Like the music of Tony Bennett, who’s nearly 93 years old, playing pinball is timeless. The I Left My Heart in San Francisco singer posted a picture on Facebook recently showing him playing Stern’s Aerosmith machine backstage at a Lady Gaga show in Las Vegas, where she’s in residency at the Park Theater. The duo recorded an album together released in 2014. Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler and Stern Pinball were excited about the legend playing their game, all commenting on the post, Tyler with the hashtag #YOUKNOWYOUVEMADEITWHEN.

A mysterious video, presumably shot with a cell phone in the London “tube,” shows a Bitcoin ATM spewing out cash. The 20-second clip shows a guard keeping control of onlookers as the cash continues to pour from the machine. The video, which emerged on June 6, remains something of a mystery. Commenters on Reddit and other sites have speculated the machine was either hacked or simply malfunctioned.

The National ATM Council’s Conference & Expo will be at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas from Oct. 15-17. Register anytime in June for a chance to win $250 in Vegas chips or cash. Speaking of registration, early birds can get the discounted rate through July 9 ($345 for NAC members and $575 for non-members). Regular registration will begin July 10 ($595 for members and $895 for non-members). Among educational sessions for NAC 2019: How to Get and Keep Your ATM Bank Account; State of Cash in America – Retail ATM Impacts; ATM Security Academy IV – Protect What’s Yours; and…

Billed as the largest virtual reality arcade in the Southeast, a second location of The Rabbit Hole VR will be opening in Tennessee this fall. At 6,000 sq. ft., the arcade will have 18 high-end VR stations. While the company has its original location in the heart of Nashville, the new one will be in nearby Franklin, inside the TOA Sports Performance Center (formerly known as A-Game Sportsplex before it closed). Owned by Tennessee Youth Sports, the facility has 12 volleyball courts, six basketball courts and caters to cheerleading, dancing and other activities. To learn more about The Rabbit Hole…

Game maker Sega is rolling into the Bowl Expo with its most popular products, including Ball Runner, Pixel Chase and Transformers: Shadow Rising. “For this year’s show, we’ve got a great lineup of video and redemption games that are just right for bowling locations,” said sales manager Vince Moreno. On the video side of things, it has Daytona Championship USA and the Transformers game. With skill-based redemption, Ball Runner and Pixel Chase. They’ll also have Hot Racer for the kiddos and Prize Arrow, a merchandiser. The trade show will be June 26-27 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Stop by Booth #156 to see Sega…

Exhibitors, while you’re at this year’s Bowl Expo working hard to sell your products and meet people, organizers have asked you refrain from getting food samples at the other booths, leaving those tasty morsels for buyers. But, have no fear…they have your tummies covered, inviting exhibitors to stop by Booth #445 where BPAA will be offering free food samples both days of the trade show. “We ask that you do not take samples from other food booths during Expo,” wrote Amy Arcuri, BPAA’s director of member benefits. “Our food exhibitors are selling products and they need to reserve their samples for buying…

A recent NPR report celebrated the 35th year since the birth of Russian computer programmer Alexey Pajitnov’s side project, which was to become one of the biggest selling home vid games of all time – and a pretty good coin-op upright from Atari as well. You guessed it, the game was and is Tetris, one of the more addictive videos ever to appear. Gameplay, according to NPR, runs as follows: “Seven brightly-colored four-block pieces fall from the top of the screen … slowly at first and then faster and faster as the player rotates them to create complete lines. When…

Some recent changes have been made at Player One Amusement Group, including the promotion of John Kolliniatis and appointment of Jason Gould. Kolliniatis previously led the U.S. team as the vice president of operations since March, and has transitioned into the role of vice president and general manager on a permanent basis. He has “extensive years of experience in the amusement gaming industry and is extremely well respected, both internally and externally.” Gould has joined the company as the director of sales operations for its U.S. Central region. “Jason brings a wealth of experience in the amusement industry, having worked…

The first World of Tanks virtual reality eSports tournament is coming to Two Bit Circus in Los Angeles this Thursday, June 13, just in time for E3 2019. It will feature the Hologate VR platform, developer Wargaming and tech giant HP. It will be the first 8-player Hologate event, with 4-vs.-4 matches where players go up against each other in two Hologate platforms at once. World of Tanksis reported to be the first VR game supporting multiplayer matches over more than one of the platforms at a time, and the company plans on releasing that concept worldwide soon. Players can sign up…

According to local press reports, the Canadian city of Vancouver may prohibit bitcoin ATMs. Vancouver, which already passed a regulation earlier in the year to regulate and license the cryptocurrency venders, is now mulling a complete prohibition. The possibility of a crypto-ban was raised by Mayor Kennedy Stewart during a city council meeting on May 28. Since then, a fact-finding group has been formed to research the issue and prepare a report due in the fourth quarter of 2019. At issue is the possibility the units may be used for unsavory purposes, such as money laundering. The call for a…