BMI Gaming
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BMI Gaming is a global distributor of arcade games, amusement devices, digital "out-of-home" entertainment and vending machine multichannel distributor and FEC / Arcade / LBE developer founded in 2002 by David L. Young, a serial entrepreneur, marketing professional and arcade games collector, and operated by BMI Worldwide, Inc. based in Boca Raton, FL, with sales offices in Salt Lake City, UT and Bogotá, Colombia, and plans to open facilities in the Middle East, Africa and Europe in 2012.
BMIGaming.com specializes in Family Entertainment Center
(FEC), Location Based Entertainment (LBE) and arcade business development consulting, including feasibility studies, design, theming, floor planning and facility construction, and sells a broad variety of entertainment products from ticket redemption game
s, prize merchandiser
s, coin pushers, claw crane machines to motion simulator
rides, 3D/4D motion theaters, video arcade
games, pinball machines, jukeboxes, photobooths and kiddie rides
, sports games such as air hockey
, foosball, darts
, shuffleboard
s and pool tables, plus a variety of vending machine products, bulk vending
machines, coin, bill and token change machine
s and card swipe systems.
BMIGaming.com supplies over 1600 products from 85 global amusement and vending machine manufacturers, and markets to both domestic and international clients, with an export department shipping products to over 90 countries worldwide. The company states that over 95% of its total sales are conducted through its online website. Their customer base ranges from home users, business professionals and high-profile media celebrities to commercial clients such as Family Entertainment Centers, arcades, bars
, nightclub
s, restaurant
s, casino
s, hotels, resorts, cruise ships, shopping malls and chain stores, as well as educational facilities and non-profit organizations, along with local, state and federal government agencies, including the US Military.
BMIGaming.com has attained several awards in the few years since its inception, including Inc.
Magazine's "Inc. 500 List" of the fastest growing private firms in America in 2007, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
"Hot 100 List" of the fastest growing companies in the US in 2006. and is ranked by Internet Retailer Magazine as one of the "Top 500 Internet Retailers" in the world.
BMIGaming.com lays claim to the "World's Largest Gaming Superstore" on the internet by sales and by number of products offered, and is ranked as the most visited commercial website (based on total global visitors) for coin-operated machines in the world, according to statistics published by Quantcast
.com. The company also hosts one of the largest (and most popular) video channels on YouTube
for coin operated arcade games, with over 400 HD-quality product videos available online.
BMIGaming.com specializes in Family Entertainment Center
Family Entertainment Center
A family entertainment center , often abbreviated FEC in the entertainment industry, is a small amusement park marketed towards families with small children to teenagers, and often entirely indoors or associated with a larger operation such as a theme park...
(FEC), Location Based Entertainment (LBE) and arcade business development consulting, including feasibility studies, design, theming, floor planning and facility construction, and sells a broad variety of entertainment products from ticket redemption game
Redemption game
Redemption games are typically arcade games of skill that reward the player proportionally to their score in the game. The reward most often comes in the form of tickets, with more tickets being awarded for higher scores. These tickets can then be redeemed at a central location for prizes...
s, prize merchandiser
Merchandiser
A merchandiser is an arcade gaming device, which features a machine that contains a display of merchandise, which can be won by playing the game....
s, coin pushers, claw crane machines to motion simulator
Motion simulator
A motion simulator or motion platform is a mechanism that encapsulates occupants and creates the effect/feelings of being in a moving vehicle...
rides, 3D/4D motion theaters, video arcade
Video arcade
An amusement arcade or video arcade is a venue where people play arcade games such as video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, merchandisers , or coin-operated billiards or air hockey tables...
games, pinball machines, jukeboxes, photobooths and kiddie rides
Kiddie rides
A kiddie ride is a coin-operated amusement ride for small children. Kiddie rides are commonly available in amusement parks, arcades, malls, hotel game rooms and outside supermarkets and discount department stores. Less commonly, they may also appear in other venues such as restaurants, food...
, sports games such as air hockey
Air hockey
Air hockey is a game for two competing players trying to score points in the opposing player's goal.-Equipment:Air hockey requires an air-hockey table, two player-held mallets, and a puck....
, foosball, darts
Darts
Darts is a form of throwing game where darts are thrown at a circular target fixed to a wall. Though various boards and games have been used in the past, the term "darts" usually now refers to a standardised game involving a specific board design and set of rules...
, shuffleboard
Shuffleboard
Shuffleboard, more precisely deck shuffleboard, and also known as shuffle-board, shovelboard, shovel-board and shove-board [archaic], is a game in which players use broom-shaped paddles to push weighted pucks, sending them gliding down a narrow and elongated court, with the purpose of...
s and pool tables, plus a variety of vending machine products, bulk vending
Bulk vending
Bulk vending is the sale of unsorted confections, nuts, gumballs, toys and novelties selected at random and dispensed generally through non-electrically operated vending machines. Bulk vending is a separate segment of the vending industry from full line vending — i.e., the snack and soda vending...
machines, coin, bill and token change machine
Change machine
A change machine is a machine that accepts large denominations of currency and returns an equal amount of currency in smaller bills or coins. Typically these machines are used to provide coins in exchange for paper currency, in which case they are also often known as bill changers.In the US, these...
s and card swipe systems.
BMIGaming.com supplies over 1600 products from 85 global amusement and vending machine manufacturers, and markets to both domestic and international clients, with an export department shipping products to over 90 countries worldwide. The company states that over 95% of its total sales are conducted through its online website. Their customer base ranges from home users, business professionals and high-profile media celebrities to commercial clients such as Family Entertainment Centers, arcades, bars
Bar (establishment)
A bar is a business establishment that serves alcoholic drinks — beer, wine, liquor, and cocktails — for consumption on the premises.Bars provide stools or chairs that are placed at tables or counters for their patrons. Some bars have entertainment on a stage, such as a live band, comedians, go-go...
, nightclub
Nightclub
A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...
s, restaurant
Restaurant
A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...
s, casino
Casino
In modern English, a casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions...
s, hotels, resorts, cruise ships, shopping malls and chain stores, as well as educational facilities and non-profit organizations, along with local, state and federal government agencies, including the US Military.
BMIGaming.com has attained several awards in the few years since its inception, including Inc.
Inc. (magazine)
Inc. magazine, founded in 1979 and based in New York City, is a monthly publication focused on growing companies. The magazine publishes an annual list of the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S., the "Inc...
Magazine's "Inc. 500 List" of the fastest growing private firms in America in 2007, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
PricewaterhouseCoopers
PricewaterhouseCoopers is a global professional services firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest professional services firm measured by revenues and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms....
"Hot 100 List" of the fastest growing companies in the US in 2006. and is ranked by Internet Retailer Magazine as one of the "Top 500 Internet Retailers" in the world.
BMIGaming.com lays claim to the "World's Largest Gaming Superstore" on the internet by sales and by number of products offered, and is ranked as the most visited commercial website (based on total global visitors) for coin-operated machines in the world, according to statistics published by Quantcast
Quantcast
Quantcast is a California based company that provides publishers and marketers with the ability to understand, deliver and reach their best audiences at a massive scale...
.com. The company also hosts one of the largest (and most popular) video channels on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
for coin operated arcade games, with over 400 HD-quality product videos available online.