Play Meter
Issue: 1980 August 01 - Vol 6 Num 14 - Page 7
Antitrust falls out·of·court
Bally Manufacturing Corp . and
Williams Electronics Inc . have settled
all of their disputes out-of-court
relating to the manufacture and sale
of slot machines. An announcement
by the respective legal counsellors
said the settlement includes a $1.4
million payment by Bally to Williams.
a subsidiary of XCOR International
Inc.
Antitrust litigation pending be-
tween Bally and Williams in federal
court in Chicago and in state court in
ew Jersey has been dismissed. said
the May 27 announcement. Patent
litigation which has been brought by
Bally against Williams. pending in
Chicago. was not affected by this
settlement.
Legal spokesmen for both Williams
and Bally agreed that their settlement
over slot machines used in Atlantic
City and elsewhere "does not reflect
on the merits of Williams' claims
against Bally or Bally's claims against
Williams ." Rather. both firms stated
they wished "to bring this lengthy
and expensive litigation to a conclu -
Sion .
Glenn
eidenfeld. secretary and
general counsel of Bally. told PLAY
METER. "All matters pursuant to
antitrust are dropped .··
The attorney explained that
Williams had alleged that Bally's sale
of slots in Nevada and ownership of
the Park Place casino-hotel in
Atlantic City violated antitrust laws.
Bally had counter-claimed that
Williams conspired with other slot
machine manufacturers to mislead
the New Jersey Casino Control
Commission so it would adopt
regulations limiting a casino's pur-
chase of slots to 50 percent from one
manufacturer .
Bally. however. received a waiver
from the commission on that rule for
Park Place. reports said.
The legal action. filed in Chicago
and New Jersey. included claims of
$30 million by Williams and $60
million by Bally .
A federal grand jury inquiry into
possible antitrust violations in the
gaming equipment industry began in
May of 197 . Both Williams and
Bally indicated their support of the
federal probe.
[PLAY METER.
March. 1979. page 43 .]
The 1.4 million settlement with
William
was recorded by Bally
Manufacturing as a charge against
earnings for the first quarter of 1980.
ended March 31 .
ICMOA pool tourney
Th Hilton Hotel in Peoria, Illinois
was the site of the ICMOA Annual
-Ball Pool Tournament on April 27 .
A full house of spectators saw the
best pool players in Illinois bid for
top -place money of $1.000 for the
men's division .
Ei.,'-ltv locations sent two men
ea ·
'e 36 locations sent ladies
to
.heir division's $500 first
pn • ., -, .ey. In all. the prize awards
amounted to $5.600 .
The tournament was coordinated
by Ward P . Brown and David Marik
of Rockford Star Games. Inc .
headed the Pool Tournament Com -
mittee of ICMOA .
Tournament play began at 10:30
a.m . . using twelve Dynamo tables.
and ended at
p.m . with the
following winners :
M en's Division : 1st place - A!
Ko klys from E to's Lounge in Forest
Park (M tropolitan Music operator):
2nd place - Dana Hallet from Friend -
ly Tap in Polo (Blackhawk Music.
operator) .
Women's Division : 1st place -
Mary Ann Blean from Lake View
Country Club in terling (Blackhawk
Music . operator): 2nd place - Nancy
Mangolavite of the Canopy in
pringfield area (Kramzar Amuse -
ment . operator) .
Pre enting trophies and cash
award
to winners was ICMOA
Pre ident Walton Lowry of Pittsfield .
AI Koklys takes lCMOA first place
trophy. presented by Walton Lowry .
On the move
Fox promoted
by Kurz·Kasch
Kurz-Kasch. Inc .. of Dayton, Ohio
recently announced the promotion of
James D. Fox to national amuse -
ment products sales manager for the
company's Electronics Division. Mr.
Fox joined Kurz -Kasch in April of
1979 as its production manager .
Kurz -Kasch's Electronics Division
manufactures and markets a test
fixture. program cards for most video
and pinball games. a line of digital
logic probes and pulsers. as well as
ignature Analyzer. a device used to
isolate faulty components in micro-
processor-controlled equipment . The
Dayton firm's president of John N .
Taylor. Jr.
Kapoun to direct
RlrD at Stern
Stern Electronics . Inc . has appointed
Robert Kapoun as director of engin -
eering . Formerly a chief engineer
and employee of the Seeburg Corp-
oration for 1
years. Kapaun's
responsibilities at Stern will include
taff administration and supervision
of engineering department research
and development .
Kapoun is a graduate of the Illinois
Institute of Technology. Chicago.
and resides with his wife and
daughter in suburban Glenview.
Illinois .
Gene Roelle. field engineer at Stern
Electronics. Chicago . recently re -
turned from Europe where he con -
ducted a series of service school
eminars for Stern distributors .
Participating distribs included Erick
Schneider . Hamburg.
Germany.
April 26: Ets C. Van Brabant.
Antwerp . Belgium. April30 : London
Coin. London. England . May 1: Ugo
Posticci. Vienna. Austria. May 4 :
Bally France . Paris . May
: Rolf
Ohlander . tockholm. Sweden. May
10 : Raha. Helsinki. Norway . May
12: and
ovomat. Basil. Switzer-
land . May14.
As a field engineer. Roelle visits
tern distributors worldwide to offer
technical coun el on equipment
operation
and maintenance. In
addition. he is responsible for the
administration of
tern's toll -free
service hotline headquartered in
Chicago and international distribu -
tion of technical bulletins .
Bally Manufacturing Corp . and
Williams Electronics Inc . have settled
all of their disputes out-of-court
relating to the manufacture and sale
of slot machines. An announcement
by the respective legal counsellors
said the settlement includes a $1.4
million payment by Bally to Williams.
a subsidiary of XCOR International
Inc.
Antitrust litigation pending be-
tween Bally and Williams in federal
court in Chicago and in state court in
ew Jersey has been dismissed. said
the May 27 announcement. Patent
litigation which has been brought by
Bally against Williams. pending in
Chicago. was not affected by this
settlement.
Legal spokesmen for both Williams
and Bally agreed that their settlement
over slot machines used in Atlantic
City and elsewhere "does not reflect
on the merits of Williams' claims
against Bally or Bally's claims against
Williams ." Rather. both firms stated
they wished "to bring this lengthy
and expensive litigation to a conclu -
Sion .
Glenn
eidenfeld. secretary and
general counsel of Bally. told PLAY
METER. "All matters pursuant to
antitrust are dropped .··
The attorney explained that
Williams had alleged that Bally's sale
of slots in Nevada and ownership of
the Park Place casino-hotel in
Atlantic City violated antitrust laws.
Bally had counter-claimed that
Williams conspired with other slot
machine manufacturers to mislead
the New Jersey Casino Control
Commission so it would adopt
regulations limiting a casino's pur-
chase of slots to 50 percent from one
manufacturer .
Bally. however. received a waiver
from the commission on that rule for
Park Place. reports said.
The legal action. filed in Chicago
and New Jersey. included claims of
$30 million by Williams and $60
million by Bally .
A federal grand jury inquiry into
possible antitrust violations in the
gaming equipment industry began in
May of 197 . Both Williams and
Bally indicated their support of the
federal probe.
[PLAY METER.
March. 1979. page 43 .]
The 1.4 million settlement with
William
was recorded by Bally
Manufacturing as a charge against
earnings for the first quarter of 1980.
ended March 31 .
ICMOA pool tourney
Th Hilton Hotel in Peoria, Illinois
was the site of the ICMOA Annual
-Ball Pool Tournament on April 27 .
A full house of spectators saw the
best pool players in Illinois bid for
top -place money of $1.000 for the
men's division .
Ei.,'-ltv locations sent two men
ea ·
'e 36 locations sent ladies
to
.heir division's $500 first
pn • ., -, .ey. In all. the prize awards
amounted to $5.600 .
The tournament was coordinated
by Ward P . Brown and David Marik
of Rockford Star Games. Inc .
headed the Pool Tournament Com -
mittee of ICMOA .
Tournament play began at 10:30
a.m . . using twelve Dynamo tables.
and ended at
p.m . with the
following winners :
M en's Division : 1st place - A!
Ko klys from E to's Lounge in Forest
Park (M tropolitan Music operator):
2nd place - Dana Hallet from Friend -
ly Tap in Polo (Blackhawk Music.
operator) .
Women's Division : 1st place -
Mary Ann Blean from Lake View
Country Club in terling (Blackhawk
Music . operator): 2nd place - Nancy
Mangolavite of the Canopy in
pringfield area (Kramzar Amuse -
ment . operator) .
Pre enting trophies and cash
award
to winners was ICMOA
Pre ident Walton Lowry of Pittsfield .
AI Koklys takes lCMOA first place
trophy. presented by Walton Lowry .
On the move
Fox promoted
by Kurz·Kasch
Kurz-Kasch. Inc .. of Dayton, Ohio
recently announced the promotion of
James D. Fox to national amuse -
ment products sales manager for the
company's Electronics Division. Mr.
Fox joined Kurz -Kasch in April of
1979 as its production manager .
Kurz -Kasch's Electronics Division
manufactures and markets a test
fixture. program cards for most video
and pinball games. a line of digital
logic probes and pulsers. as well as
ignature Analyzer. a device used to
isolate faulty components in micro-
processor-controlled equipment . The
Dayton firm's president of John N .
Taylor. Jr.
Kapoun to direct
RlrD at Stern
Stern Electronics . Inc . has appointed
Robert Kapoun as director of engin -
eering . Formerly a chief engineer
and employee of the Seeburg Corp-
oration for 1
years. Kapaun's
responsibilities at Stern will include
taff administration and supervision
of engineering department research
and development .
Kapoun is a graduate of the Illinois
Institute of Technology. Chicago.
and resides with his wife and
daughter in suburban Glenview.
Illinois .
Gene Roelle. field engineer at Stern
Electronics. Chicago . recently re -
turned from Europe where he con -
ducted a series of service school
eminars for Stern distributors .
Participating distribs included Erick
Schneider . Hamburg.
Germany.
April 26: Ets C. Van Brabant.
Antwerp . Belgium. April30 : London
Coin. London. England . May 1: Ugo
Posticci. Vienna. Austria. May 4 :
Bally France . Paris . May
: Rolf
Ohlander . tockholm. Sweden. May
10 : Raha. Helsinki. Norway . May
12: and
ovomat. Basil. Switzer-
land . May14.
As a field engineer. Roelle visits
tern distributors worldwide to offer
technical coun el on equipment
operation
and maintenance. In
addition. he is responsible for the
administration of
tern's toll -free
service hotline headquartered in
Chicago and international distribu -
tion of technical bulletins .
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