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INDUSTRY NEWSwww.euroslot-online.comArcade fraudsters caughtby remote monitoring techRemote machine monitoring helped an arcade owner detect two fraudsterstargeting his business while he was away on holiday.Tony Green of TMG Leisure in Blyth, Northumberland, used Site ManagerEnterprise from JCA Systems to check out activity on an Astra Slotto machine.“The CCTV looked as if they were playing it correctly and there was nosuspicious activity in the arcade,” said Green. “I wasn’t even on-site at the time,I was on holiday, but I was looking at the Site Manager Dashboard featureremotely on the system and could see that the players had gained over £600 incredit on the machine.“I immediately contacted the staff in the arcade and they intervened andswitched off the machine and the fraudsters left in a hurry.”John Comfort of JCA Systems also ran a report from Site Manager for Green,showing the fraudulent transactions, which was passed on to the police. CCTVpictures and a warning were sent to local press.Enada and Balkan faircelebrate birthdaysTwo gaming and amusements expos are celebrating milestonesthis autumn.Italian trade fair Enada, running 17-19 October in Rome, is markingits 40th birthday, while the Balkan Entertainment and Gaming Expo(BEGE) and Eastern European Gaming Summit (EEGS) a few daysearlier are five years old.Companies booked so far to exhibit at BEGE include Alfastreet,Atronic, Abbiati, Casino Technology, EGT, Magic Coin, Suzo, CGI, ArtDesign, Intergames, Proxima 3, Decart, Wizzy Cast, ISU/Sega, Rodiz,JPL/WMS, FinInvest, Future Gaming, Rodiz, and Microintelect.At Enada, meanwhile, organisers promise the full range of gamingand amusements products on show, including slot machines, VLTs,video games, pinball machines, billiards, table soccer, amusementequipment, fittings and services for amusement arcades and bingohalls, and online gaming systems.Around 200 companies exhibited at the last Enada.Disneyland Paris thrives, Alton Towers waversEurope’s theme parks are performing less well in terms of visitor numbers than their overseas counterparts, according to thelatest figures from the Themed Entertainment Association and economic analyst AECOM.Asian parks did especially well in 2011 and North American ones recorded modest growth, while the picture in Europe was moremixed, with investment in new attractions at some parks leading to increased visitor numbers while others saw attendance fall off.Portaventura in Salou, Spain; Disneyland Paris; Efteling in Belgium; and Tivoli Gardens in Denmark were among the bestperformers, while Britain’s Alton Towers; Phantasialand in Brühl, Germany; and Parc Asterix near Paris all experienced declines.12 JULY/AUGUST 2012 THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF THE AMUSEMENT AND STREET GAMING INDUSTRY