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It has continued to operate as a singular Konami s a l e s ,marketing, m a r k e t i n g ,and anddistribution d i s t r i b u t i o narm armin i nthe t h eUnited U n i t e dStates, S t a t e s , sales, C a n a d a , a n d S o u t h a n d C e n t r a l A m e r i c a . Canada, and South and Central America. 白 i d e n tof o f t h enew newentity: e n t i t y： T h i srer e ‑ S a i dKen KenDirnberger, D i r n b e r g e r ,president p r Said the "This m p l e a s e d t h a o r g a n i z a t i o n s i g n i f i e s a n e w e r a f o r K o n a m i . I organization signifies a new era for Konami. 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The first day will consist of meetings, w h i l e t h esecond s e c o n dday daywill w i l l i n c l u d eexhibits e x h i b i t sof o f P C ‑ r e l a t e dequipe q u i p ‑ while the include PC-related 油 o n o n i ぉ p r o p o s a l f o r e n t e r i n m e n t a n d a M i c r o s o f t p r e s e n t ment and a Microsoft presentation on its proposal for enteringg 創n e sPlamondon, Plamondon , M i c r o s o 仕 t h ecoin-op c o i n ‑ o p m a r k e t .According A c c o r d i n g t o J market. to James Microsoft LOUISIANA GAMING REFERENDUM SET the d i r e c t o r o f c o i n ‑ o p t e c h n o l o g y m a r k e t i n g ， T h i s w i l l s u r e l OnNov. 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P a i g e G a m b l e i s 出 e r e h e n e w p r e s i d e n t o f J P D i s $500,000through t h r o u g hthe t h eend endof o f September i nadvertising a d v e r t i s i n gand and the new president of JP Distributing ... Paige Gamble is the re-‑ $500,000 September in g i o n a ldirector d i r e c t o rof o f 叫 e sfor f o rCashCode's CashCodesnew newWestern W e s t e r nsales s a l e sofo f ‑ sales p u b l i crelations, r e l a t i o n s,and andaalast l a s tminute minutedecision d e c i s i o nby bythe t h estate s t a t e gional public 担問 f i c e i n L a s V e g a s , N e v . . . . U . S . G a m e s I n c . h a s c h a n g e d i t s n SupremeCourt C o u r tallowed a l l o w e doperators, o p e r a t o r s, d i s t r i b u t o r s, andlocation l o c a t i o n fice in Las Vegas, Nev U.S. Games Inc. has changed its name Supreme distributors, and t oLeisure L e i s u r eTime TimeTechnology Technolog yInc. I n c . Thecompany, company,which whichwill w i l l The o w n e r s t o p o o l t h e i r m o n e y t o b u y a d v e r t i s i n g t i m e a n d s p a c e . owners to pool their money to buy advertising time and space. to m a i n t a i n i t s N o r c r o s s , G a . , h e a d q u a r t e r s , h a s n a m e d A l a n 時 its i t s maintain its Norcross, Ga., headquarters, has named Alan Thepractice p r a c t i c e hadbeen beenoutlawed o u t l a w e dby bythe t h eLegislature L e g i s l a t u r eduring d u r i The had 出 p r e s i d e n tand andJames JamesOden Odenas 出 v i c epresident p r e s i d e n tand and J ohnsonas president vice 但i s h e s w e r e e x p e c t e d t o a p p r o v e s p r i n g s e s s i o n . W h i l e m o s t p spring session. While most parishes were expected to approve Johnson 位 1 g o f f i c e r . c h i e f o p e r a o f a l lforms f o r m sof o fgaming, g a m i n g ,some somesuburban suburbanareas a r e a soutside o u t s i d eof o f New chief operating officer. of all New O r l e a n s w e r e e x p e c t e d t o v o t e a g a i n s t v i d e o g a m i n g . The Orleans were expected to vote against video gaming. The 聞 臨 WAYNE GRETZKY'S s l 紅g e s t n e w s p a p e r , T h e T i m e s P i e i α r y u n e i n N e w O r l e a n s , ATARI SHIPS s t a t e state's largest newspaper, The Times Picayune in New Orleans, む n s t a l l t h r e e f o r m s o f g むn i n g n e a r t h e e n d o f O c ‑ c a m e o u t a g came out against all three forms of gaming near the end of Oc- 3D HOCKEY t o b e r . A t a r iGames Gamesrecently r e c e n t l ybegan beganshipping s h i p p i n g i t snew newvideo, 羽i d e o ,Wayne H i 匂1 y n e tober. 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