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 country’s amusements market.
Exhibiting two Stern Pinballs: Star Wars and Guardians of the Galaxy, GoGo Chicken, Galileo Ticket Eater Pro, Win Kiddy and Monte Carlo in the Elektra cabinet, Electrocoin’s broad range of products impressed an attentive audience of operators, however, there was also some interest in a bigname absentee.
“We feel the non-gaming market is beginning to grow in Ireland and it showed with the positive reception we received for our products,” explained Electrocoin managing director John Stergides. “In particular the pinballs, and GoGo Chicken were received very well and were constantly being played. We took a number of orders which exceeded our expectations including for Konami’s DDRA which was not even on display.”
Besides providing a platform to exhibit products, the show offered Electrocoin a chance to both network for future business in Ireland and reminisce about how the event started almost four decades ago.
“It was a great opportunity to meet existing clients we had not dealt with in many years but also to meet new ones,” Stergides continued. “We also met with Tom Flannigan who started the show together with myself and the late Martin Dempsey 40 years ago. It was started on the back of pinballs and we are now back again with pinball machines and new products.”
While the show has grown since 1979, Ireland’s gambling legislation has not. Stergides is keeping a close eye on developments in the Dáil, and hopes that progress will lead to the Irish Amusements Trade Association increasing their membership numbers “in order to have a stronger presence and to help the industry to grow to better levels”.
Another development being tracked by Britain’s amusements manufacturers is Brexit and its implication for exports, with Electrocoin believing that, under present circumstances, staying in the current trade agreement with Ireland is the best way forward.
“We don’t believe trade will be affected too much between both countries however, businesswise, staying in the customs Union would be preferential to keep costs down,” concluded Stergides.
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