SMAAASH Entertainment, an FEC chain with over 30 locations in the U.S. and abroad, is partnering with Semnox Solutions to roll out the Parafait System of “contact-less” payment. “We had a smooth roll out of stores across India with Semnox being a reliable partner. Continuous innovation backed with a dedicated support team has always been their cornerstone,” said Vishwanath Kotian, CFO at SMAAASH. The SMAAASH model includes VR, bowling and arcade offerings, but also adds in a mix of interesting and unique attractions, from cricket simulations to football, racing and more. “We’ve been associated with SMAAASH since inception. It has been…
Author: Casey Minter
Bay Tek’s new Prize Hub Live lets its operators analyze and manage their games from their computers or mobile devices in real time. They’ll will be able to check inventory, change ticket prices and upload new prize images and quantities. According to Bay Tek, the added convenience works well for short term promotions or to correct mistakes made while on-location. “One of the main appeals of Prize Hub is its ease of use. It’s a self-contained prize counter, meaning no attendant is necessary, so it should be easy to maintain,” said the company’s Rick Hallet. Interested parties can contact Bay…
Betson Enterprises has expanded its sales team with two new regional sales reps, Brandon Horton (right) and Mark Roth, (below) covering the Texas/Southwest and Northwest markets, respectively. Horton brings his experience in the hospitality and entertainment industries with previous stints at Chuck E. Cheese’s, Incredible Pizza and Gatti’s. Roth, a Portland native, comes aboard with more than 25 years of experience in business-to-business sales in the roofing industry. “We see opportunities for our business to grow and building out our sales team to better support our network was a need,” said Bob Dipipi, Betson’s Director of Sales. “Brandon and Mark’s…
Cineplex Inc., Canada’s giant entertainment and media company which owns the Player One Amusement Group among many other entities, has purchased what they term a “significant ownership interest” in VRstudios (described by them as “the largest provider of turnkey, location-based virtual reality solutions in the world”). In addition to the opportunity to put VR installations into existing Cineplex-owned properties (including its enormous movie theatre network and location-based entertainment facilities), the agreement also provides broader VRstudios expansion opportunities in North America and around the globe. Founded in 2014 and based in Seattle, this virtual reality company has been actively selling various…
The ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) announced on Sept. 10 that it is launching a new, ATM-focused career center. The center will focus on the global ATM industry and related businesses, and welcomes members and non-members alike to benefit. ATMIA says this new resource will help industry employers find better employees more efficiently, and spread awareness about their company. They say the career center offers industry employers easy online job management and employee payment, job activity tracking that includes reports on the effectiveness of their ad, and more, and encourage ATM companies to look to it for their next job posting.…
Local authorities on Long Island (N.Y.) are searching for a vending operator who’s been putting out pen venders that dispensed what were strongly suspected of being thinly disguised crack pipes. According to officials, Suffolk County police are trying to unravel the mystery of the machines that popped up in the towns of Coram and Medford over the past several weeks. The classic pen venders, which are labeled “sketch pens,” dispensed a glass tube that contained a common ballpoint pen tube and screen for $2.00 in quarters. The machines, which appeared to have been professionally mounted and secured on concrete bases,…
The National ATM Council (NAC) has finalized its seminar and workshop agenda for its upcoming tradeshow and convention. According to association officials, the line-up was created to address the most significant issues currently impacting the ATM industry. The Las Vegas event, NAC 2018 – ATMs Across America, slated for Oct. 16-18, is currently on track to be the largest in the association’s history with officials reporting its educational program to be a major attraction for attendees. “The educational outreach part of the conference has always been an important feature for our annual event,” said Bruce Renard, NAC’s executive director. “However,…
Longtime FEC chain GameWorks has a new captain at the helm, Philip N. Kaplan (right), who brings nearly 30 years of diverse business experience from both public and private companies. He replaces Greg Stevens, who served as chief executive officer for six years. “Since its founding more than 20 years ago, GameWorks has become recognized as a top destination for fun, food, excitement and a wide variety of games and eSports, where we have become widely recognized for our distinctive eSports Lounges,” Kaplan said. “GameWorks will look to leverage the strength of our management and on-site location teams as well…
The ATM industry recently showed a united front in face of the threat of “impending tariffs” in Washington, D.C. Bruce Renard, executive director of the National ATM Council (NAC), and John Leehy III, president of the ATM Industry Assoc. (ATMIA) Board of Directors, along with deputy president Jeff Matthews, and other ATMIA members provided key testimony regarding the impact of proposed tariffs that would negatively impact the America’s independent ATM industry. The industry leaders joined dozens of representatives across a wide spectrum of businesses to voice opposition to the tariffs on Chinese products during an open hearing conducted by the…
Avid VR fans and RePlay readers may already have heard of PowerPlay (if not, see an exclusive feature on the new VR game by VRstudios in RePlay’s August issue), but as of today (Wednesday, Sept. 5) the company has officially announced its arrival on new platforms. Following the game’s release on VRstudios flagship, eight-player VRcade Arena, PowerPlay is now also available on the company’s smaller, two- to six-player arenas. Additionally, PowerPlay is available as a turn-key solution for existing OptiTrack-based arenas. “With multiple configurations of PowerPlay, we are bringing the next generation of eSports to all LBE venues,” said Chanel…