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    The game has been around since the Middle Ages, evolving from a bocce-type outdoors sport, to a sort of indoor croquet competition, to what we now know as the modern game of pool. The dynamics of the game have been examined by commoners and kings, and it has risen and fallen over and again due to the aftermath of world wars or popular Paul Newman movies.
    Today it remains one of the most popular forms of entertainment for revelers frequenting their favorite nightspot, and with its appeal, it brings many choices of equipment, accessories and bells and whistles.
    Nightclub & Bar has rounded up a few of these coin-operated options for sports bar operators from some of the choice companies across the nation. Rack ‘em up!

The Venerable Valley-Dynamo              
    Valley-Dynamo has manufactured top-quality coin-operated pool tables in the industry for the last 60 years. Continuing with tradition, Valley-Dynamo has produced two of the greatest tables for all locations around the world: the Valley Great Eight and the Brunswick Metro Coin. Both pool tables are fully programmable electronic pool tables that allow for more revenue control. By using features such as Time Play, Rack Play, Happy Hour, Bonus Play, SpeedPool, etc., setting your location’s price-per-play has never been easier. Never before has Juke Box pricing been available with a pool table until now. The Great Eight model contains a push chute, roll down coin mechanism and dollar bill acceptor. The new Metro Coin, designed after the traditional leather drop pocket style table, comes equipped with the roll down coin mechanism and dollar bill acceptor. Get your hands on the Valley Great Eight and the Brunswick Metro Coin today, and increase your location’s revenue and décor.
         

            The Matrix Lets You Call The Shots
    Upgrade your existing coin-operated pool tables and maximize earning potential with the revolutionary new battery-powered Matrix bill acceptor kit from Global Billiard Mfg. This computerized system fits seamlessly into most manufacturers’ models and accepts quarters in addition to $1, $5, $10 and $20 bills. Key features include easy installation, clean design and a bright graphics display that allows players to choose between rack or time play options.
    Tired of having to open up the side door of your table for free play periods? Wish you could increase pricing during your busiest hours? Fully programmable, the Matrix features a state of the art circuit board and embedded, real-time clock and weekly calendar that allows up to four daily pricing structures and three daily free play periods.
    The Matrix is loaded with many more features and options that are designed specifically for one purpose — to keep your players happy, and make your location more money.

Wrangling Up Revenues
    Bumper Tube Co. has been in business for 31 years. Its reputation for making it easy to purchase and maintain a coin-operated pool table is legendary. The Wrangler unit comes in three sizes and has all the features one should expect. At $1,775, it’s one of the market’s best buys existing today.

Adopt a Shelti
    Shelti Inc. is a collection of table and game experts with more than 100 years of industry experience in design, engineering, manufacturing, sales and service. The company manufactures coin-operated pool tables, electronic darts, and foosball, together with commercial-grade retail air-powered hockey, dome hockey, foosball and pool tables.
    Years of league and tournament experience led Shelti to innovate a number of play-performance features and re-introduce others that much of the industry had cast off, including: unitizing cabinet construction between the top rails, aprons and corner castings to increase structural integrity and produce better ball response; restoring regulation play area dimensions so that the “nose-to-nose” length of the table is twice the width-critical for bank shots to respond at correct angles; precisely locating cushion rail heights with shoulder washers to provide consistent ball rebound and accuracy off the rails; and units are precision measured and ground slated for flatness within 0.010 of an inch to ensure true ball roll.