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Torrance, CA, April 13, 2007. As in past years, Rock-ola once again had the opportunity to honor its most outstanding distribution partners at the recent ASI show.

“Century Club” awards were presented to several veteran distributors: Vince Gumma, Tom Ferranda and Tony Shamma of AVS; Steven Toranto, Bob Graves and Gary Gouse of Birmingham Vending; Michael Damtew, Carson Jenkins, Dave Palmer, Chad Benson and Joe Johnson of Mountain Coin; Marty Schumsky of Reno Game Sales; and Brent McKennon and Hal Lieberman Viking Vending (a division of Lieberman). Bay Coin's Mitchell Kaufman of New York and UK distributor, Graeme Challis, of GC Leisure (not pictured) were also honored with the Century Club Award bearing the famous Rock-ola logo.

“Outstanding Sales Performance” award plaques were presented to Vasric Grigorian of Houston Game Repair and Troy Estopinal of MTL Distributing of New Orleans, Louisiana. Other distributors recognized for outstanding sales performance in 2006 are Ray Williams of Commercial Music, Dallas , Texas , Jim Woodland of W.K. Distributing, Columbus , Ohio , and Jerry Hasma of Music Unlimited of Rochester, NY. The award for “Best New Distributor” went to Mark Milletary of RMV Sales, Pittsburg , Pennsylvania .

The recent convention also showcased Rock-ola's most recent additions to its popular line of commercial jukes. For the first time, attendees were able to try and purchase the latest RockStar model featuring the Ecast “Mojo” integrated core/touchscreen monitor. The production savings with the new core/monitor are passed on to distributors and finally operators, keeping the quality Rock-ola juke product at the top of the list for reliability and profitability. The new WallRock model prototype – also with the “Mojo” integrated monitor – was unveiled for the first time as well. The new WallRock will be shipping from the factory shortly.

Two CD-to-Digital Download retrofit kits for older NSM models were featured. The previously released “Performer” kit for ES-4 and ES-5 models and the prototype ES-6 kit, scheduled to be available later this Spring.