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Partnership results in the increase of arcade kiosks

March 13, 2012

About 1,000 arcade kiosks are set to be deployed throughout bars, restaurants and other high-traffic areas as part of an agreement between VGTel, dba 360 Entertainment & Productions Western Capital Ventures Inc. 360 Entertainment is buying Western's nationwide distribution agreement for the distribution of Internet kiosks — arcade style sweepstakes gaming systems, software and hardware units — manufactured by Visual Entertainment Systems. The company has also signed a definitive agreement with VES for the purchase of its first group of kiosks featuring arcade style sweepstakes gaming systems.

"After researching various kiosk manufacturers around the country, we chose to work with Visual Entertainment Systems, based on the reliability and efficiency in which their advanced proprietary hardware runs their kiosks, as well as their ability to provide the newest and most exciting games available," Peter Shafran, CEO of 360, said in a company press release. "WCV's distribution agreement includes a list of 1,000 identified locations, and vendors, for immediate installation in bars, restaurants, entertainment centers, convenience stores and other high traffic areas. The machines will be installed just as fast as VES can build them."

The Internet sweepstakes kiosk looks like an arcade video game machine or a free-standing ATM. These machines are built with a forged steel custom-built security case, 22-inch HD wide screen touchscreen, card reader system, proprietary internal hardware components, gaming software and a complete point-of-sale system. They have the look and feel of slot machines and other casino gaming devices, Shafran said.

Customers buy Internet access time on the kiosk to surf the Internet for a set time and earn free entries into a sweepstakes game. They can then reveal the sweepstakes entries on the kiosk, which shows the sweepstakes results by simulating casino-style games.

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