I hope ou will co rrec t yo ur error
and clarify our po ition in a way that
will minimi ze a ny further harm from
Letters to
the editor • • •
it.
Edmund J . F lo rim ont
Pre ident
Grey hound Electro nic Inc.
To m Ri ve r, New J ersey
Editor's Response
The" p Fro nt" introduction to the
"gray area" i sue was written s tric t~v
ab out "g ray area" video card games
that have been a ubject of co nfusio n
among op erat or . There wa an effort
to refrain from becoming repetitious
in using the phrase "gray area games."
I inadvertently substituted "video card
games. " not realizing people would
jump to the conclusion I was referring
to a ll video card games. ( By the way.
please note that the word all was
empha ized by Florimonr and not
Pla y Meter.)
Pia Met e r has taken a so lid stand
against "gray area" gam es. requiring a
signed, no tarized document declaring
a game is for amusement o nly before
Audio Visunl
Amusements
Slip of the pen
I write to prote t a urpri ing mi -
tatement in the" p Front" editorial
that lead you r September IS "gray
area" i ue {p. 6). How could yo u , of
all authoritie in the field. tate th a t all
video card game are "wor e than a
lot ma chine ," that all vid eo card
ga me are "borderline," and tha t all
uch game "by th ei r very nature,
imp ly betting and gambling?"
nd
wore , how could you make uch ta te-
ment in a pecial i ue that i like! to
become a guidebook and re fe rence
ource o n "gray area" proble m for
indu try regulator and law enforce r ?
Greyhound Electronic Inc ., with a
few other U . . companie , ha pio-
neered a line of bona fide amu e me nt
only game that u e card and ca ino
themes but ha e ab olutely no gam-
blin g feature . They a re mark eted for
mature patron in loca tion like bar
and ta ern .
Our new Casino Games, for exam-
ple, give pla yer a et number of
"chi p " for a fixed price to be pia ed
on one of e era! game , and e nd with
a final co re that cannot be knocked
off, paid off. or carried over (except a
a high co re to be challenged by other
pia er ). It i no more a "g ray a rea"
de ice than Pac-Man a nd it i bei ng
ju t a widely accepted and well
recei ed .
I a m not a cru ader agai n t gam-
bling game . Gre hound will e nte r any
market where it ca n compete in manu-
fact uringlegalpayo ut o r credi tde ice .
But it i a d i er ice toe eryo ne inter-
e ted in thi indu tr to e nh a nce co n-
fu ion between all ca rd game per e
and gray area card-theme de vices.
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