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Merit Industries, Inc.

Gamers Go Crazy for March Madness Tournament

Bensalem, PA - Merit Industries, Inc.'s annual March Madness TournaMAXX™ competition pushed the competition over the edge for featured Megatouch ® games Castle Bandits and Vinci Ball.

All three of this month's winners for Castle Bandits played on machines operated by CDL Company of Minneapolis, MN. First place went to Dave Chase of Minneapolis, MN with a score of 331, 260 playing at the Brooklyn Center Legion in Brooklyn Center, MN. The 3^rd place winner, Bob Chase (329,960), also came from Brooklyn Center. Playing at the 200 Club was 2^nd place Damon Springer, also of Minneapolis with a score of 330,260. The single game high score winner was Jaime Bellefeuille with a score of 343,700, who played at Liquor Pigz in Little Falls, MN on a machine operated by the Hazelwood Corp.

“The tournaments are awesome,” said Damon Springer. “They really make you want to try as hard as you can to beat the guy ahead of you, especially when you're this close to the top.”

The winning shot in this month's Vinci Ball tournament was scored by Harold Stoltz of Spokane, WA. He took 1^st place with an average of 257,150 and took the single game high score title with 312,000. Stoltz played at Slick's in Spokane on a touch screen operated by Bullseye Amusement. The 2^nd & 3^rd place winners both came on machines operated by Raleigh Amusements. Second place went to Macrae Godfrey of Louisburg, NC, who played at the Brass Tap, with a score of 254,750. Coming in at 3^rd was Steve Larsen of Raleigh, NC with a score of 251,600 at Edward's Bar and Grill.

Matt Zasmeta of Hazelwood Corp. said, “This month's competition was great, it really makes the players want to play more so they can win. It's a nice push for us.”

Bob Mills, Merit's Vice President of Marketing & Network Business said, “We would like to say thank you to all who participated, helping to make this event another great success. This year's March Madness tournament was a true revenue booster for operators and a challenging competition for players.”

For more than 27 years, Merit has afforded long-term return on investment of operators by providing continually high-earning equipment along with updates and upgrades for its products. With an installed base of over 200,000 touch-screen games garnering nearly 4.6 billion plays per year, Merit Industries is the worldwide leader in touch-screen entertainment devices. Merit Industries' products appear globally in a wide array of venues and appeal to an almost limitless demographic. Merit continues to expand its position in the industry with ever-increasing entertainment, content and new games. The company maintains a Web site with all the latest information at www.meritind.com.