Service Games, Panama

Founded: 1953-09-10

Headquarters:

Apartado 133^[1] Panama, Republic of Panama

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Service Games, Panama was the third branch of Service Games to be opened. The Panama branch, opening in September 1953, was designed to be the new base of all Service Games operations moving forward, and was jointly owned by the five men behind Service Games, Hawaii and Service Games, Japan; Irving Bromberg, Martin Bromley, Richard Stewart, Raymond Lemaire, and James Humpert.

In 1960, Service Games, Panama became distributors for the islands of Taiwan and Okinawa (taking over from Barclay & Company)^[2]^[3]^[4]. At this time it was distributing on behalf of Sega (Nihon Kikai Seizou), Rock-Ola, Bally and American Shuffleboard, among others^[3]^[4].

April 12, 1962, Service Games, Panama became Club Overseas Inc., Panama. Its history post-name change is not known.

References

[:File:CashBox_US_1962-08-11.pdf_p318-1] Cash Box, "August 11, 1962" (US; 1962-08-11), page 318

[:File:CashBox_US_1960-07-30.pdf_p56-2] Cash Box, "July 30, 1960" (US; 1960-07-30), page 56

[:File:Billboard_US_1960-09-12.pdf_p89-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Billboard, "September 12, 1960" (US; 1960-09-12), page 89

[:File:CashBox_US_1960-09-17.pdf_p45-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Cash Box, "September 17, 1960" (US; 1960-09-17), page 45

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Service Games, Panama

From Sega Retro

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