Play Meter

Issue: 1986 April 15 - Vol 12 Num 6

NEWS
Senators introduce
introduce
Senators
polygraph bill
bill
polygraph
Senators Oren
Oren Hatch
Hatch and
and Ted
Ted
Senators
Kennedy
have
introduced
a
federal
Kennedy have introduced a federal
bill (S1815)
(S 1815) that
that would
would prohibit
prohibit the
the use
use
bill
of polygraph
polygraph tests
tests for
for employment.
employment.
of
According to
to this
this bill,
bill. violators
violators would
would
According
be
subject
to
fines
up
to$
I
0,000
and
up
be subject to fines up to $10,000 and up
to
six
months
in
prison.
to six months in prison.
similar bill
bill (HR
(HR 1524)
1524) introduced
introduced
A similar
A
by 167
167 sponsors,
sponsors, would
would also
also prohibit
prohibit
by
businesses
using
polygraph
tests
as a
a
businesses using polygraph tests as
condition
for
employment,
but
not
condition for employment, but not
include criminal
criminal penalties.
penalties. The
The bill
bill
include
would make
make available
available private
private civil
civil
would
action remedies
remedies for
for plaintiffs.
plaintiffs.
action
Ohio Representative
Representative Cliff
Cliff Skeen
Skeen
Ohio
has introduced
introduced the
the bill
bill in
in the
the Ohio
Ohio
has
legislation.
The
Ohio
Music
and
legislation. The Ohio Music and
Amusement
Association
(OMAA)
has
Amusement Association (OMAA) has
expressed
its
disapproval
of
the
state
expressed its disapproval of the state
and federal
federal bill.
bill. "Though
"Though I I don't
don't know
know
and
the
numbers,
I'm
certain
many
coin-
the numbers, I'm certain many coin-
operators depend on polygraph tests
operators depend on polygraph tests
in their
their hiring
hiring practices.
practices. The
The associa-
associa-
in
tion
feels
prohibiting
polygraph
tests
tion feels prohibiting polygraph tests
would
hurt
the
larger
operators
tre-
would hurt the larger operators tre-
mendously," said
said Judy
Judy Martin
Martin of
of
mendously,"
OMAA.
OMAA.
Operators in
in other
other states
states should
should
Operators
call
their
association
to
find
out
what
is
call their association to find out what is
being done
done and
and whether
whether similar
similar legis-
legis-
being
lation has
has been
been introduced
introduced in
in their
their
lation
states.
states.
trict Attorney
Attorney Mike
Mike Moore
Moore said,
said, "The
"The
trict
machines confiscated
confiscated are
are part
part of
of an
an
machines
ongoing
investigation
into
racketeer-
ongoing investigation into racketeer-
ing and
and corruption
corruption along
along the
the Gulf
Gulf
ing
Coast."
Coast."
In Louisiana's
Louisiana's St.
St. Bernard
Bernard Parish,
Parish,
In
detectives
seized
three
electronic
detectives seized three electronic
poker games
games at
at three
three businesses,
businesses,
poker
immobilized
eight
others
and
immobilized eight others, , and
arrested four
four employees
employees following
following a
a
arrested
month-long
undercover
investigation
month-long undercover investigation
into illegal gambling. Complaints
into
illegal gambling. Complaints
from citizens
citizens and
and the
the attorney
attorney
from
general's office
office initiated
initiated the
the investi-
investi-
general's
gation. If If convicted,
convicted, those
those arrested
arrested
gation.
face up
up to
to six
six months
months in
in prison
prison and
and up
up
face
to $500
$500 in
in fines.
fines.
to
During the
the investigation,
investigation, under-
under-
During
cover
agent
Will
Aldridge
played
the
cover agent Will Aldridge played the
electronic
poker
games
while
Sgt.
electronic poker games while Sgt.
Carmel Lovoi
Lovoi watched.
watched. Aldridge
Aldridge said
said
Carmel
employees
made
no
effort
to
conceal
employees made no effort to conceal
illegal payoffs,
payoffs, even
even though
though they
they knew
knew
illegal
he
was
a
p
olice
officer
"People
in
this
he was a police officer. "People in this
parish playing
playing poker
poker apparently
apparently don't
d on 't
parish
feel its
its a
a gambling
gambling violation,
violation, or
or any
any
feel
great crime,"
crime," he
he said.
said.
great
Deputies claim
claim that
that dozens
dozens of
of elec-
elec-
Deputies
Ironic poker
poker machines
machines are
are located
located in
in
tronic
businesses in
in St.
St. Bernard
Bernard Parish.
Parish. Ald-
Ald-
businesses
ridge said
said the
the investigation
investigation will
will con-
con-
ridge
tinue.

tinue.
Cue Ball
Ball Kelly
Kelly
Cue
dies at
at 90
90
dies
In our
our last
last issue
issue (April
(April 1, I, 1986)
1986) we
we
In
reported
that
J-S
Sales
Company
was
reported that J-S Sales Company was
working on
on the
the development
development and
and test-
test-
working
ing of
of the
the Cue
Cue Ball
Ball Kelly
Kelly line
line of
of billiard
billiard
ing
items. Sadly,
Sadly, we
we must
must now
now report
report that
that
items.
Cue
Ball
Kelly,
90,
passed
away
on
Cue Ball Kelly, 90, passed away on
March
23
after
suffering
a
heart
attack
March 23 after suffering a heart attack
just short
short of
of the
the debut
debut of
of his
his new
new pro-
pro-
just
duct
line.
duct line.
Kelly, whose
whose real
real name
name was
was Carl
Carl
Kelly,
Zingale,
acquired
the
nick-name
Kelly
Zingale, acquired the nick-name Kelly
when friends
friends began
began calling
calling him
him Kelly
Kelly
when
instead
of
Carly
when
he
was
a
young
instead of Carly when he was a young
boy. The
The second
second of
of 24
24 children
children born
b orn to
to
boy.
Rosa
and
Michael
Zingale,
he
played
Rosa and Michael Zingale, he played
his first
first game
game of
of billiards
billiards at
at age
age 1 11
and
his
1 and
went
on
to
win
the
New
York
State
went on to win the New York State
Championship at
at age
age 15.
15. Kelly
Kelly was
was
Championship
the referee
referee of
of the
the Billiard
Billiard Congress
Congress U.S.
U.S.
the

Southern states
states
Southern
seize poker
poker machines
machines
seize
Law enforcement
enforcement agencies
agencies are
are
Law
cracking
down
on
poker
machines
in
cracking down on poker machines in
Mississippi,
Alabama,
and
Louisiana.
Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana.
After receiving
receiving citizen
citizen complaints,
complaints,
After
the
Jackson
County
district
attorney's
the Jackson County district attorney's
office
began
an
investigation
into
office began an investigation into
racketeering
and
corrupt
activities
in
racketeering and corrupt activities in
that county,
county, which
which resulted
resulted in
in 16
16
that
arrests and
and confiscation
confiscation of
of 200
200 gam-
gam-
arrests
bling
machines.
The
investigation
bling machines. The investigation
expanded into
into two
two other
other Mississippi
Mississippi
expanded
counties,
Hancock
and
Harrison,
and
counties, Hancock and Harrison, and
into
Mobile
County
in
Alabama.
into Mobile County in Alabama.
In an
an Associated
Associated Press
Press article,
article, Dis-
Dis-
In
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Awards were
were presented
presented to
to the
the top
top teams
teams and
and players
players in
in IDEA's
IDEA's Royal
Royal Darte
Darte
Awards
League
at
a
recent
banquet
at
Carl's
Fargo
Coach
Rooms
in
Sycamore,
League at a recent banquet at Carl's Fargo Coach Rooms in Sycamore,
Ill. Spring
Spring league
league competition
competition begins
begins soon.
soon.
Ill.
PLAY METER,
METER, April
April 15,
15, 1986
1986
PLAY
Open for 66 years and was elected to
Open
for 66 years and was elected to
the Professional
Professional Pool
Pool Players
Players Associa-
Associa-
the
tion's Hall
Hall of
of Fame
Fame in
in 1974.
1974.
tion's
Kelly
was
looking
forward to
to his
his
Kelly was looking forward
new career
career as
as goodwill
goodwill ambassador
ambassador
new
and spokesman
spokesman for
for J-S
J-S Sales
Sales and
and to to the
the
and
new
Cue
Ball
Kelly
products.
Accord-
new Cue Ball Kelly products. Accord-
ing to
to Janet
Janet Shimal
Shima! of
of J-S
J-S Sales,
Sales, "He
"He
ing
was so proud of his Cue Bally Kelly line
was so proud of his Cue Bally Kelly line
products. Whenever
Whenever we
we would
would get
get a
a
of of products.
new
item,
he
would
practically
stop
new item, he would practically stop
strangers to
to show
show them.
them. He
He was
was a a won-
won-
strangers
derful, enthusiastic
enthusiastic man,
man, always
always think-
think-
derful,
ing of
of others."
others."
ing
The
others he
he thought
thought of
of were
were resi-
resi-
The others
dents of the Hugh Doyle Senior Citi-
dents of the Hugh Doyle Senior Citi-
Center in
in New
New Rochelle,
Rochelle, N.Y.,
N.Y.,
zen's Center
zen's
Kelly's
hometown.
He
visited
the
home
Kelly's hometown. He visited the home
often, showing
showing trick
trick shots
shots to
to his
his peers.
peers.
often,
J-S Sales
Sales has
has pledged
pledged to
to carry
carry on
on his
his
J-S
philosophy of charitable work by ear-
philosophy
of charitable work by ear-
marking a a portion
portion of
of his
his endorsement
endorsement
marking
earnings to the Hugh Doyle Center. •
earnings to the Hugh Doyle Center. .
now available
available through
through Nomac
Nomac head-
head-
now
quarters in Algonquin, Ill.
quarters
in Algonquin, Ill.
Kits are
are priced
priced at
at $50
$50 each
each and
and
Kits
contain
16
qualifying
certificates
good
contain 16 qualifying certificates good
for free
free entry
entry into
into the
the three
three $10,000
$10,000
for
regional playoffs
playoffs and
and the
the $20,000
$20,000
regional
national playoff
playoff in
in Las
Las Vegas;
Vegas; plus
plus
national
instructions,
announcement
posters,
instructions, announcement posters,
rules, sign-up sheets, and double elim-
rules,
sign-up sheets, and double elim-
ination
charts. There
There is is no
no limit
limit to
to the
the
ination charts.
number of kits purchased.
number of kits purchased.
Nomac recommends
recommends that
that opera-
opera-
Nomac
tors run qualifying tournaments in
tors
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doubles.
mixed
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consists of
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)
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taverns; 2)
2) three
three $10,000
$10,000 regional
regional
taverns;
playoffs, scheduled
scheduled for
for Seattle,
Seattle, Wash.,
Wash.,
playoffs,
Minneapolis,
Minn.,
and
Orlando,
Fla.
Minneapolis, Minn., and Orlando, Fla.
during
July;
and
3)
the
$20
,000
during July; and 3) the $20,000
National Playoffs
Playoffs in
in Las
Las Vegas,
Vegas, Nev.,
Nev.,
National
August 15-17.
15-17.
August
The program is open to all opera-
The
program is open to all opera-
tors
electronic dart
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regard-
tors of of electronic
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brand. Local
Local winners
winners are
are not
not
less
required to compete at the regional
required
to compete at the regional
level to
to make
make the
the nationals.
nationals. Once
Once a
a
level
player
has
won
a
certificate
locally,
player has won a certificate locally, it it
qualifies him
him for
for both
both the
the regional
regional and
and
qualifies
national playoffs.
national
playoffs.
For more
more information,
information, write
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For
mac, Ltd.,
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outside
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call
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0449.
Brainard leaves
leaves Dynamo
Dynamo
Brainard
Martin Glazman
Glazman
Martin
Williams division
division
Williams
appoints
Glazman
appoints Glazman
1981-1983.
.
Williams Electronics
Electronics Games,
Games, Inc.
Inc.
Williams
has
appointed
Martin
Glazman
as
has appointed Martin Glazman as
vice president of sales.
vice president of sales.
Prior to
to his
his appointment
appointment Glazman
Glazman
Prior
was
vice
president
of
sales
of
Digital
was vice president of sales of Digital
Controls,
Inc.
He
previously
was
sales
Controls, Inc. He previously was sales
manager for
for Williams
Williams Electronics
Electronics from
from
manager
1981-1983.

Pub Time
nme kits
kits
Pub
available
now
now available
Nomac, Ltd.,
Ltd ., has
has announced
announced that
that
Nomac,
qualifying kits for Its Pub Time Darts
qualifying kits for its Pub Time Darts
$50,000 National
National Championships
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Pl.A Y METER,
METEP., April
April 15,
15, 1986
1966
PLAY
Promotional consultant
consultant Kathy
Kathy Brai-
Brai-
Promotional
nard
is
no
longer
under
contract
to
nard is no longer under contract to
Dynamo Corporation,
Corporation, where
where for
for two
two
Dynamo
years she
she has
has handled
handled public
public relations
relations
years
and organized a national soccer table
and organized a national soccer table
tournament program.
program.
tournament
Brainard will
will continue
continue to
to promote
promote
Brainard
the
sport
of
table
soccer
in
her
position
the sport of table soccer in her position
as
executive
director
of
the
U.S.
Table
as executive director of the U.S. Table
Soccer Association
Association and
and said,
said, "Player
"Player
Soccer
interest world-wide
world-wide is is on
on an
an upswing
upswing
interest
right
now.
The
Mexican
association
right now. The Mexican association
has contacted
contacted us
us to
to set
set up
upa
Mexican/ -
has
a Mexican/-
American/ Canadian Challenge
Challenge in
in
American/Canadian
198
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and
the
USTSA
will
be
chartering
1987 and the USTSA will be chartering
plane to take Americans to the Brus-
a a plane
to take Americans to the Brus-
and Luxembourg
Luxembourg tournaments
tournaments
sels and
sels
this
October.
this October.
personally believe
believe the
the sport
sport has
has
"I " I personally
a
great
future,
but
not
necessarily
a great future, but not necessarily
within the realm of the coin-operated
within
the realm of the coin-operated
amusement business."
business."
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firm, Major
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