Play Meter

Issue: 1985 November 15 - Vol 11 Num 21

AAJ11.A. Play Meter
agree on spring show
After two years of competing spring
shows. Play Meter magazine. sponsor
of the Amusement Operators Expo
(AOE). and the American Amusement
Machine Association. sponsor of the
Ainusement Showcase International
(AS!). have joined forces to bring the
industry one spring show. The new
show. the American Coin Machine
Expo (ACME). will be in Chicago
March 7 through 9 at the Expo Center.
The 1987 show will be in New Orleans
on dates to be decided.
The late Ralph C. Lally. Play
Meter's founder. started the AOE in
1980 with an emphasis on educational
seminars. Because he felt operators
always were looking for information to
help them run their businesses more
profitably and professionally. the AOE
concentrated on timely subjects and
knowledgeable speakers.
Lally also felt a spring show was
needed to fill the void between AMOA
shows. Manufacturers. he felt. would
welcome the opportunity to exhibit in
the spring new product to operators.
The Amusement Games Manufac-
turers Association ( AGMA ) was
formed in 1982 to address problems
facing manufacturers. especially that
of bootleg games. The name was
changed to American Amusement
Machine Association ( AAMA) in 1984.
and the organization included dis-
tributors.
In 1983 the association announced
its show. the first to be in March 1984 in
Chicago. Soon it was apparent that
two spring shows were one too many.
Lally met with AAMA representatives
to reach an agreement on the shows.
but negotiations broke down. Lally
then was killed in an automobile acci-
dent soon after the 1984 AMOA show.
Both shows were held in 1985 with
manufacturers and distributors at the
AS! and operators and some manu-
facturers at the AOE . After the shows.
efforts again were made to brtng the
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shows together when Lally's widow.
Play Meter publisher Carol Lally. met
with AAMA representatives. Time ran
out before they were able to reach
an agreement. however. Play Meter
had tentatively committed to secure
exhibit space in New Orleans for AOE
'86. which was to be during Mardi
Gras. and was forced to decide
whether to confirm the commitment or
give up the space. When negotiations
bogged down because key members
of the AAMA board were on vacation.
Play Meter confirmed the commit-
ment.
Nevertheless. at the AMOA show in
late October the two sides were able
to agree tentatively to combine the
shows. Because of previous commit-
ments in Chicago and the unavail-
ability of more space in New Orleans.
it was agreed to hold ACME in Chicago
in 1986 and in New Orleans in 1987.
The AAMA and Play Meter are
optimistic that not only will the new
show be successful. but it will represent
the industry's recovery and coopera-
tion among all its parts.
"This agreement was something
my husband. Ralph. would have been
happy about." Carol Lally said. "He
felt that combining the shows would
have created one giant industry show.
Though I am disappointed the show
will not be in New Orleans in 1986. it
just was not possible to obtain enough
exhibit space and hotel rooms at this
late date . But next year-New
Orleans. here we come!"
Glenn BraswelL AAMA executive
director. agreed. "Coming off the
momentum of AMOA" he said. "this
new spring show should put the indus-
try back on its feet. The timing is right. "
Inquiries about ACME '86 may be
directed to W.T. Glasgow. the man-
Rock-Ola Manufacturing's Bette Lockhart executive vtce president and T1m
Worcester. senior vtce president of marketing and sales (at right). join Shillito-
Rikes executives (from left) Lou Caporale and Joe Horn around a Rock-Ola 490
jukebox in a Cincinnati Shillito-Rikes department store during a recent promotion.
PLAY METER. Novemb•r 15, 1965
agement firm handling the show. The
number is (312) 333-9292.

AAMA submits
statement to lTC
The American Amusement Machine
Association has submitted a statement
to the U.S. International Trade Com-
mission to follow-up an lTC hearing
held in October on U.S. preferential
tari!t treatment given specific products
o! developing countries.
Glenn BraswelL AANJ.A executive
director. said information obtained
!rom industry sources and the FBI
indicates that Korea has become the
major source o! counterfeit video
games imported in the U.S.
"Notwithstanding the necessity o!
the U.S. generalized system o! pre-
ferences in assisting the development
o! bene!iciary countries." Braswell
said. "AANJ.A strenuously objects to
having the U.S. government subsidize
the the!! o! U.S. intellectual property
rights by Korean nationals who manu-
facture and ship counterfeit coin-
operated electronic video -game
printed circuit boards to the U.S."

AMOA officers named
Alvin A Marsh was named 1985-86
president o! the Amusement & Music
Operators Association November I at
the organization's board meeting
during AMOA Expo '85 in Ch.icago.
Marsh. president o! Hart Novelty.
Inc .. o! Bellingham. Wash .. succeeds
John Estridge. president o! Southern
Games Distributing o! Brentwood.
Tenn. Marsh served as first vice presi-
dent until beg.inn.ing his term as presi-
dent November 3.
In h.is installation speech. Marsh
said the main goals o! his admin.istra-
tion would be to continue "grassroots"
development o! state organ.izations.
increase commun.ication between the
national and sta te organizations.
increase monitoring o! " national
matters in Washington. D.C.." mon.itor
taxation a!tecting membership. and
continue monitoring leg.islation affect-
Ing copyright licensing.
Other 1985-86 ot!icers named at
the AMOA show were R.ichard Haw-
kins. president o! D&R Star. Inc.. o!
Rochester. Minn.. t.irst vice president;
Walter G . Bohrer. Jr .. o! Hastings Dis-
tributing Co. o! Milwaukee. secretary;
and Clyde F. Knupp. president o!
PLAY MITER. November 15. 1985
Amuse-0 -Matic Co. o! Fort Dodge.
Iowa. treasurer.
Members also approved three
AMOA vice presidents and 10 direc-

tors at the meeting.
THE
CALENDAR
1986
March 4-5
International Gaming Business Expo-
sition. Troplcana Hotel and Country
Club. Las Vegas. Nevada. USA. Con-
tact Conference Management Cor-
poration. 17 Washington Street. P.O.
Dox 4990. Norwalk, Connecticut
06856. Telephone: 203/852-0500.
Telex 284997.
Lothar Mueller
Joseph Ostroski
Intermark names Mueller,
Ostroski, and Wllllams
lntermark Gaming International.
Inc .. has named three new executives
to its sales. research and develop-
ment. and manufacturing staff.
Lothar Mueller has been appointed
manager o! research and develop-
ment. Formerly vice president o! engi-
neering and a founder o! G&L Manu-
facturing. he was responsible lor the
hardware and so!tware enhance-
ments o! the lntermark 6809 Micro-
processor Garn.ing Device System.
A founder o! Modutest Systems. Inc ..
he was a vice president o! that com-
pany !rom 1970 to 1984. He previously
was a sen.ior diagnostics analyst lor
Basic Four Corp. and held techn.ical
positions with NASA Xerox Data Sys-
tems. and Honeywell.
Joseph Ostroski has been named
manager o! manufacturing. From
1980 to 1985 he was vice president o!
operations o! Validation Systems. Inc ..
a company o! w hich he was a founder
and that developed and manufac-
tures a coin-operated mechan.ism
and totalizer.
Before 1980 he was general man-
ager o! manufacturing lor Omn.icomp.
an electron.ic test-equipment manu-
facturer. and held positions at Micro
Games. General Electric Co. Com-
puter Operations. and Computer
Access Systems. Inc.
Arthur Williams has been named
manager of sales. He previously was
vice president. director of casino
games. at the R.iviera Hotel and
Casino in Las Vegas. where he rede-
signed the 650-machine floor to
improve profitability and opened a
new 300-slot-machine arcade and
bingo operation. He also was director
of slots at the Landmark Hotel and
Casino and was a manager for the
Sllverblrd Hotel and Casino.

March 7-9
American Coin Machine Expo. Expo-
center. Chicago. Contact W.T.
Glasgow at 312/333-9292.
March 1 4-16
South Caroline Coin Operators Asso-
ciation annual convention and trade
show. The Carolina Inn . 937
Assembly St.. Columbia South
Carolina. Contact Helen G. Sikes.
803/254-4444.
May 29-Jun• 1
Florida Amusement/Vending Asso-
ciation (FAVA) convention trade-
show. Hyatt Orlando. Kissimmee.
Florida. Contact Norm Jensen at
904/878-3134.
lnt•matlonal Shows
1986
January 13-16
ATEI , Olympia. London. Contact
Amusement Trades Exhibitions. 122
Clapham Common North Side.
London SW 4 9SP. Telephone 01-228
4107.
Janaury 23-25
IMA. Messegelande. Frankfurt. West
Germany. Contact Heckmann
GmbH, Messen and Ausstellungen.
Kapellenstr. 4 7. D-6200 Wiesbaden.
West Germany. Telephone 06121/
524071. Telex 04186518.
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