Premier tour
Ken Lunceford (left) accepting congratulations at Bally's SuperShooter
contest .
Wizard making
personal appearances
Ken Lunceford, who won the title
of the national pinball champion in
Bally's first SuperShooter Pinball
tournament , is now making personal
appearances at amusement and
family entertainment centers across
the country and is also available for
participating in contests with visitors
to the arcades .
Th National Pinball Wizard's first
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uch appearance took place at five
Minnesota Fats locations around the
Chicago area . A resident of Colum -
bus . Georgia, he was flown to
Chicago for a four-day period in
April. during which he challenged
players to a game of pinball at the
Minn ota Fats locations .
H
has also made personal
appearances at Marriott s Great
Am erica in Gurnee , Illinois where he
participa ted in a pinball tournament ,
at an Aladdin 's Castle in the
Longview Mall in Longview , Texas
where he played pinball against
national celebrities and arcade visi-
tors : nd early next month he is
sc heduled to appear at Marriott's
Great America in San Jose , Cali-
fornia.
Anyone wishing to schedule Lun -
ceford for such an appearance may
do so by contacting TRG Communi-
cations, Inc . in New York at (212)
575-0270 . Interested parties are
obliged to pay all of Lunceford 's
travel expenses (hotel, airfare , etc.)
and a per diem appearance fee .
TRG would be willing to work in
the folloWing ways :
(1) Secure pinball machines to be
used at the event;
(2) Assist with displays and other
materials to call attention to the
event :
(3) Secure giveaways, such as T -shirt
iron -ons , articles on pinball , etc .;
(4) If desired , attempt to obtain
participation of a local charity which
would be the recipient of all the
proceeds o f the matches ;
(5) Given sufficient media support for
the event, TRG would assist in
generating prizes which can be
awarded in a drawing ;
(6) Coordinate with the interested
party to publicize the event.
Premier occer of Imperial Bil -
liards Industries is pres ntly conduct -
ing a small to ur of foo sba ll tourna-
ment , with stops in New Jersey ,
Oregon . and Washington .
Last month Premier Soccer hosted
two $1500 to urnaments at the Sea
View Square Mall in Neptune, New
Jersey and at the Woodbridge Mall in
W oodbridge , New Jersey .
Next month two more tourna -
ments (both with prize packages of
5000) will be featured in Portland ,
Oregon and
eattle , Washington .
Th e Portland tournam ent will be
held eptember 15- 17 at t he Shera-
ton Inn Airport Inn and the Seattle
tourna ment September 22-24 at
American Games .
For more information. call (2 13)
221 - 1114 or (20 1) 935-9330 .
Illinois
convention
The Illinois Coin Machine Opera-
tors Association (I.C.M.O .A .) held
its annual meeting at Lake Geneva ,
Wisconsin at the Playboy Resort and
Country Club June 16- 18 .
Included in the festivities were a
men's golf tournament , a mixed golf
tournament , and a dinner show in
the cabaret which featured enter-
tainer John Gary .
Business meetings were held June
17 , and Don Van Brackel , president
of the A .M .O .A . , was on hand to
update the operators on the latest
news concerning the new jukebox
copyright law .
In other related news , I.C.M .O .A .
is contemplating a service school on
pinball repair , schematic reading ,
and troubleshooting , including solid
state pin balls .
License estimate
The New Jersey Casino Control
Commission has estimated that the
licensing cost for Bally's planned
hotel-casino facility on the Board-
walk in Atlantic City , New Jersey will
be
$565 ,000 .
Of
that
total ,
$100,000 was paid in February .
The estimated licensing costs
include reviewing and completing the
investigation relating to Bally's appli-
cation for constructing a hotel-casino
facility .
Said William T. O 'Donnell , presi-
dent and chairman of Bally , " We're
pleased with a further indication of
the processing of this application
since we are anxious to move
forward as qUickly as possible ."
PLAY METER. August. 1978