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...newest wrinkle in state-sponsored betting is the video lottery. Developed by Bally Manufacturing Corp., the producer of Pac-Man, the games feature terminals that produce winners by predetermined programming and include splashy graphics calculated to appeal to younger lottery players. This summer the devices will appear in Illinois bars and lounges. But in Nebraska, the state legislature last month passed a bill outlawing video lotteries...
...most dangerous potential threat to American software manufacturers, surprisingly, has not materialized. While the Japanese are making initial forays into the hardware side of personal computers in the U.S., the only major Japanese software export hits have been games like Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. Concedes Hisao Ishihara, managing director of the Japan Software Industry Association in Tokyo, which represents nearly 200 companies: "The number and variety of Japanese products are indeed behind American ones, and our industry will
...WELCOME. An oversize clock with Roman numerals marks the center of the building. Opposite the garage is a huge mock-Tudor house. We walk in a back door and through what Jackson calls the "game room." It is completely Lined with arcade video games Like Frogger, Space Invaders and Pac-Man. Nothing else is in it. The next room is empty except for piles of boxes. Michael is going to build a miniature of the Disneyland ride Pirates of the Caribbean here. It is pretty dark and I cannot see well. We walk into the kitchen. It is gleaming: white...
Embattled managers who hope to avoid corporate takeovers can draw upon a wide array of defenses. Many have acquired exotic names: Pac-Man, shark repellent, white knight. Some are more effective than others, and none, alas, work all the time...
Martin Marietta's tactic was a prime example of the Pac-Man defense, whereby a threatened company responds to a takeover bid by trying to buy up its attacker's stock. Another defense is the self-tender. A company threatened by takeover of fers to buy its own shares at prices higher than the attacker...