Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1949 August - Page 14
SnaGshing JIll Records-Everywhere!
Bally's
~~: :~[
CHAMPION
or KENTUCKY (Automatic One-BalD
• Two Horseshoe Buttons
Insure 25 % to 100 % Increase in
coins played per game
o
New Double Sco re
• New "Wild" Sections
28 winning holes
• Famous 'Citation' Odds
Always advance . . . Never drop
back.
320 replay top score
If you thought Citation was a sensational money-maker. wait
till CHAMPION starts working for you. Truly 3 great games
in one! Greater play appeal -
greater earning power!
A honey of a game! Come in today!
PAUL A. LAYMON, Inc.
1429·31 W. Pi eo Blvd.
Something New! Coin-
Operated Keno Game
SEATTLE - After 16 years of tirele s
planning and engineering, Frank Seidel-
huber, Jr., of Seidelhuber Iron & Bronze
Works, Inc., and Roy Erickson, prominent
Seattle pin game operator, have perfected
an automa tic coin-operated Keno game.
During the past two years these machine,
known a Harold's Reno Keno, have been
tested and proved at the Harold's Club in
Nevada.
Manual operated Keno requires 5 at-
tendants; drawings are scheduled at 5 min-
ute intervals, and the usual number of
tickets which can be marked in that 5 min-
ute period average 45. Harold's R eno Keno
allows a customer to playas many as 8
tickets a minute and only one attendant is
necessary for 25 machines, which can
handle 625 plays in 5 minutes. Machine
is adaptable for 10c, 25c, 50c, and $1 play.
Seidelhuber and Erickson are now ready
to have the machine manufactured for the
market.
Official Report Shows
How Taverns Prospered
WASHINGTON-Uncle Sam finally re-
leased an official report on beer and l iquor
mDlor
~ super-lost
SHUFFLEBOARDS
SAMPLES FREE
Super.fast,
stays super-fast!
Specially processed
-won 't pit or scratch !
•
•
Distributorships
Available
•
Write Today!
SATISFACTION
GUARANTEED
Please let us k now you r t yp e of business
HANSON-LORAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
5584 Paramount
Long Beach , Calif.
14
PRo 7351
sale last year, and it will confirm what
music and games operators have heard from
tavern owners for a long while. Sales of
alcoholic beverages in general dropped
about 10 per cent last year, in comparison
with 1947-and this was the first real de-
cline in 10 year.
The government report suggested that the
main reason for this decline was "the weak-
ening of demand for luxury items."
Beer regained its top spot in 1948 as a
popular alcoholic beverage, total national
expenditure for beer in 1948 amounting to
4,445,000,000. Last year was the first since
1941 that total dollar volume for beer sur-
passed total ales of distilled spiri ts.
Total revenue paid to federal, state and
local governments on alcoholic beverages
in 1948 amounted to three billion dollars
in round numbers.
Modern Triples Sales
With New Scoreboard
LO G BEACH, Calif.-Since introduc-
ing its new low· priced shuffieboard score-
board to the trade, Modern Amusement Co.,
manufacturer of the unit, has tripled sales
and re-ordered component parts to keep
production at high gear.
"Until now, many operators have held
back in purchasing scoreboards because the
price was too high," Jack Johnston, head
of the firm, said. "The new wall -type
Modern unit i the answer because it en-
ables operators to substan tially increase
their take with very little added invest-
ment,"
The new Modern unit has been tested
and proved on location for three months,
and operators buying samples have come
back for quantity purchases, Johnston re-
ported. He added, "The scoreboard's design
is more acceptable because of its simplicity:
only the actual red and blue score is shown,
wh ich eliminates confusion."
The new Modern i a high quality
product, wi th a five-color silk screen and
green backl!;round. It weighs less than 35
pot~nds and measures 25112" x 19112" x 5112",
whIch makes for compactne s.
Ryan to Universal; Announce
Entry Into I-Ball Games Biz
CHICAGO- niversal Industries, Inc., a
comparatively new finn among the big list
of manufacturers here and known to the
trade as the maker of the console, A rrow
Bell, recently entered the field of I-ball
Los Angeles 15. Calif.
table games by introducing Photo-Finish.
W. J. (Bill) Ryan also recently joined
Universal as vice· president and general
manager. Ryan had earlier resigned from
the Keeney firm and returned to O. D.
Jennings & Co. for a brief stay. The move
brings Mel Binks, head of Universal, and
Ryan together again, after a long a socia-
tion in the firm of J. H. Keeney & Co.
Binks is one of the best known engineers
in the Industry and organized the Universal
firm to market some of his engineering de-
velopmen ts.
Photo-Finish, among other new features,
has a playfield completely illuminated with
indirect lighting.
Expect General FaIl Pickup
CHICAGO-The National Assn. of Pur-
chasing Agents. an organization whose
monthly surveys on busine s are often
quoted in the Business Review column of
this magazine, recently held its annual con-
vention and debated business signs at
length.
According to its surveys, about 50 per
cent of. the manufacturing firms wday have
reported "lower pay roll, in number of
employees and hours worked_" Reports in-
dicated that the recession continued during
June at an increased pace, but signs are
increasing "that improvement could show
up in the fall."
The group aimed its criticism chieAy at
delays of many firms in reducing prices in
keeping with present conctitions_
Grand Jury Supports Legion
LOUISVILLE-A grand jury here re-
cently created some public interest when
it refused to indict the manager of an
American Legion post for having 12 gam-
ing devices in the location. The que tion
of gam ing devices came up at a time when
bookies were also in the limelight. The
grand jury held a lenient attitude also
toward bookies.
The body also recommended a state-wide
referendum on legalizing gambling.
From Distrib To Operator
T. LOUIS-The V. P . Distributing Co.,
here, headed by Del Veatch, recently sold
the wholesale part, covering vendor, games
and music, to Jack Rose, of Rosenfeld
Novelty Co.
Veatch say he will concentrate hereafter
on route operation. With his brother, he has
built up imposing routes in St. Louis and
more recent ly in central and southern
lllinois.
COIN MACHINE REVIEW
Bally's
~~: :~[
CHAMPION
or KENTUCKY (Automatic One-BalD
• Two Horseshoe Buttons
Insure 25 % to 100 % Increase in
coins played per game
o
New Double Sco re
• New "Wild" Sections
28 winning holes
• Famous 'Citation' Odds
Always advance . . . Never drop
back.
320 replay top score
If you thought Citation was a sensational money-maker. wait
till CHAMPION starts working for you. Truly 3 great games
in one! Greater play appeal -
greater earning power!
A honey of a game! Come in today!
PAUL A. LAYMON, Inc.
1429·31 W. Pi eo Blvd.
Something New! Coin-
Operated Keno Game
SEATTLE - After 16 years of tirele s
planning and engineering, Frank Seidel-
huber, Jr., of Seidelhuber Iron & Bronze
Works, Inc., and Roy Erickson, prominent
Seattle pin game operator, have perfected
an automa tic coin-operated Keno game.
During the past two years these machine,
known a Harold's Reno Keno, have been
tested and proved at the Harold's Club in
Nevada.
Manual operated Keno requires 5 at-
tendants; drawings are scheduled at 5 min-
ute intervals, and the usual number of
tickets which can be marked in that 5 min-
ute period average 45. Harold's R eno Keno
allows a customer to playas many as 8
tickets a minute and only one attendant is
necessary for 25 machines, which can
handle 625 plays in 5 minutes. Machine
is adaptable for 10c, 25c, 50c, and $1 play.
Seidelhuber and Erickson are now ready
to have the machine manufactured for the
market.
Official Report Shows
How Taverns Prospered
WASHINGTON-Uncle Sam finally re-
leased an official report on beer and l iquor
mDlor
~ super-lost
SHUFFLEBOARDS
SAMPLES FREE
Super.fast,
stays super-fast!
Specially processed
-won 't pit or scratch !
•
•
Distributorships
Available
•
Write Today!
SATISFACTION
GUARANTEED
Please let us k now you r t yp e of business
HANSON-LORAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
5584 Paramount
Long Beach , Calif.
14
PRo 7351
sale last year, and it will confirm what
music and games operators have heard from
tavern owners for a long while. Sales of
alcoholic beverages in general dropped
about 10 per cent last year, in comparison
with 1947-and this was the first real de-
cline in 10 year.
The government report suggested that the
main reason for this decline was "the weak-
ening of demand for luxury items."
Beer regained its top spot in 1948 as a
popular alcoholic beverage, total national
expenditure for beer in 1948 amounting to
4,445,000,000. Last year was the first since
1941 that total dollar volume for beer sur-
passed total ales of distilled spiri ts.
Total revenue paid to federal, state and
local governments on alcoholic beverages
in 1948 amounted to three billion dollars
in round numbers.
Modern Triples Sales
With New Scoreboard
LO G BEACH, Calif.-Since introduc-
ing its new low· priced shuffieboard score-
board to the trade, Modern Amusement Co.,
manufacturer of the unit, has tripled sales
and re-ordered component parts to keep
production at high gear.
"Until now, many operators have held
back in purchasing scoreboards because the
price was too high," Jack Johnston, head
of the firm, said. "The new wall -type
Modern unit i the answer because it en-
ables operators to substan tially increase
their take with very little added invest-
ment,"
The new Modern unit has been tested
and proved on location for three months,
and operators buying samples have come
back for quantity purchases, Johnston re-
ported. He added, "The scoreboard's design
is more acceptable because of its simplicity:
only the actual red and blue score is shown,
wh ich eliminates confusion."
The new Modern i a high quality
product, wi th a five-color silk screen and
green backl!;round. It weighs less than 35
pot~nds and measures 25112" x 19112" x 5112",
whIch makes for compactne s.
Ryan to Universal; Announce
Entry Into I-Ball Games Biz
CHICAGO- niversal Industries, Inc., a
comparatively new finn among the big list
of manufacturers here and known to the
trade as the maker of the console, A rrow
Bell, recently entered the field of I-ball
Los Angeles 15. Calif.
table games by introducing Photo-Finish.
W. J. (Bill) Ryan also recently joined
Universal as vice· president and general
manager. Ryan had earlier resigned from
the Keeney firm and returned to O. D.
Jennings & Co. for a brief stay. The move
brings Mel Binks, head of Universal, and
Ryan together again, after a long a socia-
tion in the firm of J. H. Keeney & Co.
Binks is one of the best known engineers
in the Industry and organized the Universal
firm to market some of his engineering de-
velopmen ts.
Photo-Finish, among other new features,
has a playfield completely illuminated with
indirect lighting.
Expect General FaIl Pickup
CHICAGO-The National Assn. of Pur-
chasing Agents. an organization whose
monthly surveys on busine s are often
quoted in the Business Review column of
this magazine, recently held its annual con-
vention and debated business signs at
length.
According to its surveys, about 50 per
cent of. the manufacturing firms wday have
reported "lower pay roll, in number of
employees and hours worked_" Reports in-
dicated that the recession continued during
June at an increased pace, but signs are
increasing "that improvement could show
up in the fall."
The group aimed its criticism chieAy at
delays of many firms in reducing prices in
keeping with present conctitions_
Grand Jury Supports Legion
LOUISVILLE-A grand jury here re-
cently created some public interest when
it refused to indict the manager of an
American Legion post for having 12 gam-
ing devices in the location. The que tion
of gam ing devices came up at a time when
bookies were also in the limelight. The
grand jury held a lenient attitude also
toward bookies.
The body also recommended a state-wide
referendum on legalizing gambling.
From Distrib To Operator
T. LOUIS-The V. P . Distributing Co.,
here, headed by Del Veatch, recently sold
the wholesale part, covering vendor, games
and music, to Jack Rose, of Rosenfeld
Novelty Co.
Veatch say he will concentrate hereafter
on route operation. With his brother, he has
built up imposing routes in St. Louis and
more recent ly in central and southern
lllinois.
COIN MACHINE REVIEW
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