Merit Entertainment released its newest Sneak Peak game, Lucky 11s. This high-voltage romp through the vaults of Las Vegas automatically downloads to all MegaNet-connected Megatouch IONs. (Sneak Peek games are free to all MegaNet-connected IONs including the Aurora.) Merit reminds operators that MegaNet itself is free for any broadband-connected Megatouch linked to an AMI jukebox.
In Lucky 11s, the player is challenged to tally casino chips that total 11 and clear the board as quickly as they can. Merit says the game's stunning graphics and fast-paced game play are sure to make it another Mega-touch sensation.
"With the advantage of Sneak Peek games, MegaNet operators always have the freshest content," said Colin Higbie, Merit's director of marketing. "Sneak Peaks push earnings even higher on connected machines by automatically downloading the hottest new games months before anyone else gets them. We strongly encourage all Megatouch operators to get connected so they can stay ahead of the competition by offering more to their players and increasing their earnings.".
AMOA says plans are moving forward to honor Illinois operator Ray Shroyer, a long-time director and association VP, who died on March 8 after a long battle with cancer. (That's Ray at right with a Notre Dame jersey.) "A scholarship in his name will be created for the upcoming Class XIV of the AMOA-Notre Dame Management Program, an initiative that Ray championed throughout his tenure as an AMOA leader," the association reported in its most recent email newsletter Off the Top.
The $2,500 scholarship will cover tuition and materials for a participating student in the group now forming for the program to be launched October 17-20, 2008, at the Continuing Education Center on the South Bend, Ind., campus of the University of Notre Dame.
For more info, contact Lori Schneider at 800/937-2662 or via email at lschneider@ amoa.com.
The National Automatic Merchandising Assn. (NAMA) recently contacted AMOA with a unique, valuable offer: a $2,450 scholarship to that group's upcoming Emerging Leadership Development Program. The scholarship, made possible by the NAMA Foundation and Coca-Cola, covers tuition, materials and most meals for the May 4-8 gathering in Atlanta, Ga., on the campus of Georgia Tech University. The initiative offers development, training and leadership learning to mid-level managers through interactive sessions in team-building, consumer preferences, P&L management, conflict management, communications and client/employee negotiation skills to name just a few of the topics to be addressed. The single scholarship was offered on a first-come, first-served basis. s
Ecast has hired top sales performer Erin Sullivan to head up its Los Angeles sales office. She will service agencies and brand-marketers throughout the West Coast as well as develop new business and cultivate leads for Ecast. Sullivan comes from Oxygen Media, where she served as the director of West Coast sales.
"Erin's accomplishments cultivating new business and significantly growing ad sales at each of her previous positions prove her star selling power," said George Giatzis, Ecast senior VP of sales . "She approaches her business intelligently and enthusiastically, which endears her to clients as well as the members of her sales team."
Prior to her role at Oxygen, she served as the manager of West Coast ad sales at Paramount Advertiser Services, and sucessfully launched the Los Angeles sales office for Paramount syndication, websites, cinema sponsorships and fee spots. As the top performer in new media sales, she doubled the region's billing, totalling $7 million in revenue.
With a career spanning 20 years, Sullivan has sported several different hats including media buyer and planner, media supervisor and assistant media director before transitioning to advertising sales 10 years ago.
The National Bulk Vendors Association (NBVA) annual convention and show was getting underway April 17-19 at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, just as this issue of RePlay went to print. The three-day show was set to include seminars, a golf tournament, general membership and association dinner, plus dozens of new equipment and product exhibits. We will have coverage of the show in next month's RePlay. To learn more about NBVA, log on to the association's website at www.nbva.org.
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