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What really makes the top people in this sector tick? In the first of a series of profiles, we talk to the chairman of Embed International as he announces the firm’s merger with Playsafe

How did you first get involved with the amusements industry?

My father Malcolm Steinberg has been involved in the coin-op industry since 1958 so it was probably always destiny. My first exposure was working holiday jobs in my father’s LAI Group factory where games from U.S. and Japanese game companies were built under licence for the Australian market – videos, redemption and pinball.

CZECH REPUBLIC

Experts are divided on President Václav Klaus’ veto of an amendment to gambling regulations that would have given municipalities the power to regulate and license modern video gambling terminals in their districts.

Some agree with the move, saying the amendment was ill-prepared and weak, while others say the move simply sanctions the unacceptably high level of gambling in the Czech Republic.

More than 60 billion Kč ($3 billion), or more than 1 billion Kč per week, were put into slot machines in 2008, the last year of available figures. There are estimated to be more than 60,000 gaming machines nationwide.

Offering the right music isn’t just a way to please your customers – it can provide extra income too. Discover how the experts believe music can help build your business

It’s one of the great universals: nearly everyone enjoys some form of music, and nearly every venue can benefit from the right soundtrack. But we’ve come a long way from the easy options of piped Muzak or a radio behind the cash desk. Today’s delivery systems for music are designed to precisely match the audio to the audience, and in many cases to generate a revenue stream too.

The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) has committed to hold its annual IAAPA Attractions Expo at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) in Orlando, Florida until 2019.

The new agreement adds five years to the association’s original deal with the OCCC (pictured), and means the scheduled 2011 Las Vegas expo is cancelled.

Every month Euroslot brings you the latest regulations, court rulings and government policies affecting the industry around the world

ARGENTINA

Gaming Laboratories International will hold its Latin American regulators’ round table in Buenos Aires on 28 September. Topics to be covered will include money laundering, Internet gaming, lotteries and network security.

Codacons, the Italian association for the protection of consumers, has released the first findings from a study of the relationship between young people and gaming. Still unofficial and yet to be published, it has emerged from research conducted by Codacons in conjunction with Italy’s state monopolies.

Gambling is growing at the rate of 13 percent a year, with €53bn bet in 2009 alone: and more and more adolescents are getting involved, as shown by the data from a study of 40,000 students, led by the Institute of Clinical Physiology of the National Research Council of Pisa (Ifc-Cnr) as part of the “Il gioco è una cosa seria” (“Gaming is a serious matter”) project.

Gamestec's TabBoxx pull-tab lottery game is said to be attracting pub customers who wouldn't normally use gaming machines.

Offering prizes up to £1000, the system is now installed in more than 200 sites, some taking £80 a day. Part of the proceeds are being given to charity.

At Yates's in Barrow-in-Furness. manager Brian Clarke said: “The TabBoxx machine has been really popular with our customers. They like the fact that by playing they are supporting a good cause. We have a mixed customer base at our pub – although people of all ages have been playing, it seems particularly popular with the over-40s.

UK pubs continue to invest in gaming and entertainment systems, with pubcos TCG and Enterprise Inns both awarding large contracts.

Gamestec has won a two-year deal to supply systems to TCG, whose chief operating officer Nigel Wright said: “We were impressed by Gamestec and have given them a percentage of our business going forward. They have undergone major changes over the past two years and we believe they can provide a new approach to our leisure-machines offering.”