NEW YORK CITY — TouchTunes Corp. announced the exclusive prerelease of the latest album from multi-platinum-selling band 3 Doors Down. Before the self-titled discs hit stores May 20, it will be available for public play on 10,000 TouchTunes digital jukeboxes nationwide beginning this Friday, May 16.

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SACRAMENTO, CA — California's "amusement, gambling and recreation" industries should be subject to at least $650 million in new annual taxes, according to Dr. Judy Chu, chair of the California State Board of Equalization.

On April 21, Chu sent leading state lawmakers a proposal to raise nearly $2.7 billion by imposing new taxes on a broad range of goods and services. She argued that most industrial states already have such levies and that California's budget deficit cannot be cured by spending cuts alone.

In response this week, Richard Scherer of the Pelican Group (Danville) called upon Golden State trade members to form a coalition to head off what he termed "a potentially disturbing movement to tax our businesses."

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COLUMBUS, OH — State lawmakers banned slot- style videogames last year, but the controversy continues to dog officials in the Buckeye State. Attorney general Marc Dann is reportedly under investigation by the FBI for his dealings with gambling related corporations.

According to local news outlets, Dann raised over $200,000 from such sources while running for the AG's office two years ago. Jay Young, former president of Ohio Skill Games, and distributor Jeff Mayle took Dann on a tour of gambling venues during his election campaign, according to a report in the Columbus Post-Dispatch. At the time, skill- based videogames were legal and a company called Ohio Skill Games had sold thousands of units called Tic Tac Fruit that operators were providing to locations.

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Services for arcade veteran Lloyd Butterfied, who died May 11, will be held on Thursday, May 15, at 10:30 AM at Lake Hills Church Chapel, 23331 Moulton Pkwy, Laguna Hills, CA 92653. Lloyd is survived by three beautiful and talented daughters:  Alexandra Holliday (21), Elissa (17) and Tara Butterfield (10). He died of a heart attack while riding his bicycle on the day before his 49th birthday.

In lieu of flowers, a fund has been set up for Lloyd's daughters.  Please make checks payable to:  Butterfield Children's Educational Fund and send c/o Zuma Holdings, LLC; Attention Laura Karpman; 15 Enterprise, Suite 150, Aliso Viejo, CA  92656. For more information, call (949) 349-8470 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Federal authorities say they will prosecute three suspects accused of stealing credit card information from customers at 11 Dave & Buster's locations. The stores involved were in Westminster, Colo.; Islandia and West Nyack, N.Y.; Utica, Mich; Chicago; Columbus, Ohio; Jacksonville, Fla; San Francisco; Dallas, TX; and Austin, TX, according to the Dallas Business Journal, which said the thefts occurred from May-August 2007.

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