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NEWS BULLETIN ~ MARK YOUR CALENDARS ... The Amusement and Music Operators of Tennessee (AMOT) has announced a change in the dates of its show. Originally scheduled August 16-18, it will now be held the previous weekend , August 10-11. This will coincide with the National Conference of Legislators, which will be held at the beginning of the week , also in Nashville. The association is planning a game room for the legislative attendees as well as a tournament for legislators and their families similar to that held at the Washington Conference in the nation's capitol. In addition , the association will sponsor three booths at the Legislative Conference, which will feature Montana/South Dakotaapproved video poker machines. For more information , contact Jan Green at (901) 521-1234 or (601 ) 371-1000. ~ ~ machines will peddle consu mer products. The messages will be delivered through graphics and electron ically synthesized speech and music. The first advertisers signed up for the program include Pepsi, Thermos, Game Pro Magazine, and Share Data, a computer software company. Roger Sharpe, marketing director for the two compan ies said , " There are an estimated one million pinball machi nes and 100 million players in the world. The possibi lities are unlimited ." ~ GET YOUR BOWLINGO HERE ... David Snook", who wrote the article on Bowlingo in this issue, faxed us som e last minute changes in the story. He told us that U. S. Bowlingo sales will be through Capcom USA. Jeff Walker of Geoffco will stay with Capcom to head up the Bowlingo sales. ~ MOVIN' ON UP... Sun Corp. of America has moved to 11165 Knott Ave., Suites A&B, Cypress, CA 90630. The new phone number is (714) 891-4500; the FAX number is (714) 892-0150. Pioneer Laser Entertainment has also moved its offices. The new address is 2265 East 220th St., Long Beach, CA 90810. The new phone number is (213) 746-6337. The general correspondence FAX number is (213) 816-5111 and the sales order FAX number is (213) 816-5100. ~ THRILLED ... Sega has been teasing the industry for a while about a new dedicated game with an interesting twist. The game, Moonwalker was designed by none other than Michael Jackson, who made the moonwalk dance step famous. Accord ing to Sega, the game has been showing strong collections on test. The company will be shipping ttie game to distributors shortly. ~ BELIEVE IT OR NOT.. . Sometimes I wonder if some town officials don't get a little carried away with their jobs. See if you can top this for absurdity: Diane Hausman of the Montauk Chamber of Commerce pointed out that there were 17- yes, count them- 17 vend ing machines in East Hampton Town , New York, which are brightly lit at night. She felt that something should be done about it. The Am agansett Citizens Advisory Group also expressed disdain over the lit machines, claiming the town looked like an airport runway at night. Opposition came from one clear-thinki ng supervisor, Tony Bullock, who said , " I thin k people are getting a little over sensitive. I can't believe this board has noth ing better to do than worry about whether a Coke machine has a light in it." So if you happen to be planning your vacation in East Hampton Town , make sure there are enough Coke and Pepsi machines lit up to guide your flight safely into town. Once you get there, you 're on you r own! ADS ON PINBALLS ... Williams and Midway pinball BILL PASSES HOUSE ... ln State Update (see page 20) we reported that a video poker bill in Louisiana had gone to the House floor for a full vote. On June 20th the House approved the bill 65-26 to legalize video poker mach ines. The bill , by Rep. Peppi Bruneau , includes strict penalties for operators who do not get permits for the machines or who try to rig the card games. The bill would also limit the number of machines in each location to five. Machine owners would have to pay a $1,000 per machine state license fee and local govern ments could levy a tax per machine up to $50. The bill will now pass to a Senate committee and if it gets out of that comm ittee it will go to the Senate for a fu ll vote. From there it will go to the governor's desk where he can sign it, veto it, or let it sit. If he lets it sit for two weeks it wi ll automatically become law. Louisiana is one of several states hoping to have legislation passed to legalize video poker machines. David Goudeau , vice president of the Louisiana Amusement and Music Operators Association (LAMOA), said, " We have been fighting for this four years. The first year we were laughed out of committee. But we didn't give up. We've been back every year, and thi s time they took us seriously. We have accumulated trust with our grass roots effort. Educating our legislators and plain hard work got thi s passed." ~ STAN & SHARON HARRIS ON MTV.. . Sharon Harris and Stan Harris of Stan Harris & Co. of Ph iladelphia were featured on an MTV News segment aired Thursday, June 14, which focused on the pleasures of pinball. (See News, page 16). Some quotes from the segment: "There's nothing that's been the same price fo r over 20 years." " In the early '80s pinball took a back seat to video, then when video declined , pinball started making a comeback." " It might be replaced temporarily... but ultimately pinball continues to go on and the others fade into the sunset." " Pin ball involves skill and is constantly challenging." Appropriately, Sharon has been selected to head the Intern ational Flipper Pi nball Association (IFPA). PLAY METER, July 1990, Volume 16, No. 8. Copyright 1990 by Skybird Publishing Company. 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