Prairie. Texas. with their p ool tables.
Appr o x im at el y 140 pe o ple
attended the show . which included a
buHe t and d oor prize in addition to
viewing the new produc ts.
Sal DeBruno. branch manager o f
Bally Southwe st. was pleased with the
turnout and plans to have spotlight
shows on a m onthly basis.
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Aaccurate Counters gets
Cointainer machinery
Aaccurote Counters Co. of West
Chester. Pa .. a manutacturer of coin-
and currency-handling equipment.
has bought Standard Paper Goods
Mfg. of Orlando. Fla .. for its Cointainer
coin-cartridge manutacturing cap-
ability.
Warren Austin. president of Aaccu-
rate Counters. said. "The Cointainer is
a p opular product in our industry.
These units are manutactured on a
mandrel machine; the inside of each
cartridge always meets strict quality
control standards for size and consis-
tency."
Cointainers now will be manutac-
tured in West Chester.
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VideoWare adds games,
appoints Hutnick
VideoWare of Los Angeles has
been named exclusive national dis-
tributor for Nichibutsu's Magmax and
Romstar's Great Swordsman. Vulgas.
and Son -Son .
David Seller of Nichibutsu said.
"We chose Video Ware because of
their operator network throughout the
country and because their own inde-
pendent polls ranked our game
extremely high."
VideoWare has announced
M ichael Hutnick's appointment as
vice president. Hutnick has I 0 years of
experience with Bell and Howell as
marketing director. He was owner
and chief executive officer of Aluma-
flex. Inc .. for I I years.
•
Amusementsaies
tax bill updates
Tennessee
A recent copy of The Issue. pub-
lished by the Amusement and Music
Operato rs of Tennessee ( AMOT ).
focused attention on the amusement
PLAY METER. November 1 5. 1985
sales-tax bill the association worked
against.
The newsletter recapped tax-bill
actions and stated. " If we had not
been successful in removing our
industry from the amusement sales
tax. we would have had to pay an
average 7.5 percent in sales tax on our
gross revenues. To calculate what
y our tax burden would have been.
multiply your last year's gross revenue
by 7.5 percent.
"We will again work this year to
keep us from being placed under this
unfair burden. and will ask for your
help as members in working together
against a bill should it be introduced."
Texas
A decrease in crude-oil prices may
prompt introduction of new tax bills in
Texas. and the amusement industry is
viewed as a possible source of new
revenues.
A special session of the Texas legis-
lature in 1984 resulted in some chang-
ing fees for Texas amusement opera-
tors. Since the state legislature meets
every two years to set a state budget. it
is expected that ano ther special
session may be called in 1986.
The Amusement and Music Opera-
tors of Texas ( AMOT) are looking
closely at legislative activities.
"This has always been a prime
interest of ours." said Pat Miller. AMOT
executive director. " but now we are
making a more directed effort
through the establishment of a politi-
cal action committee called Quarter
Pac. and a legislative fund for admin-
istering legislative activity. We are
getting prepared tor what we expect
to be an increase in our taxes or the
addition of new taxes or fees."
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Waidor elected
AMOANJ president
Allan Weldor was elected presi-
dent of the Amusement and Music
Operators Association of New Jersey
at the organization's recent meeting.
Weldor. of ABC Distributing in Hill-
side. succeeds James Cuccio of Chess
Amusement in Lodi.
Also elected were Frank Mandia of
Majestic Amusements in Asbury Park
and Don Abrams of Eskin Corp. in East
Brunswick. vice presidents; and Diann
Minero of G&M Vending Co .. Inc .. of
Paterson. secretary-treasurer.
Elected to the board of trustees
were Bill Englehard of Bill 's Vending
MallaFun in Sewell. Ed Gilmore of E.G.
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