All routes point to London: Trh Zabavy
TRH Zabavy, the Czech amusement publishing house is one of 30 leading international business-to-business publications selected by ATEI to spearhead the advertising campaign for the 2002 exhibition taking place at London's Earls Court 22-24 January. Read more >>.

ROWE´S Netstar high tech jukebox gains finance program
Rowe International recently unveiled a new three-year, lease-to-purchase program for the factory's NetStar downloading jukebox. The finance program, announced by Rowe Sales VP Terry Lacher, is being offered through Firestone Financial Corp. and will be in place through Nov. 30, 2001. Read more >>.

Brent wins Jesler exclusive
Brent Sales has been appointed exclusive European distributor for the Jesler Electraride Motion Simulator. Read more >>.

Midway pulls in lower losses
Midway Games Inc. has revealed that it has had a lower loss for the fourth quarter. However, it also has lower revenues due to its departure from the coin op video game arena. This is a transitory stage seems to be their rationale as it begins its concentration on producing games for new platforms. It has 45 games in the pipeline up to Dec 2002. It posted a year-end loss of more than $69 million late yesterday when it reported results of operations for the fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2001. Read more >>.

Namco Going For More Success
Namco Europe has announced that it will be undertaking an additional production run of its Ninja Assault shooting video game. Unveiled to the European market in January, high demand for the game has prompted a second run of the deluxe 50" version. Read more >>.

World Gaming to Launch Suite of Wireless Games
World Gaming plc, a global pioneer in I-gaming technologies, today announced the signing of a software licensing agreement with Sona Innovations Inc., a leading North American provider of secure mobile solutions, that will see the introduction of wireless applications for its most popular games, blackjack, slots and sportsbook, before the end of the year. Read more >>.

Nintendo´s Game Cube: big mistake no Internet connection?
Nintendo launched its much-anticipated GameCube system in Japan on Friday but the machine lacks something its rivals are eager to offer. While Nintendo is reluctant to provide Internet capability, rivals Sony and Microsoft have focused on putting Web connectivity into their machines, either by building it in or offering it as an add-on. Read more >>.

Sony to cut PlayStation price, introduce monitor
(Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) said Monday it plans to slash the price of its PSone game console on Wednesday -- just two days before Nintendo Co. Ltd. launches its long-awaited GameCube console. Read more >>.

Cybermind claims new product is a winner
Cybermind UK Limited, who recently announced the launch of a new games title BEACH HEAD for its 'Vortek' range of VR entertainment systems, has just received earnings reports from the front line. Read more >>.

First Touchbet'Roulette Installed On Casino Floor In Bad Zwischenahn, Germany
Touchbet'Roulette, the most exciting technological revolution in the history of roulette gaming, has conquered German casino floors. Read more >>.

Telewest Joins Remote Gaming Revolution
Telewest, the UK broadband communication and media group is joining the interactive betting revolution set to take place in Britain. The company will be utilising ISWI's SportXction ™ gaming system through it's partnership with Global Interactive Gaming (GIG). Read more >>.

Brent Sales distribute the Jesler ENS
Brent Sales is now the exclusive European distributor for the Jesler Electraride Motion Simulator. Brent describe it as a prestige product delivering advanced simulation movement and graphics. Read more >>.

Sega & Namco Arcade Deal
Sega Corp and Namco Ltd have announced plans to join forces in a new video-game arcades venture. Both companies aim to reduce operating and development costs through the new alliance. Video arcades industry has been slowly declining and as Deutsche Securities senior analyst Takashi Oya said "... more people play home video games that are nearly as technologically advanced as the arcade machines."

Isle of Man Online Casino licenses taken
UK-based casino operator Stanley Leisure and the betting company Sportech, look likely with MGM Mirage to be the first to be awarded online casino licences in the British Isles, when the Isle of Man awards its licences on Thursday. This appears to be another nail in the coffin for the USA online casino hopes as companies can easily locate their casinos in a part of the UK. Read more >>.

Three new Internet casinos from poker.com go live
Poker.com - Poker.com, Inc., a leading provider of online gaming systems, announces the launching of three new casino sites: Butterfly Corporation Ltd.'s site CasinoGal.com, Bellagio Funding Ltd.'s site RealTimeVegas.com and World Wide Support Systems Ltd.'s site VIPJackpot.com. Read more >>.

Sales of GameCube meeting projections, Nintendo says
KYOTO, Japan - Nintendo Co. sold 300,000 GameCube machines in Japan in three days, meeting targets, and rejected analysts' suggestions that terrorist attacks will spoil its U.S. debut before Christmas. Nintendo sold about two-thirds of the 450,000 machines. Read more >>.

World Gaming to Launch Suite of Wireless Games
World Gaming - World Gaming plc, a global pioneer in I-gaming technologies, today announced the signing of a software licensing agreement with Sona Innovations Inc., a leading North American provider of secure mobile solutions, that will see the introduction of wireless applications for its most popular games, blackjack, slots and sportsbook, before the end of the year. Read more >>.

ICGE 2001
Ms. Violeta Sampson (M.S.I. Vertriebs GmbH): There are only 2 months left before the official opening of the ICGE 2001 in Basle. As already announced, the first ICGE will take place from November 23rd - November 26th, 2001, kicking off the deregulation of the Swiss casino sector. Read more >>.

Xbox debut hits a glitch
Microsoft Corp, which plans to start selling its Xbox video-game console Nov. 8, may miss targets for 600,000 to 800,000 first-day shipments of the machine, analysts said. Microsoft's retail and game-publishing partners say the largest software maker is likely to have fewer consoles available when Xbox goes on sale and may not meet its goal of shipping 1 million to 1.5 million this year, analysts said. Microsoft declined to comment. Read more >>.

Cromptons open new premises with launch of new games
Cromptons christened their new offices and warehouse at Poorhole Lane, Broadstairs with an Open Day which was very successful for them. With around 350 machines on show from Cromptons, Sega, CVA, Electrocoin and Deith Leisure there was much to offer visitors. Read more >>.

Emerging Entertainment Industry In Ukraine
August saw the 10th anniversary of Ukrainian independence. During that decade there have been many positive changes in the country. In the capital Kiev. Read more >>.

Dr. Face-3 and Dr. Fashion
Digital Centre had introduced 2 new machines in the FER Madrid show last 26th to 28th September. Read more >>.

Nintendo initiates stock buyback plan
Nintendo will buy back a considerable percentage of its outstanding shares.Nintendo Company Limited has announced that it is considering a buyback of 10 percent of its outstanding shares. As with most stock buyback programs, the move is aimed at stabilizing the price of the company's stock, which closed. Read more >>.

Sega Serves Up Virtua Tennis2
Sega Amusements Europe has released the eagerly awaited Virtua Tennis 2. Now players can choose from 16 internationally ranked men's and women's tennis players to compete in singles, doubles and even mixed doubles matches. Read more >>.

More iGames = More Revenue For Latvia
More and more of the major operators in Latvia are deciding to take advantage of IGT's iGame success story. Companies like Post & Nevada plan to increase their revenues by increasing the number of video slots in their game mix. Read more >>.

Konami Amusement Of Europe Launch New Business Division
Konami Amusement of Europe will launch a new business division, the Health Entertainment Division, at Leisure Industry Week at the NEC in Birmingham, England. Read more >>.

Online Gambling: Has the Luck Run Out for Virtual Casinos?
Congress takes a strong interest in the Internet's unregulated, untaxed gambling sites. Odds are that Congress will move this fall on a bill to shut down gambling on the Internet--an increasingly popular online pastime whose legality is already murky, at best. Read more >>.

Photo Play is Official MTV Partner
People in Europe are now able to vote on this year's MTV European Music Awards through Photo Play's 17,000 linked terminals. The MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 in order to honour those artists and musicians that are most popular in Europe. Winners are determined by means of viewers' votes. Last year MTV counted a total of 6 million votes. Read more >>.

Casino`s expect their industry to come back slowly
Casino industry leaders remain optimistic that the tourism and gaming industry will recover from the downturn after the terrorist attacks on the East Coast last month. Although it`s thought Atlantic City will fare better than Les Vegas. Read more >>.

Sega`s Dreamcast now has Java support
Users of Sega's Dreamcast gaming console will now be able to surf Web sites and play games that use the popular Java programming language, because the latest version of Dreamcast's Internet browser comes with built-in Java support allowing the playig of games written in that language. Read more >>.

Nintendo GameCube hype targets over-18 crowd
Firm rolls out $76 million marketing blitz. Nintendo's Cube Club is part of this media hype. It's one of a dozen clubs opening across the country, from San Francisco to New York, over the next eight weeks to build excitement for the Nov. 18 launch of Nintendo's newest video game console, the GameCube. Read more >>.

Fantasy Entertainment in legal wrangle with Kum Yang Company Limited
Fantasy Entertainment recently filed a claim against Kum Yang Company Limited for copyright infringement. Fantasy Entertainment claim that Kum Yang's product "Gogh's Workroom" bears an uncanny resemblance (good pun?) to their product "Portrait Studio".

Video game developers delay release of violent games
Video game makers are delaying release dates and altering game content in response to the recent terrorist attacks on America. Thus far almost a dozen games in development have been delayed or are under review by their respective developers for potentially offensive or inappropriate content. Read more >>.

Sacoa Playcard System
Sacoa Playcard System has been chosen by Al Futtaim Group as the debit card operating system for their flagship FEC "Magic Planet". The store is located at the City Centre Shopping mall in Dubai, one of the highest traffic venues in the Middle East. Playcard operation will start on December 1st., 2001. Read more >>.

IMA - The International Trade Fair for Amusement and Vending Machines
Nuremberg. Throughout its successful 20+ year history the IMA, the international trade fair for amusement and vending machines, has always been the key platform for the international coin-operated machine industry. Read more >>.

Kie.On Vertriebs GMBH takes over the distribution of WEBSECTOR for Germany
With participation of Kiesewetter Import GmbH in Neustadt Germany the company Kie.On Vertriebs GmbH was founded. Kiesewetter is well known as the leading supplier of spare parts in Germany. Since 25 years Kiesewetter supplies about 5.500 operators with spare parts. Read more >>.

RAAPA Show 2002
Russian Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (RAAPA) is pleased to invite you for collaboration and participation in the RAAPA-organized 4th International Exhibition "Amusement Rides and Entertainments RAAPA SHOW-2002" (September 6-8, 2002, Moscow, All-Russia Exhibition Center). Read more >>.

ANUGA 2001
The exhibition ANUGA, took place on the 13 - 17 Oct 2001, the exhibition had a wide range of goods. We were interested in vending machines - cold and hot, cigarette, snacks, goods and apparatuses. Read more >>.

Guggenheim museums open in Les Vegas
Two Guggenheim museums have opened in the Venetian Resort on the Las Vegas Strip: the 63,700-square-foot exhibition hall known as the Guggenheim Las Vegas plus the 7,600-square-foot Hermitage Guggenheim Museum in the Venetian's lobby.

Sega's developers speak
At Sega's recent Consumer Conference, the company turned the spotlight on four of its internal development teams. After a brief video that highlighted the company's ten Japanese studios--Amusement Vision, Wavemaster, Overworks, Smilebit, AM2, Sega Rosso, Sonic Team, Hitmaker, United Game Artists, and Wow Entertainment. Read more >>.

SNK Calls in Liquidators
With over 23 years of operation in the amusement industry, SNK has contacted us to announce the closing and liquidation of the company.

New Recruitment Zone at ICE 2002
Organisers of London's International Casino Exhibition (ICE) have responded to requests from within the industry for a dedicated Recruitment Zone at January's event. Read more >>.

Microsoft's Xbox steals show
Game players got their first taste of Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox console at the Tokyo Game Show, which opened Friday. Visitors to the show praised the console's high-resolution graphics and speed, but industry executives warned that Microsoft's first foray into the 2 trillion yen video game industry faces stiff competition when it launches in Japan on Feb. 22. Read more >>.

IAAPA ORLANDO 2001 PRESS CONFERENCE
Alexandria, Virginia, USA - The leadership of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) will hold a press conference during the IAAPA Orlando 2001 Annual Convention and Trade Show to discuss recent initiatives and focus on the future of the association and the amusement industry. Read more >>.

Australia`s Aristocrat supply slots to States
Australia-based Aristocrat Technologies has signed a deal to supply a new progressive slot jackpot system to Harrah's Entertainment. Aristocrat has also become the newest member of the American Gaming Association.

Internet Casinos should survive
The House Financial Services Committee on Thursday passed the Financial Anti-Terrorism Act, a bill containing language designed to quash Internet gambling. But even if it makes it through Congress and is signed into law, the bill won't hinder Nevada's efforts to legalize Internet casinos in the least. Read more >>.

Congress Drops Net Betting Provision
The Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001, a bill aiming to combat terrorism by cracking down on money laundering, was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. Read more >>.

Ladbrokes and BSkyB stop joint venture negotiations
Ladbrokes, the betting and gaming division of Hilton Group, and BSkyB have decided to discontinue negotiations relating to the proposed joint venture to offer a betting service on Sky Sports channels and other media. Read more >>.

Fun Port s.r.o.
Krystalová 560
196 00 Praha 9 - Čakovice
tel.: (02) 83 93 09 09
fax: (02) 83 93 36 44
e-mail: office@funport.cz
http://www.funport.cz/