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Exhibition | UK Electronic Darts | Spain
UK industry
New phase of
attention turns
expansion for
networked
to inaugural
darts specialists
EAG Expo
BARCELONA-BASED BLUE
After having won the support of the UK
& ACCESS HAS
ANNOUNCED THAT ITS
gaming industry throughout 2009, EAG looks NEXT STEP IS THE EXPAN-
set to hit the ground running in January.
SION OF ITS EUROPEAN
DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
Having enjoyed a run of
ate bookings for countries as far afield as the end of a four-year hiatus success with its hi-tech Silver-
Industry Sectors
L
the European Ireland, Germany, Spain, for the organisation, which dart electronic, internet-linked,
Amusement and Austria, the US, Belgium, Aus- previously sold its Earls Court
EAG
smart card enabled darts
Gaming Expo in tralia, Poland, the Nether- show licence to Clarion machines, Blue & Access, is
December took lands, Taiwan, Italy, South Gaming. Chinn said the Arcade and Video Games stepping up its attempts at
the show floor for the new America, France and South choice of the ultra-modern, AWPs gaining a strong foothold
UK exhibition to 99 per cent Korea. purpose-built ExCel, was the Billiards across mainland Europe.
full, marking the culmination In the face of the current only logical choice for a Bingo Equipment The firm, which will exhibit at
of a successful return to the downturn, the organisers say venue.The hall has 7,000sq.m Bowling the ATEI in January 2010, has
trade show circuit by organis- support for EAG continues to of space available, while the Cash/Coin Handling come a long way since its
ers BACTA. grow in the build-up to the organising team are currently Equipment inception in 2000 as a public
EAG takes place at the show. Neil Chinn, BACTA’s finalising arrangements Coin-Operated Machines internet access provider.
same time as the Earls Court national president, com- which will include a wide Components Nowadays, the firm spe-
shows in London on January mented: “There are a number range of services to visitors. Cranes cialises in electronic, internet-
26-28. The new BACTA-run of reasons why we can feel “It’s great that the organis- Electronic Games linked darts machines which
exhibition will present more BACTA president, Neil Chinn positive about the future and ers understand our needs and Go-Karts allow players to compete
than 100 companies show- whilst, as an industry we still are being so responsive,” said Kiddie Rides/Games against each other regardless
casing in excess of 200 current economic climate. face some serious challenges, Justin Burke of Sega Amuse- Juke Boxes of where they are in the world.
product lines at ExCel, the But after a year of hard cam- it is important that we pull ments Europe. “EAG Expo is Novelty/Plush With a solid product offering
international conference and paigning the organisers have together and continue to such an important event for Pool and Snooker that encompasses one of
exhibition centre located in managed to draw much of the fight for our businesses. EAG us that we have to get Equipment Western Europe’s most
the east-end Docklands of domestic industry in. is a great opportunity for us to absolutely everything that Pushers popular pub coin-op pas-
London. In many ways EAG was show unity and reinforce our we can from it. It is our Redemption times, Blue & Access offers
The decision to launch the borne to cater to the shifting identity and our importance biggest marketing spend of Games/Prizes smart cards to accompany its
self-proclaimed ‘back to needs of the British gaming as an industry.” the year and our biggest sales Simulators darts games, allowing players
basics’ show was initially community. While this is From its earliest days at the drive so it make sense to SWPs to store their stats and see their
greeted with caution on the indeed reflected in the UK- Royal Horticultural Hall in spend as much time as we can Trade Associations ranking.
part of some gaming and heavy exhibitor roster, the London, BACTA has a trail of with our customers on our Trade Publications “We’ve recently begun a
amusement groups, espe- expo has also attracted industry trade show suc- stand demonstrating our Vending Machines new phase with the expansion
cially considering the several foreign firms from cesses. The venture marks products.” of our distribution network in
Europe, promoting a system of
classification of networked
Electronic Bingo | US
sports and dart tournaments
and promoting national and
international events for lovers
of darts,” stated the firm’s Jose
Alabama electronic bingo complex declared ‘compliant’
Maria Martinez.
To this end, the latest raft of
Silverdart machines have a
multi-lingual menu and
The owner of the largest electronic bingo complex in Alabama, US, has celebrated his complex achieving
instruction screens and have
been manufactured with dura-
compliance with the latest Alabama Supreme Court ruling which defines the game. bility and simplicity of opera-
tion in mind.
“What players like is the
M
ilton McGregor, attorneys tell me - and I Alabama Supreme Court’s abundance of options.
owner of Victory- agree - that the ruling six-part bingo test Gameplay styles include
Land, Alabama, doesn’t apply to us. But out Cricket, X01, High Score and
recently hired a New of a sense of caution, we did • Each player uses one or more exclusive X-Crick additions
Jersey-based gaming lab to what we did.” cards with spaces arranged in Best Of, Blink and Ronda.
check over 6,000 bingo McGregor noted that his five columns and five rows with We’re looking at attracting
machines for compliance co-operation was part of a an alphanumeric or similar des- more distributors who will
with the guidelines issued “very exhaustive effort in ignation assigned to each space help us make the world of
by the court in a recent co-ordination and commu- • Alphanumeric designations darts take a new dimension in
bingo case - and it seems nication with its bingo are randomly drawn and terms of strategy and skill,”
like he has won his battle to vendors and their engineer- announced one by one concluded Martinez.
host the devices. ing and compliance staffs to • Each player must pay attention
In a letter to Macon conform to the six require- to the values announced and if a
County District Attorney, ments to be bingo.” value is matched on the card,
McGregor wrote: “We are Electronic bingo has been the player must physically act by
pleased to advise your in Alabama almost 20 years. marking a card
offices that all bingo games The machines, which • A player can fail to pay proper
being conducted at Victory- resemble slot machines, attention and miss an opportu-
Land comply with the defini- International inspected ing, which opened in started in small storefronts, nity to be a winner
tion of bingo as set forth by 6,400 electronic machines December. but they are becoming the • A player must recognise a
the Alabama Supreme at VictoryLand, and also McGregor added: “The main attraction in the Las bingo pattern and announce it
Court.” certified the 1,703 bingo Supreme Court ruling is not Vegas-style entertainment • Multiple players must
Gaming Laboratories machines at Country Cross- even a final judgement. My centres. compete against each other
GamesWorld | 42 | December 2009/January 2010
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