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Issue: 1979 June 01 - Vol 5 Num 10

UPDATE EDITION
Volume 5, Number 10
June1, 1979
Collections lagg_ing at $50,000
mark in AMOA's legal action fund
Collections for the AMOA legal
fund have nearly reached the
$50,000 mark , Fred Granger, the
association's executive vice presi-
dent, reports. The fund has been
established to fight the copyright law
which requires operators to furnish
the federal government with lists of
their jukebox locations. However ,
contributions are slowing down, and
Granger estimates that it will cost
more than twice that figure if the case
has to be taken to the Supreme
Court.
Granger made his remarks at the
April AMOA Board of Directors
meeting at the Golf Resort Hotel at
Disney World, Florida .
The AMOA has spent $30 ,000 so
far on legal fees and is currently
trying to step up fund ra1smg
activities, including efforts to procure
donations from the industry's manu-
facturing concerns. One phonograph
company, Rock-Ola, has already
promised a contribution.
The AMOA directors meeting
succeeded in attracting an all-time
high of 44 of its 48 directors for three
days of exposition review and
planning .
In attempts to summarize the
successes and failures of Expo '78,
various committees submitted detail-
ed reports.
Official attendance figures from
the association's grandest-ever affair
showed 6,407 people came to
Chicago from across the U.S . and
from 36 foreign countries to view the
exhibits . This figure represents a
whopping 17 percent increase over
the '77 turnout .
The AMOA revealed that associa-
tion membership also grew by 17
percent during Expo '78 as 179 new
enthusiasts were brought into the
ranks, a record increase .
Expo '78's morning seminar drew
a record of nearly 800 participants
for a discussion on the location lists
controversy , the industry's hottest
topic and the prime concern of
AMOA.
In other board meeting proce-
dures , the banquet committee, head-
ed by Texan Dock Ringo, reported a
fall-off in attendance at its function
and blamed the poor showing on
unexciting billings for the stage show.
The committee vowed to improve
the caliber of the show for the
upcoming session.
Also set up for serious overhaul in
preparation for the November 9th ,
lOth , and 11th Expo '79 schedule
are the record awards. Apparently, it
is virtually impossible to get the
awardees to show-up (e.g. the Bee
Gees were this year's top group , but
did not attend) .
Additionally, the directors decided
to keep a $35 registration fee for
admission to the exhibits and ap-
proved another Notre Dame seminar
for early next March in Chicago . The
seminar topic will be aimed at the
middle management sector of the
industry.
The showing of gambling (or
so-called gaming) equipment at Expo
'78 was a topic of discussion and the
board of directors decided that again
in '79 such pieces will be exhibited .
The AMOA will continue to work in
close association with the FBI to
make sure that registration for
demonstrating the games is proper.
Although the issue of gaming
equipment display has been a matter
of some debate, the directors simply
feel that increased foreign participa-
tion in the annual affair warrants
showing all appropriate types of
equipment.
Business was concluded with the
decision to meet next Aoril in San
Antonio , Texas , at the Hilton Palacio
Del Rio .
Another Pizza Time Theatre opens
Pizza Time Theatre of Cupertino,
California , has opened a family
entertainment center in the Willows
Shopping Center in Concord.
The 10,000 square foot unit has a
dining room/theatre and Fantasy
Forest Game Preserve on the ground
floor, plus additional seating and the
Dolli Dimples Cabaret on the mezza-
nine . A kitchen, office space and
storage rooms are also included.
Pizza Time Theatre combines a
pizza restaurant with coin-operated
games and amusements and the
Cyberamics system of three-dimen-
sional, computer-controlled animals.
Amonq the features of the Con-
cord theatre are a rathole entrance
from the mall and a two-story slide
for youngsters and a separate area
for adults on the mezzanine in the
Dolli Dimples cabaret.
North Carolina
convention set
The North Carolina Coin Opera-
tors annual convention has been
scheduled for September 15-16 at
the Sheraton Center in Charlotte ,
North Carolina .
For exhibition space, contact
Milton Hobbs, P .O . Box 2002,
Hickory , North Carolina 28601.
AMOA completes survey
Vol. 5, No.10
June 1,1979
The AMOA member "Cost of
Doing Business Survey" shows rev-
enues from jukeboxes and amuse-
ment games rose significantly in
Staff
1978.
Publisher and Editor:
Ralph C. Lally II
Editorial Director:
David Pierson
Managing Editor:
Mike Shaw
Marketing & Research:
Beau Eurell
International Editor:
David Snook
Editor, Coin Slot
Technical Editor:
Zac Oliver
Correspondents:
Roger C. Sharpe
Pat Matthews
DickWelu
Tom Howarth
Art Direction:
Katey Schwark
Administrative Assistant &
Classified Advertising:
Valerie Cognevich
Typography:
Vickie Lofton
Circulation Manager:
Gloria Dering
Advertising Representative:
David Pierson
European Representative:
Esmay Leslie
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A 6.3 percent reply to the
distributed questionnaires, was term-
ed a good return by AMOA officials.
The reply indicated an especially
good year for game operators.
Sixty-four percent of those partici·
pating in the poll reported revenues
up by an average 15.5 percent, while
a mere 18 percent of those operators
showed a decrease in revenue by an
average 13.6 percent.
Twenty seven percent of the
jukebox operators to answer the
questionnaire reported revenue up
by an average 10.1 percent, and 22
percent said their revenues were
down 9.8 percent. Others reported
no significant change.
The operations of survey partici·
pants varied in that 43 percent
operate music and games only, while
45 percent operate music, games
and candy, cigarette, and soft drink
vending machines.
Those who answered the survey
averaged about 2.5 machines per
location.
Forty nine percent of the amuse-
ment games operators bought more
machines in 1978 than they did in
1977, while 24 percent bought fewer
pieces. Fifty-three percent of the
jukebox operators bought fewer
machines in 1978 while only 15
percent bought more than they did
the previous year.
Of the listed expenses, the survey
demonstrated operators' costs were
greatest on employees salaries (20. 7
percent), equipment and auto/truck
depreciation ( 19.1 percent), and
officers' salaries (12. 7 percent).
Those answering the survey own-
ed approximately twice as many
amusement games as jukeboxes.
Safety standards published
for bill, coin changers
The First Edition of the Standard
for Safety, Coin and Currency
Changers and Actuators, UL- 756,
has been published by Underwriters
Laboratories Inc. (UL). The require-
ments in this edition of the Standard
are now in effect, with the exception
of certain designated sections which
will become effective Oct. 1, 1980.
The Standard describes the re-
quirements for the construction,
performance, and protection against
risk of injury to persons from
self-contained coin, currency, and
token changers and actuators rated
not more than 600 volts for use in
accordance with the National Electri-
cal Code. These requirements do not
cover antitheft protection features.
The requirements cover open-
type appliances and controls, intend-
ed for indoor use, that are factory or
field installed in vending machines or
other equipment. Investigations of
appliances for outdoor use can be
requested by the manufacturer.
Calendar
June 7-9
Music Operators of Texas, Marriott
Hotel, Austin
September 15-16
North Carolina Coin Operators
Association, Sheraton Center, Char-
lotte
June 14-17
Illinois Coin Machine Operators
Association, West Port Sheraton, St.
Louis, Missouri
October 5-6
Amusement and Music Operators of
Virginia, John Marshall Hotel, Rich-
mond
July 20-21
Montana Coin Machine Operators
Association, Holiday Hotel, Helena
October 11-13
West Virginia Music & Vending
Association, Ramada Inn, South
Charleston
August 16-19
Music Operators of Michigan, Boyne
Mt. Lodge, Boyne Falls
November 9-11
AMOA International Exposition,
Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago

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