Bally Sente tabs Locke
Tom Locke, Bally Midway vice pre-
sident of sales development, has been
assigned to develop new product lines
and national-account sales for Bally
Sente, Inc., which designs and markets
video-game software for the SAC I
interchangeable game system. Both
companies are subsidiaries of Bally
Manufacturing.
Locke will continue to be responsi-
ble for marketing strategy, market
research, and sales analysis of new
Midway products and will be based at
Midway's offices in Franklin Park, Ill.
The market targeted for Bally Sente
national accounts, Locke said, is
" large nationwide and regional
chains not currently in the video-
amusement business who have the
potential to purchase a large number
of games at one time. Likely candi-
dates are some convenience food
stores, fast-food chains, and certain
restaurants with casual ambience."
Tom Locke
Mr. and Mrs. George Kane and their son.
George R. Kane, hosted an open house at
Kane Amusement's new facilities.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Huffine ofBAGAmusement
in Jefferson, La., made the trip to
Hattiesburg.
Locke said the Sente System's
"more tasteful" cabinet, the ease of
changing system games, and con-
tinued game availability will make
the system attractive to such locations,
which may have shied away from
video games in the past.
The first such national account,
National Convenience Stores, has
been signed, and more than 200
games are now in the company's
locations from Florida to Nevada.
Lock said all national-account
sales will be coordinated with Bally
Sente distributors.
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Status reports
record revenues
Jerry Reeves of Wurlitzer (left) talks to
Christy Landon. manager of Kane 's game
room . and Kane r o uteman Bill Horoszko.
Inspecting darts before a game are, from
left. Ledon Bellamy of Arcade Electronics,
Jerry Pilgrim. and Bob Turpin of Wic o.
Kane Amusement holds open house
Operator/ customers joined the
staff of Kane Amusement at a January
open house to celebrate Kane's move
from Petal, Miss., to Hattiesburg. "It will
be easier for our customers in Hatties-
burg," said George Kane.
Operators enjoyed a German
buffet prepared by Mrs. Kane and
PlA Y METER, February 1966
played the latest games. World Series
by Cinematronics was a hit among
operators and evidently is coming on
strong. Ghosts 'n Goblins by Taito/
Digital Controls was also said to be
doing well. And a visit next door to
Kane's amusement center showed
Tiger Heli popular among the kids. •
Status Games Corporation has
reported income of $101,351 on
record revenues of $1,871,969 for the
three months ending November 30,
1985.
The quarterly results represented .
huge gains compared with the same
period the year before, when the com-
pany reported income of $30,391 on
revenues of $926, 775.
Income and revenues for the six
months ending November 30 also
were more than double those for the
same period the year before.
"These results reflect increased
penetration by our innovative amuse-
ment games, particularly in the inter-
national market, " said Irving Yaffa,
Status chairman and president. "Addi-
tionally, we benefited from revenues
from game machines which the
company owns and operates, a seg-
ment of the business which wasn't in
operation last year."
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