We simply ask operators and end users to write and tell us what product they are nominating and why. This can be anything from a machine to a component. We are hoping to hear about all types of products from kiddie rides, through to AWPs, push buttons and more from any country in the world.

Suzo International has formed a new casino group to cater for the particular needs of the casino sector. Multi-lngual Erik Wijma is heading up this new group with a team of dedicated specialists.

With 105,000 “irregular” Newslot games among just over 200,000 machines: the Italian market is on the brink of disaster writes Maurizio Brodo.

THE new UK Gaming Act comes into effect from the first of this month but what will it really mean for the industry?

It has become a tradition now during the summer dinner which is organised each year by the Europer Association, for the annual report of the trade body’s activities to be presented.

The report this year included a letter of introduction from the new Director General of Gaming in Catalonia, Merce Claramunt.

In the first 38 days of its operation, the implementation of the system designed by the Catalan company IPS, known as Hyperlink and managed by the Adeslink company, has been able to connect into its system 49 arcades with 401 interconnecting machines.

The Spanish Association for Internet Betting – AEDAPI (Apostadores Deportivos por Internet), only recently formed in Spain, has appointed Laura Guillot as the Association’s new Head of Communications. Guillot, aged 46 years, has a law degree from the University of Barcelona and has a master’s degree in International commerce and law and another in information technology and communication.

Master Billiard Supplies are pressing ahead with the arrangements to manufacture its range of Superleague tables in-house. But Eric Lewis said the company needed to be conscious of price and to get the balance right

Although it is too early to judge the effect on pool of the smoking ban which came into force on July 1, Excel Leisure’s Stan McKenna told Euroslot at the end of the first month that a number of operators who used his company’s tables had seen no discernable difference.

This year’s £50,000 Pub Pool Challenge, which was held for the first time last year and which closed with an exciting live TV coverage finals evening on Sky Sports, has had to be cancelled because of lack of support.

The BAPTO 2007 Finals, to be played from November 15 to 18 at Pontins Blackpool, will have a £13,300 prize fund, the largest in the association’s history. The money will be spread between a five-player team event featuring 128 teams plus 256 players men’s singles and 64 players ladies’ singles events.

Sega announced a new operating system at its temporary board meeting on June 13. During the meeting, the board announced that the current President of Sega/Sammy Group - Hajime Satomi would become the President of Sega, and current President of Sega – Hisao Oguchi would become the Vice-President of Sega/Sammy Group.

Feiloli, which has made tremendous accomplishments in its export markets, obtained the “Small Business Innovation Research” (SBIR) award that was promoted by the Technology Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

Southern Taiwan University of Technology held “Motion Games - Creation, Development and Test for Users” last month. Aside from releasing more than 10 interactive games which had been developed by undergraduate students of the Game Developmental Technology Department, the university also invited people of the game related industry to participate in the event.

The famous Taiwanese jeans brand Edwin, initially overlooked the potential for investment in the amusement industry. But now the Dabush Company has proposed a plan for building an international hotel in Penghu, one of three planned for the region with a the total investment worth NT$2.5 billion (about US$76 million).

Pan Amusements, the world’s leading manufacturer of electronic shooting galleries, has continued its successful development with a recent commission for four of its galleries from Crazy Park, Moscow which is opening many FECs across Russia.

OmniTicket Network, an international leader in admission and venue management systems, will launch a new generation of its Overview Ticketing System to the market by introducing Overview V7 at this year’s International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) trade show in Orlando in November.

Astrosystems Ltd, the European regional office of Astrosys International Ltd, has firmed up its senior management structure with the appointment of Steve Priest to the position of Sales Manager and Dave Alford (pictured) to Engineering Support Manager.

Embed, a leading provider of debit card and Point of Sale Systems for the amusement and family entertainment industry, has installed a system at Frankie’s Fun Parks in Greenville, Columbia, and Charleston, South Carolina.

For optimum communication between host machine and peripheral devices, serial interfaces have become the number one choice for most of the manufacturers especially for kiosk and touch screen applications. With the latest development of wh Münzpüfer Berlin, interfacing of payment devices for these applications is a fast and easy task. During the Kiosk show in Essen, the ccTalk USB Hub CCT 900 was presented for the first time.

In its anniversary year, the Gauselmann Group has significantly realigned the leadership structure of the company. In the development, production, and sales segment of AWP machines the German and the European business units were combined under the leadership of Paul Gauselmann (Chairman of the Management Board), Jürgen Stühmeyer (Member of the Management Board, Merkur Sales), and Dr. Werner Schroer (Member of the Management Board, Technology).

VendingData Corporation has announced that it has signed an agreement with Advanced Electronic Systems (AESI).

Further endorsing its commitment to the Gala Gaming Platform (GGP) and Open Server-Based Gaming (Open SBG), The Gala Coral Group (GCG) has announced the roll-out of a further 1200 terminals across the Gala Coral estate.

3M, the diversified technology company, has announced new organisational changes within its Touch Systems division with the appointment of Francesco Fasoglio and Andrea Goeb to European business manager and European sales manager respectively.

Soundnet has signed up its 1000th customer to its innovative Official Chart Package (OCP) service – which is available on the Sound Leisure Milestones in Music digital jukebox.

The Amusement and Music Operators Association (AMOA) in South Barrington, Illinois is happy to report that its membership rolls total 1,500 member companies as of mid-July. It breaks down to 1,272 operators, 74 distributors, 74 manufacturers and 26 suppliers, plus 14 trade journals, including EUROSLOT Magazine.

ISI has signed an exclusive agreement with Swiss Gaming Corporation (Swiss Gaming) to bring ISI’s sports betting kiosks (the iSports Stand) to casinos and betting parlours in Switzerland.

The football season may have ended, and thoughts moved to summer games. But the appeal of SAM’s Fast Soccer air hockeys endures.

Ritzio International has announced that it has raised $280 million through its debut placement of Limited Recourse Notes (LRNs), which are more commonly called Credit Linked Notes (CLNs).

Funworld has introduced a new concept, which it is calling Casual Games. These games cannot be narrowed down to particular genres, but they all have one thing in common: they are short and quick and are designed for casual gaming. Brainteasers, puzzles as well as virtual card games – like Aloha Towers, which is one of Photo Play’s most successful card games are proving to be the most successful.

Maximum Tune 3 has become the first game to be launched by Namco Bandai simultaneously across the globe, designed to attract casual and dedicated players alike.