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AMOA tournament
applications due April 1
Applications from operators are
due April 1 for the first AMOA national
tournament. according to Kirk McKen-
non of Custom Events InternationaL
the tournament coordinator.
A limit of 256 teams has been set for
the tournament. which is scheduled for
May 2-4 at the Ramada Inn O -Hare in
Chicago. AMOA is urging all opera-
tors to reserve a minimum of three
teams.
Applications are available from
AMOA. For more information. call
M c Kennon toll-free at 1-800-447-
DA.RT.
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PAMMA urges video-poker
legalization
Following a February 13 police
raid in which video-gambling games
were seized from restaurants and
taverns in Dauphin County. Pa.. the
Pennsylvania Amusement and Music
Machine Association (PAMMA) urged
its members to support a proposed
state law that would legalize video-
poker games.
According to a Harrisburg Patriot
newspaper article sent by PAMMA to
its members. 120 machines were
seized from 86 locations in the raid.
Video-poker machines are classi1ied
as gambling devices under Pennsyl-
vania law. and. although no arrests
were made during the raid. police
said owners of the machines could be
prosecuted under the state's Corrupt
Organization Act.
State and city police involved in the
raid sought to determine whether
payoffs were being made on the
machines and. if so. what the payoff
methods were. Police said information
gathered would be turned over to
county District Attorney Richard A.
Lewis.
Lewis said that last year all licensed
establishments in the county were
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asked to get rid of the video-poker
machines voluntarily. " At that time."
he said, "it was stressed that there
would be no arrests. There might have
been some initial compliance. but it
certainly wasn't overwhemling com-
pliance."
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Dlinois lottery players
to use video terminals
Illinois lottery players this summer
will begin stepping up to special video
terminals. inserting their money. and
touching spots on a video screen to
select their games and numbers. The
purpose of the " player-activated
machines." said Illinois Lottery Super-
intendant Rebecca PauL is to make it
more convenient to play the Lotto.
Daily Game. Pick Four. and instant
games.
These machines eliminate the
need for an attendant to operate a
terminal connected to the lottery's
main computer in Springfield. About
500 player-activated machines will be
AMuSEMENT AND Mus1c OPERATORs AssociATION
presents
$25,000
1ST AMOA
NATIONACfEAfVi' DART TOURNAMENT
!~~,~~"OPEN
S12,500"WO~.~~~
Any four pzrsons pzr team
Four we>rl11ln pzr team
SS,OOO payback
guaranteed
SlO,OOO payback
guaranteed
DATE: MAY 2-4,1986
GAME:301/W'IIN-/W'IOUT
Entry ~odlir'Ml : Apfil l,
Doubkl Elimination
PLACE: RAMADA O 'HARE
ENTRY FEE:SlOO per TEAM
TROPHI ES: INDIVIDUAl and TEAM:
Chicago (Rowmont), lllinoo
PHONE: (312) 644-6610
For tournament
applicati on informatio n
1ST-8TH PlACE
TEAM 9TH-24TH PlACE
AMOA MEMBER LEPGUE TEAMS ONLY
1001. ol entry fees will be awarded as prize rnc:>rollY to the top 50% o1 teams entered
OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT MACHINES:
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PLAY METER. March 1 5. 1986