the Embassy International Pool Masters will be played out in front of TV cameras for later broadcast on BSkyB. Following on will be the Professional Eightball Pool Trickshot Championship.
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JPM and SEGA Japan Announce Joint Venture
JPM International
JPM International announced that, in co-operation with SEGA of Japan they will develop a new Video AWP game for release at ATEI 2004.
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ICE to move in 2004
ICE
The 2003 International Casino Exhibition will be the last to be held on level 2 of Earls Court 1. The burgeoning show, which in a decade has grown from just 37 to 150 exhibitors, will make the short move to Earls Court 2 for the 2004 show.
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Happ ATEI 2003
Happ Controls Europe
Happ Controls Europe will be displaying a range of replacement parts for all makes of AWP, video, redemption and other amusement machines. Products range from replacement electronic coin mechanisms to pool cues and cloths. Smaller items such as lamps, switches and circuit boards to suit a wide range of applications are also available. Happ have a deliberate policy of quality and value for money with all products going through a demanding series of quality control tests before being included in parts lists. To obtain a copy of the latest catalogue and to view some of the products available visits Happ Controls Europe at ATEI 2003.
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Quality and quantity underpin ICE 2003
ICE
Casino buyers planning their visit to January's ICE show in London will be party to the most comprehensive gathering of suppliers and manufacturers ever seen at an industry event.
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Photo Play to Enter the Realm of Online Gaming
funworld ag
Photo Play revs up. With competent new leaders to head the team, the course was set for a new dimension of touch-screen gaming during the past months. The great "kick off" will take place at the ATEI in London.
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Nyko Technologies Releases Digital Camera Module for Game Boy Advance
Nyko Technologies
The diversification of gaming devices continues unabated. Nyko Technologies has released the WormCam, (with a name that invokes images of a new computer virus) a color digital camera accessory for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance portable gaming system. Nyko says this is the first product of its kind for the Game Boy Advance console and is available from retailers now for about $40.
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New Gaming CRT Touchmonitors from Elo TouchSystems
Elo TouchSystems
Elo TouchSystems, Inc., the global leader in touch technology and a unit of Tyco Electronics, has launched new additions to its family of open-frame CRT gaming monitors. These include 17" and 19" true flat CRT monitors. The CRT gaming touchmonitors are available with the company's breakthrough iTouch "touch-on-tube" surface-wave touch technology and feature a unique injection-moulded minibezel with watertight seal. Elo's complete gaming monitor line will be shown in booth1830 at ATEI, London, from January 21 to 23.
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Indians Respond to TIME
OnlineCasinoNews
A rapid, fiery, written response to an article in Time magazine's December 16th edition, purportedly analysing the real state of tribal casino life for 184 tribes, questions whether a monument of the press is above reproach regarding minorities. Ernest L. Stevens, Jr., Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Association, writes in an open letter to Time that he was disgusted with the article's exploitation of language in certain ways in an effort to influence readers' opinions against tribal casino gambling. Stevens also charges that, "Your reporters use isolated circumstances to write what amounts to a gossip column. Your story is based on the false and offensive premise that 'Washington' created Indian gaming as a 'cheap way to wean tribes from government handouts.'
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EGO To Develop New Charter for the Future
EGO
During a recent very successful and well attended meeting at the Schipol Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam, the European Gaming Organisation was given a clear mandate to develop a new charter. Unfortunately due to illness Secretary General Chris Brammer was not able to attend and the Chair was taken up by Keith Fagan.
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Bear Stearns: Government, Racetracks Can Benefit from Slots
RollingGoodTimes.com
The Sport of Kings could use a slot arm to lean on and so could some state governments. Slow to change and under pressure from more sophisticated gambling methods and flashy casinos, a new Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. report finds the racetrack industry could beef up attendance, revenues, and state coffers, by adding slots to its showcase.
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Games, Gaming And Gambling, All Under One Roof
ATEI
'The single best opportunity to see the coin-op world under one roof' is the message coming out of the ATEI organisers office as buyers from throughout the world prepare to descend on the sell-out London show (Earls Court, 21st to 23rd January). The 2003 show is set to stage the biggest and most comprehensive collection of coin-op amusements in its 59-year history.
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STELLA International in ATEI 2003
Stella International
At the ATEI in January 2003 STELLA International will again present its latest developments for international AWP markets (stand 810). New at the STELLA stand will be the recently integrated amusement sector. The STELLA innovations for the German fun game market will be shown at the IMA in Nuremberg one week before.
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Who's Cashing In At Indian Casinos
TIME Magazine
Imagine, if you will, Congress passing a bill to make Indian tribes more self-sufficient that gives billions of dollars to the white backers of Indian businesses-and nothing to hundreds of thousands of Native Americans living in poverty. Or a bill that gives hundreds of millions of dollars to one Indian tribe with a few dozen members-and not a penny to a tribe with hundreds of thousands of members. Or a bill that allows select Indian tribes to create businesses that reap millions of dollars in profits and pay no federal income tax-at the same time that the tribes collect millions in aid from American taxpayers. Can't imagine Congress passing such a bill? It did. Here's how it happened-and what it means.
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Harry Potter tops NPD PC sales chart
GameSpot.com
The Sims: Unleashed has finally been forced to relinquish the number one position on NPD's weekly PC game sales chart by Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, which entered the chart at number three last week. All of last week's positions have undergone something of a reshuffle for this week's chart, with the most significant mover being Microsoft's Age of Mythology, which slipped six places from second position to eighth.
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Swiss Casino to Install SEGA Royal Ascot Special 12 Player
Sega Gaming
Casino Montreux have now confirmed the purchase of a new SEGA upgraded Royal Ascot Special 12 Player for their new Casino which will open during February 2003. This follows on from the already successful installation of the Royal Ascot Special in Casino Lugano.
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Matsui and AGI target London
ICE
Matsui Gaming has announced that it will be using ICE 2003 to showcase a full range of live table gaming equipment, following the unprecedented success enjoyed by the Tokyo-based company at the 2002 show.
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Cromptons in resurgent mood
Cromptons Leisure
Cromptons Leisure International goes to the 2003 ATEI in resurgent mood with a portfolio of high cash box, precision-engineered pusher and novelty equipment. Almost a year since its purchase by Innovative Concepts in Entertainment, the Ramsgate-based manufacturer will be showcasing several new games from its stand (no. 1329) in London.
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Time Crisis 3 set for landmark launch
Namco Europe
Time Crisis 3, arguably the most eagerly awaited video sequel to date, will be launched to the European coin-op industry this month with the Namco game making an appearance at Nuremberg's IMA and London's ATEI exhibitions, the latter providing the stage for the worldwide unveiling of the deluxe model.
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Harrods Casino Back Online
OnlineCasinoNews
Next month in the New Year the most famous luxury department store in the world, Harrods, in London, England, will re-launch what promises to be one of the most luxury online casinos ever seen, industry experts predict. Harrods has reached an agreement with the prestigious software supplier, Kismet International Studios, who will supply the software and maintain the online casino.
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Littlewoods makes iTV gaming debut with Sky
Philip Smith, Revolution UK Online
Littlewoods, the gaming brand, is to launch on interactive television for the first time with a series of services on the Sky Active platform. Sportech, which owns the Littlewoods betting and gaming brands, will offer a range of interactive pools, lotteries, instant win games and betting services to six million Sky digital households nationwide.
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Microsoft May Double its Investment in Xbox
GameMarketWatch.com
There's an old adage that says you need to spend money to make money, and its one that seems to be driving Microsoft's philosophy when it comes to the Xbox. Last week Microsoft said it would be committing more resources to its entry in the battle of the video game consoles and had no intention of cutting bait and leaving the game.
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Nintendo releases New GameCube Game Boy Player details
GameSpot.com
Nintendo of America has released new information on the GameCube Game Boy player, which lets users play Game Boy Advance and other Game Boy games on the GameCube console using a device that attaches to the bottom of the GameCube. The device will come with a boot disc that users must insert into the console before attempting to play any Game Boy games on the device.
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