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Issue: 1984 September 15 - Vol 10 Num 17 - Page 11
CALIFORNIA TO VOTE ON VIDEO LOTTERIES • COMMODORE SU ES ATAR I ENGINEERS • NAMCO
EMPLOYEE JOINS BMI • WICO GRANTED NEW JERSEY CASINO SERVICE LICENSE • 'ROCK MAGAZINE'
RATED BEST • INDUSTRY SUPPO RTS HOMEF REE PROG RAM • C IG ARETTE TESTED FOR HISPANIC
MARKET • COIN-OP SAFETY STANDARDS SU BMI TTED • PAVLOFF REPORTS SUCCESSFUL YEAR •
KONAMI ENFORCES COPYRIGHTS • SU RVEY SHOWS VEN DI NG UPSWI NG • ROCK-OLA APPOINTS
DISTRIBUTORS • BULLWlNKLE'S OPENS IN RICH MOND • CALIFO RN IA OKS 'LITTLE CASINO I' AND 'II'
CALIFORNIA TO VOTE ON
VIDEO LOTIERIES
The initiative process in California
government has allowed propo-
nents of the video lottery to submit a
petition for the video lottery issue to
appear at the polls on November 6.
The petition was assembled by a
company hired by advocates of the
vi d eo lo t tery, and it collected nearly
o ne million signatures. After dis-
qu al if yi ng t he non -voter, non-valid
si gnat ures, there were still more
t han enough signatures to bring the
issue to t he voters .
Cal if ornia ' s initiative process
allows an issue to be placed on the
ballot if 500,000 registered voters
request it by signing a petition .
Education is an extremely vital
concern of many voters, and the
petition specified that profits from a
video lottery would be earmarked
for the educational system .
" The people read accounts of
huge winnings in lotteries and feel
they should have a chance to win ,
too . Then on top of that, the petition
said the money would go for educa-
tion , so that' s why so many people
signed the petition," said Dennis
Loper of the California Coin Ma-
chine Association .
He continued , " It' s too bad
though that they don' t know the
detrimental and negative side of the
issue."
The California Coin Machine
Association is opposed to the video
lottery in California , but according
to Loper, waging an opposition
campaign would be too expensive,
probably around $5 million .
•
COMMODORE SUES ATARI ENGINEERS
Eight days after Jack Tramiel
bought Atari Inc.'s home computer
and video game operations (Play
Meter, August 15, p . 11), Commo-
dore International sued four former
eng i neers that left the firm to work
for Tram iel at Atar i.
Tramiel founded Commodore
and ran it for 25 years. He resigned
i n january after a dispute with Irving
Gould , Tramiel ' s longtime partner
and Commodore's chairman and
largest shareholder.
Commodore charges that the
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engineers stole design secrets
before they left Commodore. The
suit, filed in state court in Chester
County, Pennsylvania , alleges that
Commodore 's Engineering Direc-
tor, Shiraz Shivji , resigned and then
persuaded other company engi-
neers to work for Atari . (Also,
several top managers have left Com-
modore for Atari.) The suit also
alleges that the engineers brought
pilfered design documents, con-
sultant papers, and a machine pro-
totype .
A state judge granted Commo-
dore a temporary injunction barring
the former Commodore engineers
from "using or disclosing in any
manner whatsoever any trade
secrets or proprietary or confiden-
tial information of Commodore. "
" The lawsuit ... is the first public
salvo in what many in the industry
expect to be an increasingly bitter
face-off between Mr. Tramiel and
Commodore ... ," The Wall Street
journal reported on July 13.
•
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EMPLOYEE JOINS BMI • WICO GRANTED NEW JERSEY CASINO SERVICE LICENSE • 'ROCK MAGAZINE'
RATED BEST • INDUSTRY SUPPO RTS HOMEF REE PROG RAM • C IG ARETTE TESTED FOR HISPANIC
MARKET • COIN-OP SAFETY STANDARDS SU BMI TTED • PAVLOFF REPORTS SUCCESSFUL YEAR •
KONAMI ENFORCES COPYRIGHTS • SU RVEY SHOWS VEN DI NG UPSWI NG • ROCK-OLA APPOINTS
DISTRIBUTORS • BULLWlNKLE'S OPENS IN RICH MOND • CALIFO RN IA OKS 'LITTLE CASINO I' AND 'II'
CALIFORNIA TO VOTE ON
VIDEO LOTIERIES
The initiative process in California
government has allowed propo-
nents of the video lottery to submit a
petition for the video lottery issue to
appear at the polls on November 6.
The petition was assembled by a
company hired by advocates of the
vi d eo lo t tery, and it collected nearly
o ne million signatures. After dis-
qu al if yi ng t he non -voter, non-valid
si gnat ures, there were still more
t han enough signatures to bring the
issue to t he voters .
Cal if ornia ' s initiative process
allows an issue to be placed on the
ballot if 500,000 registered voters
request it by signing a petition .
Education is an extremely vital
concern of many voters, and the
petition specified that profits from a
video lottery would be earmarked
for the educational system .
" The people read accounts of
huge winnings in lotteries and feel
they should have a chance to win ,
too . Then on top of that, the petition
said the money would go for educa-
tion , so that' s why so many people
signed the petition," said Dennis
Loper of the California Coin Ma-
chine Association .
He continued , " It' s too bad
though that they don' t know the
detrimental and negative side of the
issue."
The California Coin Machine
Association is opposed to the video
lottery in California , but according
to Loper, waging an opposition
campaign would be too expensive,
probably around $5 million .
•
COMMODORE SUES ATARI ENGINEERS
Eight days after Jack Tramiel
bought Atari Inc.'s home computer
and video game operations (Play
Meter, August 15, p . 11), Commo-
dore International sued four former
eng i neers that left the firm to work
for Tram iel at Atar i.
Tramiel founded Commodore
and ran it for 25 years. He resigned
i n january after a dispute with Irving
Gould , Tramiel ' s longtime partner
and Commodore's chairman and
largest shareholder.
Commodore charges that the
PlAY METER. September 15, 1984
engineers stole design secrets
before they left Commodore. The
suit, filed in state court in Chester
County, Pennsylvania , alleges that
Commodore 's Engineering Direc-
tor, Shiraz Shivji , resigned and then
persuaded other company engi-
neers to work for Atari . (Also,
several top managers have left Com-
modore for Atari.) The suit also
alleges that the engineers brought
pilfered design documents, con-
sultant papers, and a machine pro-
totype .
A state judge granted Commo-
dore a temporary injunction barring
the former Commodore engineers
from "using or disclosing in any
manner whatsoever any trade
secrets or proprietary or confiden-
tial information of Commodore. "
" The lawsuit ... is the first public
salvo in what many in the industry
expect to be an increasingly bitter
face-off between Mr. Tramiel and
Commodore ... ," The Wall Street
journal reported on July 13.
•
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