Tuesday 14th July 2015
Fruit machines set the scene at Chanel Haute Couture 2015
The Chanel Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2015/16 show which opened at the Grand Palais in Paris on July 7th took its inspiration from an Art Deco casino, complete with fruit machines and card tables. As you might imagine, the show was heavily branded – to hit the jackpot on the fruit machines, you needed to line … Continued
Tuesday 7th July 2015
Letterman’s ‘Quiz Machine’ ranked in top 5 tech
Chat show host David Letterman retired at the end of May, and to mark his departure from The Late Show, ITworld looked back at five of his greatest tech-related achievements – including the infamous Quiz Machine. Other entries on the list include a suit of magnets, a camera strapped to a monkey, a remote-controlled hose … Continued
Thursday 2nd July 2015
How pool table hire can support healthy ageing
Our pool table hire services are not just for pubs and bars, by any means – we also provide pool tables to retirement homes, as our case study from Heyeswood Retirement Complex shows. Keeping active is an important part of staying healthy in old age, and thanks to our pool table hire services, retirement homes … Continued
Monday 29th June 2015
Manco pool table hire brings new lease of life to retirement home
Manco Automatics’ pool table hire services are not just for bars and pubs; one recent happy customer is Heyeswood Retirement Complex, a residential community for the elderly. We provided Heyeswood with a pool table to be used by residents – not only supplying a bespoke table to suit the surroundings of the complex, but also … Continued
Friday 19th June 2015
Fruit machines ‘a reason to stay decimal’
A letter to the Daily Echo hails fruit machines as one reason why we should never go back to imperial currency units – as suggested by a previous contributor to the publication. David Giles had earlier suggested reverting to the old units of currency used before decimalisation, an era the new 12-sided pound coin is … Continued
Friday 12th June 2015
Peter Kay’s Car Share Playlist Lets You Tune Your Juke box To Forever FM
Peter Kay’s Car Share may have come to the end of its drive, but juke box hire customers might be interested to learn that the complete playlist of tracks used on the in-car radio station Forever FM has now been made available by the BBC. The broadcaster listed all 63 tracks heard in part or … Continued
Monday 8th June 2015
Pub Pool Tables To Bring Sunshine Back To Leeds
Leeds punters were bemoaning the loss of one of the city’s best-loved sun terraces earlier this year, but pub pool tables and outdoor games could soon bring back the sunshine. The Yorkshire Evening Post’s City Buzz column reports the disappointment that accompanied the closure of The Lounge on the city’s Merrion Street. “With summer just … Continued
Wednesday 3rd June 2015
How Jukebox Hire Benefits When Etiquette Turns To All-out War
You can’t please everybody all the time, and yet this is one principle that actually has the potential to make jukebox hire even more successful. When you choose the music to play in your venue, you run the risk of repelling anyone who doesn’t share your personal taste; but when you provide a jukebox and let … Continued
Friday 22nd May 2015
Younger gamblers more likely to play fruit machines
Figures from the Gambling Commission show the much greater likelihood of a young person playing on fruit machines, compared to their older counterparts. The study shows that younger people, under the age of 35, are much more likely to engage with fruit machines and slot machines than their older equivalents. Between 2008 and 2014, younger … Continued
