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JCM Global was named street supplier of the year at the Totally Gaming Awards.


Two men were imprisoned and another four received suspended jail sentences after stealing thousands of pounds from pub AWPs in the northeast of England.


Arcade operator Praesepe is to “significantly increase” the number of Gauselmann Group machines in its estate.


Bally Technologies has launched its Remote Gaming Server (RGS) product for online and mobile gaming, enabling operators to offer their customers content from the Bally game library.


Pan Amusements found that its decision to focus on smaller shooting galleries at EAG paid off. Said managing director Paul Whittaker: “There is no doubt that operators are looking for versatile amusements which take up less space with a realistic outlay.”


Technical spares and service specialist E-Service is acquiring the spares and repairs division of Cosmic Video Amusements (CVA), based in Barking. CVA specialises in Global VR and Pokertek games.


Heber attracted visitors to its stand at EAG with a gaming wall of multicoloured LEDs, controlled via a dance mat.


Bally Wulff Games & Entertainment is supporting an arts foundation based in the manor house of Schloss Britz in Berlin.


Organisers of the EAG trade fair in London have set next year’s dates as 22-24 January. It will take place again at ExCeL.


More than 9500 people attended Germany’s IMA show, a year-on- year increase of 7.5 percent.


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Cummins Allison turns to crime B


BC drama Inside Men is using note counting machines from Cummins Allison as props in the story of a robbery from a cash counting business.


The firm also provided training to the actors in correct use of the


equipment, and one of their service engineers was hired as an extra to operate the machines. Recalled managing director Andrew Crowson: “We had a great couple


of days on set helping to prepare for filming. Although the majority of the money used in the film was fake a small proportion of it had to be genuine for it to be counted through our machines, because of our equipment’s highly sophisticated counterfeit detection.” The BBC used two of Cummins Allison’s large MPS machines and 20


of the smaller JetScans, which can handle 1000 and 1200 notes per minute respectively.


Funworld adds 16 games to Photo Play Q


Touch Toy soothes parental hassle F


uanmax’s Funworld division has packed 16 games, including eight multiplayer titles, into its new Photo Play Q1. They include three fun games, four card games, and nine tests of skill: Boogie Find, Find It (with 350 new


images), Elements Square, Kniffler MP, Mau-Mau, Newton 2, Paper Trash, Penguin Attack, Persian Diamonds, Pile- Up, Rommé for 2, Rush Hour, Slotcar Race, Strategy, Stronghold and Terra Cotta. With half of them available for real-time challenges against players in other locations, this is the biggest multiplayer


offer since the Photo Play series was launched, said Quanmax CEO Michael Jeske. Photo Play Q1 is available on DVD or as an online update for the Photo Play Pro, Photo Play Xtreme and Photo Play Plus systems.


unworld’s Touch Toy terminal for children can encourage creativity and take the pressure off parents in locations as diverse as shopping centres, hotels, doctors’ surgeries and banks, says the supplier.


Eight games – Counting,Words, Drawing, Puzzle, Painting, Duo, Melody and Detective – develop basic knowledge


and memory, covering numeracy and literacy skills as well as art and music. Said Funworld CEO Josef Öhlinger: “All the games were developed in collaboration with child psychologists and


educators and are suitable for children. They demonstrably support the child’s memory capacity and have a pronounced social aspect. They thus have an entertainment, communication and educational impact simultaneously, while offering children a unique game experience.” An encouraging voice guides children through the menu in a choice of ten languages including English, French and


German. The unit is available in red, yellow, green or blue, and can be customised to fit with a location’s branding. It’s even possible to build the terminal into your own fittings using the OEM kit.


As well as providing a service to parents and


children which improves the customer experience, the Touch Toy can be revenue- generative by displaying advertising or by coin- slot operation. “With Touch Toy, Funworld is forging a


completely new path, whereby we are successfully penetrating into promising business segments outside of the vending machine sector and opening up new market opportunities to locations. Around 1000 Touch Toys are already in use in the initial markets of Austria and Finland at locations including the fashion house C&A, the furniture chain Lutz and Raiffeisenbank, which are attracting significant attention due to their high entertainment value and the educational content,” said Öhlinger.


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