This year has seen a new Dance Dance Revolution hit our shores for the first time in more than seven years to great on-site approvals and is exclusively available in Europe through Electrocoin. One of the biggest titles of 2018 is the new Konami title ‘Dance Dance Revolution A’ – the specially-developed Western version of…

Historic hotspots of summer revelry, Britain’s coastal leisure destinations have seen an upturn in recent years as local authorities and private investors alike are increasingly realising their importance. And for industry veteran John Stergides, this is the making of a new seaside offering. While coastal operations have historically represented “the backbone of the industry”, Stergides…

Building on relationships across the tourism industry over the past 12 months, Bacta president Gabi Stergides believes the seaside sector is doing a great job at repositioning Britain’s coastal offer – and making their FECs the main event. Bacta president Gabi Stergides believes the term seaside ‘arcade’ isn’t fit to describe Britain’s coastal operators anymore….

Bacta President Gabi Stergides has welcomed the UK government’s decision to cut the maximum stake of fixed odds betting terminals to £2, which was announced at 7 am this morning (17 May). In a statement issued to media, he said: “We warmly welcome this announcement. A stake reduction to £2 has long been needed to…

In recent weeks we’ve seen a diverse set of musical picks from the 60s, 70s and 80s including Peter Hannibal’s rock tinged selections, now Gabi Stergides, Bacta’s youngest ever National President, brings us full tilt into the 90s and noughties with big beats, rebellious anthems and globe-trotting robot DJs! Gabi Stergides grew up in the…

With an already sizeable presence in the Cat C market, Electrocoin is continuing to update its field-proven games offering with a string of updates and new releases. Electrocoin has been producing Cat C digital products for more than twelve years now, initially using the Bar X brand and a digital version of a number of…

The move to digital Cat C operations from Electrocoin was a bold one when announced, but now ba number of years down the line, Coinslot spoke to business development director Kevin Weir about how company’s market flexibility is paying dividends. Doubling down on digital and ensuring its offering can react to market attitudes towards branding…

After receiving delivery of Konami’s Dance Dance Revolution A last week, Electrocoin has begun sending out the unit to FECs across the country. The company first had the original Dance Dance Revolution in its warehouse nearly 20 years ago – a game that still proves effective in arcades today. John Anthony Stergides explained that while there has…

When Electrocoin discussed the customer uptake of its ticket eaters this time last year, the company reported steady growth in the sales of both Galileo ticket eaters and its POS support systems. When pressed on the topic again this year the response from John A Stergides was an enthusiastic one. “We have seen an earlier…

Exhibiting Stern Pinball machines, GoGo Chicken, Galileo Ticket Eater Pro, Win Kiddy and Monte Carlo, Electrocoin enjoyed strong interest from the Irish market and secured several deals at the Dublin two-day event. ELECTROCOIN “TOOK A number of orders” at this year’s Irish Gaming Show, exceeding the company’s expectations and indicating signs of growth in the…