Star Tech Journal

June 1992
STAR*TECH Joumal
Prince'!; Corner
Donald B. Prince
D&RMusic
Bozeman, Montana
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LEGAL LOTI'ERIES
I may be jumping the gun right
now, since only four states have
legal gambling, but many more
states are considering state--run
lottery or gambling. Currently,
Montana, South Dakota, Oregon
and Louisiana have legalized
gambling (Nevada and New Jer-
sey already have had casino-type
gambling).
Other states will soon be follow-
ing these pioneers in the gaming
industry, so this article may be
timely, instead of premature.
Even other countries such as
France, Iceland, Australia, and
Canada have started "State run
gaming."
WHO ARE THE MANUFACTURES OF
THESE VL T's?
Just about everybody -who now
realizes that these games are
here to stay. It seems that any-
body who ever produced a video
Other states
will soon be
following
these pio-
neers in the
gaming in-
dustry, so this
article may
be timely, in-
stead of pre-
mature ...
game is now into the manufactur-
ing of VLT's. I'm only going to
talk about those VLT's I know
best, VLC's (Video Lottery Con-
sultants).
WHO IS VLC (VIDEO LOTIERY
CONSULTANTS)?
VLC was formed seven years ago,
before any states had legalized
gambling, and helped develop
and shape the legislation to make
the industry possible, as well as
the technology we know today as
VLT's.
This relatively new company was
recently named one of the top ten
growth companies by Business
News Weekly. Not only are they a
pioneer in the gaming industry
they also share more than 50% of
the VLT Market, (Montan~
(63%), South Dakota (68%) and
Oregon (40%)). They also sell
games to Canada, France, Ice-