Play Meter
Issue: 1979 September 15 - Vol 5 Num 17 - Page 140
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NewsBriefs
..... The Bureau of Licenses of Providence, Rhode Island , has for the first
time since the ordinance ' s passing the city council in February, enforced a
city law regulating the operation of pinball machines . According to the
Providence Journal, seven businesses were denied licenses to operate pinballs
because the bureau found that the locations were not in heavy commercial
zones . All locations which sport more than two such machines must be in such
zones . Sounds inviting , eh? "Hey, let ' s go down to the nuclear power plant
and play the new Kiss" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
..... Tournament Soccer's fall schedule will feature three $50 , 000 tournaments
to be held in Cleveland , Syracuse , and San Francisco , and five $10,0000 tour-
naments planned for Boston , Seattle, Salt Lake City , Denver , and Omaha . The
culmination of the fall tour will be Super Doubles II , a $100 , 000 event
boasting a $20 , 000 winner ' s purse . Super Doubles II will be held in Chicago,
November 23 - 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.. ... A Hot Hand machine has been modified so that a disabled player can
operate the game by blowing into a piece of plastic tubing . The game was
donated to Rob Marince of Pittsburgh .
It was modified by his brother Gary ..
..... Pizza Time Theatre opened its fourth family entertainment center Aug -
ust 12, in Florin Center , Sacramento , California, Nolan Bushnell blessed
the opening with the promise that nine more theatres would be open in
Northern California b efore December .. ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
..... Amusement Systems Corporation of Dania , Florida is looking for an inno-
vative future.
They have hired Ian Richter , formerly chief engineer at
Allied Leisure , to help them along the way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.. ... Loewen America , Inc. has commissioned three state -side distributors for
its NSM phonograph line:
Hastings Distributing of Milwaukee, Hanson Distri-
buting of Minneapolis, and Acme Cigarette Service of Niles, Ohio ............ .
..... Sega Enterprises reported preliminary net earnings for the fiscal
year ended June 30 , 1979 were a record $12 . 5 million, or $1.92 per share
on a primary basis and $1.83 fully diluted, up from $1 . 9 million , or 34
cents per share on both a primary and fully diluted basis the year before .
140
PLAY METER , September, 1979
NewsBriefs
..... The Bureau of Licenses of Providence, Rhode Island , has for the first
time since the ordinance ' s passing the city council in February, enforced a
city law regulating the operation of pinball machines . According to the
Providence Journal, seven businesses were denied licenses to operate pinballs
because the bureau found that the locations were not in heavy commercial
zones . All locations which sport more than two such machines must be in such
zones . Sounds inviting , eh? "Hey, let ' s go down to the nuclear power plant
and play the new Kiss" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
..... Tournament Soccer's fall schedule will feature three $50 , 000 tournaments
to be held in Cleveland , Syracuse , and San Francisco , and five $10,0000 tour-
naments planned for Boston , Seattle, Salt Lake City , Denver , and Omaha . The
culmination of the fall tour will be Super Doubles II , a $100 , 000 event
boasting a $20 , 000 winner ' s purse . Super Doubles II will be held in Chicago,
November 23 - 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.. ... A Hot Hand machine has been modified so that a disabled player can
operate the game by blowing into a piece of plastic tubing . The game was
donated to Rob Marince of Pittsburgh .
It was modified by his brother Gary ..
..... Pizza Time Theatre opened its fourth family entertainment center Aug -
ust 12, in Florin Center , Sacramento , California, Nolan Bushnell blessed
the opening with the promise that nine more theatres would be open in
Northern California b efore December .. ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
..... Amusement Systems Corporation of Dania , Florida is looking for an inno-
vative future.
They have hired Ian Richter , formerly chief engineer at
Allied Leisure , to help them along the way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.. ... Loewen America , Inc. has commissioned three state -side distributors for
its NSM phonograph line:
Hastings Distributing of Milwaukee, Hanson Distri-
buting of Minneapolis, and Acme Cigarette Service of Niles, Ohio ............ .
..... Sega Enterprises reported preliminary net earnings for the fiscal
year ended June 30 , 1979 were a record $12 . 5 million, or $1.92 per share
on a primary basis and $1.83 fully diluted, up from $1 . 9 million , or 34
cents per share on both a primary and fully diluted basis the year before .
140
PLAY METER , September, 1979
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