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Jerry Momoda
Momoda of
of Sega,
Sega,
Jerry
features of
of Out
Out Run
Run to
to
features
standing, explains
explains
standing,
Bill Masterman
Masterman of
of
Bill
Tacoma, Wash.
Wash.
Tacoma,
STREET SENTE
DOTBALL
Bill Miller
Miller of
of Everett,
Everett, Wash.,
Wash., left,
left, and
and Jolly
Jolly
Bill
of Bally
Bally Sente
Senle with
with Street
Street Football.
Football.
Backer of
Backer
SLALOM
-
Seattle operators
operators try
try Nintendo's
Nintendo's VS.
1(£ Slalom.
Slalom. Left
Left
Seattle
lo right
right are:
are: Fred
Fred Galeno,
Galeno , Tom
Tom Jordan,
Jordan, and
and
to
Pal McGuire.
McGuire.
Pat
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machines and
and spends
spends money
money across
across
machines
the bar
bar week
week after
after week
week is is the
the
the
person whose
whose loyalty
loyalty is is most
most sought
sought
person
by the
the operator.
operator. Open
Open events
events draw
draw
by
the shark
shark or
or hustler
hustler and
and undermine
undermine
the
league play."
play."
league
Ansky
believes the
the concept
concept of
of
Ansky believes
having
events
that
cannot
be
entered
having events that cannot be entered
except through
through
participation in
in
except
participation
operator-run
leagues
solidifies
the
solidifies
the
operator-run leagues
operator's position
pos1t1on in in his
his market.
market.
operator's
"League-sponsored
and
assoc1at1on
and
association
"League-sponsored
events reward
reward and
and bolster
bolster the
the efforts
efforts
events
made
by
the
operator,"
he
added.
made by the operator," he added.
He pledged
pledged "on
"on location"
location" support
support
He
both directly
directly and
and through
through Merit-Nomac
Merit-Nomac
both
distributors. The
The company
company has
has recently
recently
distributors.
been successful
successful with
v.~th its
its "Beat
"Beat the
the
been
Champ"
program
where
operators
Champ" program where operators
were starting
starting leagues
leagues and
and wished
wished to
to
were
draw more
more attention
attention to
to machines
machines
draw
already in in a a location.
location.
already
The
company
manufactures Bull
Bull
The company manufactures
Buster Darts
Darts as
as well
well as
as Pub
Puh Time
Time
Buster
Darts.
Darts.
For more
more information
information on
on the
the
For
upcoming
WAMO
tournament,
contact
upcoming WAMO tournament, contact
Merit Industries,
Industries, P.O.
P.O. Box
Box 5004,
5004, 2525
2525
Merit
State Road,
Road, Bensalem,
Bensalem, PA
PA 19020.
19020. Call
Call
State
1-800/ 523-2760 or
or (215)
(215) 639-4700.
639-4700.
1-800/523-2760
Merit-Nomac's Pub
Pub Time
Time Darts
Darts has
has
Merit-Nomac's
been selected
selected by
by the
the Wisconsin
Wisconsin
been
Amusement and
and Music
Music Operators
Operators
Amusement
(W AMO) as
as the
the official
official machine
machine of
of
(WAMO)
the third
third annual
annual Wisconsin
Wisconsin State
State
the
Electronic Dart
Dart Tournament
Tournament scheduled
scheduled
Electronic
for April
April 24-26
24-26 1987.
1987.
for
According to
to Kirk
Kirk McKennon,
McKennon, Merit
Merit
According
director
of
tournaments
and
of
director
tournaments
and
marketing, ”ʹThe
"The
1986
WAMO
1986
WAMO
marketing,
tournament included
included nearly
nearly 1,000
1,000
tournament
players
and
awarded
over
$20,000
in
players and awarded over $20,000 in
cash and
and prizes.
prizes. WAMO
WAMO has
has used
used the
the
cash
tournament as
as a a member
member service
service and
and
tournament
has increased
increased
state
assoc1at1on
state
association
has
membership because
because of
of it.
it. With
With more
more
membership
operators
participating
and
a
larger
operators participating and a larger
than ever
ever player
player base,
base, they
they may
may well
well
than
surpass
last
year's
outstanding
year's
last
surpass
outstanding
achievements."
s."
achievement
McKennon commended
commended the
the WAMO
WAMO
McKennon
dart committee
committee as
as knowledgeable
knowledgeable
dart
"dartologists", starting
starting with
with chairman
chairman
"dartologists",
Dave Fonder,
Fonder, followed
folllowed by
by John
john
Dave
Spears,
'Tony
Urso,
Michael
Bohrer
Spears, Tony Urso, Michael Bohrer,
Dale Saunders,
Saunders, and
and Craig
Craig Barlament.
Barlament'.
Dale
Joe
Phillips,
executive
director
of
Joe Phillips, executive director of
WAMO,
will
handle
publicity,
WAMO,
will
handle
publicity,
accommodations, and
and much
much of
of the
the STATUS
STATUS ACQUIRES
ACOUIRES VEGA
VEGA
accommodations,
detail work.
work.
detail
VENDING
VENDING
Merit-Nomac endorses
endorses a a strong
strong dart
dart
Merit-Nomac
Status Game
Game Corporation
Corporation has
has
Status
promotion
program
and
has
has
and
am
on
promoti
progr
announced
acquisition
of
the
vending
assembled a a national
national team
team of
of league
league announced acquisition of the vending
assembled
machine
business,
name, and
and
business,
name,
and promotion
promotion specialists,
specialists, headed
headed by
by machine
and
substantially
all
of
the
assets
of
Vega
substantially
all
of
the
assets
of
Vega
McKennon and
and Howard
Howard Smoyer,
Smoyer, to
to
Mckennon
Vending, Inc.
Inc. for
for an
an undisclosed
undisclosed
work with
with operators
operators and
and distributors
distributors Vending,
work
amount
of
cash.
This
move
will more
more
amount
of
cash.
This
move
will
to further
further the
the growth
growth of
of dart
dart
to
than
double
Status'
annual
reven
ues.
than
double
Status'
annual
revenues.
programs.
programs.
Vega operates
operates about
about 1400
1400 vending
vending
Vega
"Let's face
face it,"
it," said
said Merit-Nomac
Merit- omac
"Let's
machines
in
the
Las
Vegas
area
in
machines
in
the
Las
Vegas
area
in
vice president
president Mort
Mort Ansky,
Ansky, "the
"the
vice
casinos,
Mccarren
International
McCarren
International
casinos,
location end
end of
of the
the business
business is is having
having
location
Airport, and
and a a military
military base.
base. It It has
has
problems
today.
High
taxes, Airport,
High
taxes,
problems
today.
annual
revenues
of
approximately
$5.
5
annual
revenues
of
approximately
$5.5
outrageous insurance,
insurance, and
and not
not enough
enough
outrageous
million.
million.
people are
are causing
causing taverns
taverns to to fail
fail
people
With this
this acquisition,
acquisition, Status'
Status'
With
daily. The
The operator
operator who
who does
does not
not
daily.
combined
operations
in
Las
Vegas
will
combined
operations
in
Las
Vegas
will
respond with
with leagues
leagues and
and tournaments
tournaments
respond
include over
over 3,000
3,000 game
game units
units and
and
include
that
deliver
people
to
his
locations
that deliver people to his locations vending machines in nearly 900
could find
find himself
himself gone
gone wrong
wrong with
with vending machines in nearly 900
could
locations.
locations.
them.
them.
Status is is presently
presently licensed
licensed by
by the
the
Status
"Our feeling
feeling is is that
that the
the league
league
"Our
Nevada
Gaming
Commission
to
player who
who puts
puts quarters
quarters in
in our
our Nevada Gaming Commission to
player
manufacture,
sell,
and
operate
gaming
manufacture, sell, and operate gaming