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	Aruze - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aruze possesses licenses to both manufacture and distribute casino machines in the American states of Nevada, Mississippi and New Jersey.
		On October 2002, Aruze was sued for copyright infringement over SNK's intellectual properties which was unauthorized by Playmore in which they still owned, for 6.2 billion yen in damages.
		In January 2004, a preliminary decision was handed down by the Osaka District Court favoring SNK Playmore and was awarded 5.64 billion yen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aruze (377 words)

	IGN: Aruze Gives Sammy the Fist
		Specifically, Aruze notes that Fist of the North Star infringes on two of its patents: Fist of the North Star reveals the results of in-game drawings through a step system, and it uses lower volumes when players don't use special skills.
		Aruze has filed suit against Sammy since 1999 on multiple grounds, but has been rejected on all counts.
		In the videogame world, Aruze is known for its Shadow Hearts series, but it has a much bigger name in Japan's lucrative pachinko business.
	ps2.ign.com /articles/678/678291p1.html (297 words)

	Japanese company bets on casinos - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		Aruze may need to clear tax-evasion charges to complete a casino project with partner Steve Wynn in Las Vegas, where Okada wants to gain the experience he needs to build casinos in Japan.
		An Aruze unit paid $260 million for a 50 percent stake in the Le Reve casino project with Wynn, developer of the Mirage and Bellagio in Las Vegas.
		Aruze and Wynn hope to begin construction of Le Reve on the Las Vegas strip this spring and open the $1.63 billion resort and casino in mid-2004, said Yasuharu Nakano, investor relations chief for the Tokyo company.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2002/Jan/27/bz/bz16a.html (763 words)

	Online Casino News.com - All The Gambling, Sports and Casino News for the Internet Gambler
		Tokyo-based Aruze, however, may need to contest charges of tax evasion at home before the project can be completed; this according to the Las Vegas Sun.
		Aruze Corp. is accused of hiding income from its overseas subsidiaries to evade Japanese taxes.
		An Aruze division paid $260 million for a 50% stake in the Le Reve casino project in Las Vegas, which is planned to be a major resort at the site of the Desert Inn.
	www.onlinecasinonews.com /ocnv2_1/article/Article.asp?id=999 (277 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: Wynn says Aruze is still his partner
		This could cause licensing difficulties for Aruze in Nevada because a key function of state casino licensing authorities is ensuring gambling taxes are paid.
		Wynn told Reuters news service the Aruze issue in Japan is a civil matter and should not be a major factor when Aruze applies for a casino license as would be required because of its agreement to invest $260 million in Wynn's project.
		"(Aruze President Kazuo) Okada has been a (gaming) licensee for over 10 years in Nevada, and is a businessman in good standing in Japan," Wynn told Reuters.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/business/2001/may/29/511883942.html (308 words)

	Shadow Hearts: Covenant > Review
		Aruze is the developer responsible for two previous RPG classics.
		In the PSone era, Aruze merged the genres of survival horror and RPGs to come up with the quirky, and sometimes disturbing, Koudelka, one of the hidden classics late in the life of PSone.
		Eventually, Aruze and Sacnoth merged and their next title, published by Midway in the early years of PS2 â“ the original Shadow Hearts â“ arrived with sadly little fanfare or critical attention.
	web1.dignews.com /review.php?story_id=6240 (1249 words)

	NGF news 2000
		Aruze's push is if any retail company and distributor is found in violation of these laws, they can have their stock confiscated and they will not be allowed to handle SNK software.
		Aruze is already considering reopening a SNK office in the United States to handle games.
		Aruze is really making a big effort in showing off their new acquisition and strategies for future gaming.
	www.neogeofreak.com /neonews2000.html (5818 words)

	Japanese Court awards record damages in Patent Infringement suits
		In the Aruze decisions, the Tokyo District Court took an expansive interpretation of the legislative provision governing the calculation of damages in patent infringement lawsuits.
		Aruze had originally claimed about JPY10 billion and JPY1.8 billion from Sammy and Net respectively for infringements that commenced from March 1998 to the date of filing of complaints (October 1999 for Sammy and June 1999 for Net).
		The Aruze decisions are part of the Japanese Court's developing pro-patentee stance adopted against infringers of patent and other intellectual property rights.
	www.wptn.com /patent_vol4is7/pat_006_vol4is7.htm (358 words)

	Vegas News - RGT Online
		Aruze is an electronics company that produces gaming devices in Japan.
		Wynn told the commission that he is "taking advantage" of the knowledge and expertise of Aruze to develop a "breakaway device" of a slot machine.
		Bob Faiss, a Las Vegas attorney representing Aruze and Okada, said Okada has hired Yoshiyuki Shoji, who speaks both Japanese and English, to be the executive to provide information and documents to the state Gaming Control Board and its agents when they ask for it.
	www.rgtonline.com /Article.cfm?ArticleId=49944&CategoryName=Vegas (647 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: Aruze investment detailed
		TOKYO -- Aruze Corp., Japan's biggest maker of pachinko and slot machines, today detailed plans to invest $75 million in Wynn Resorts Ltd., a Las Vegas-based casino developer that last month raised $450 million in a public offering.
		Aruze will buy 5.6 million shares in Wynn Resorts to raise its stake in the U.S. company to 32.9 percent from 25.4 percent, it said in a statement.
		The company will pay $72.5 million for the shares and invest $2.5 million to purchase a bond issued by Wynn Resorts, which is building the Le Reve resort on the Las Vegas Strip and a second casino in the Chinese island city of Macau.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/gaming/2002/nov/05/514208271.html (188 words)

	Shadow Hearts 2 announced by Aruze - PlayStation 2 News at GameSpot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		A sequel to the PlayStation 2 RPG is in development at Aruze.
		Shadow Hearts 2 is currently 70 percent complete, and it's in development at Aruze's subsidiary Nautilus.
		Aruze develops the next installment in the Shadow Hearts RPG series, entitled Shadow Hearts: From the New World.
	www.gamespot.com /ps2/rpg/shadowhearts2/news_6030229.html (473 words)

	Aruze Shoots Back At SNK Playmore 1UP - Find Articles
		Signaling what may be an escalation in the ongoing feud between the two companies, Japanese pachinko giant Aruze today lodged a disposition in Tokyo District Court blocking SNK Playmore's upcoming entry into the pachinko business.
		Aruze's claim states that Playmore's new Metal Slug pachinko machine, with which the company hoped to kick off an escalating effort in the development of the popular Japanese gambling devices, violates its patents on some elements of pachinko machine design.
		Aruze may have a legitimate complaint, but it may have other motivations as well.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_zd1up/is_200402/ai_ziff118498 (218 words)

	This dosen't look good... Vektologic in trouble? - Neo-Geo Forums
		It would seem that rather than dead, Aruze’s interests for the coin-op market are alive and well, if only hibernating, and they see themselves as the only providers of games for the SNK platforms, even though they have signed agreements with companies in Korea and Japan to develop licenses held by SNK.
		It is with some extreme feelings that Aruze greeted recent trade reports that a UK company was thinking of adding their name to the list of developers for the MVS platform.
		Aruze has also made it clear that they will not tolerate any U.S. "Grey Imports" (the name given to outside manufactured products) by SNK supporters.
	www.neo-geo.com /forums/showthread.php?t=47328 (2828 words)

	Manjiro Works News from Japan Coin-op
		Aruze, which is a large pachinko machine manufacturer, will purchase the stock from Sigma President Katsuki Manabe and other top shareholders, with the deal due to be complete by the end of February.
		Aruze's goal is use the profits from its pachinko machines to develop a new business section operating amusement centers as a new source of earnings.
		Aruze's long-term plan is to become an all-round amusement company and the buy-out of SNK gives Aruze entry into the amusement business alongside its pachislot and pachinko machine businesses.
	www.manjiro.com /japannewstomarch2000.html (7755 words)

	Falcom, Aruze Create Networked Arcade RPGs 1UP - Find Articles
		In a rather unusual turn, Japanese developer Falcom and pachinko giant Aruze today announced plans for a major collaboration in Japanese arcades.
		Aruze is one of Japan's largest manufacturers and operators of pachinko and slot machines (number three, to be precise, behind Sankyo and market leader Sammy).
		Unlike Sammy, Aruze hasn't yet made significant inroads into the arcade gaming business, but that appears to be changing with this announcement.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_zd1up/is_200406/ai_ziff128753 (336 words)

	reviewjournal.com -- Business: After Aruze chief's choice, slot maker's license ...
		Aruze is a gaming-device manufacturer specializing in pachi-slo machines, games that combine the spinning reels of slots with the pachinko-related skill factor of the gambler stopping each reel independently.
		The nearly dormant company, once the world's largest manufacturer of video slot machines, two years ago was at the center of a Japanese tax dispute that focused on whether Okada's Aruze Corp. made payments to Universal Distributing as a way to pump the value of the Nevada company.
		If Aruze or Okada are denied gaming licenses as owners of Wynn Resorts stock, Wynn Resorts can require Wynn to buy their shares, or the company can buy the shares itself, using a promissory note.
	www.reviewjournal.com /lvrj_home/2003/Jan-25-Sat-2003/business/20551627.html (812 words)

	Casino News from Learn to Play Slot Machines - The Japanese Mean American Business. Market
		The permanent slot machine license was issued to billionaire Kazuo Okada’s Aruze Gaming America Inc. The Aruze Corp subsidiary was awarded the permanent slot machine license after a two-year limited license trial period in order to confirm its ability to respond sufficiently to all inquiries by the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
		The board gave a two-year license to give Aruze a chance to show it had corrected all the problems.” The gaming control board mandated, as a part of the licensing agreement, that Aruze keep a bilingual liaison on staff to communicated between the company and regulators.
		Aruze is now much closer to its goal of vending slot machines in the United States after the boards unanimous vote.
	www.learntoplayslotmachines.com /casino_news/jul_06/arzuefollowup.htm (314 words)

	This Day in Snk history this happened! - Neo-Geo Forums
		Aruze appears to have no plans to discontinue their arcade development (after all, that is what they bought SNK for in the first place) and several new titles have been confirmed: Ghost Lop, Neo Turf Golf, Mark of the Wolves 2 and Metal Slug 4.
		After Aruze took over we got a lot of crap, I mean proto games, that SNK on its own would never have released, like Zupapa, NitD, Ganryu...
		If Aruze were still pushing the buttons, we'd have MVS releases of Ghostlop, Pair Pair Wars, Fun Fun Bros, Warlock of the Fates, Brikenger, and more.
	www.neo-geo.com /forums/showthread.php?t=48233 (683 words)

	Aruze develops Linux-operated arcade board - News at GameSpot
		Posted Aug 12, 2004 2:12 pm PT TOKYO--Japanese game manufacturer Aruze announced that it has created a new arcade board named AP-3, which will be the first arcade board to operate on the Linux operating system.
		Aruze also cited the system's high versatility and consistent updates as other factors in its decision.
		Aruze plans to release 20 games for the AP-3 by the end of March 2005, and it aims to persuade third-party publishers to develop games for the board as well.
	www.gamespot.com /news/2004/08/12/news_6104725.html (331 words)

	Illegal use of Mai Shiranui - Gaming Age
		Playmore Corporation, best known for holding all rights to former SNK properties, charged Aruze Corporation with two criminal actions today.
		Aruze Corp. bought out SNK shortly before the company went under, and used the company's trademark properties on pachinko machines in Japan.
		The filing alleges that Aruze continuously sells a pachinko slot machine named "Crazy Racer R" and has been selling Aruze Kingdom 6 for PS2, a game that features the game Crazy Racer as an option.
	www.gaming-age.com /news/2003/2/27-79 (189 words)

	Slot Machine News - Aruze Corp in American Slots
		The regulators have approved a subsidiary of Aruze Corporation to manufacture and distribute slot machines within Las Vegas.
		Aruze is confident that at the end of the two years, all will be working properly and they will be issued the permanent slot machine license.
		The company not only makes and sells slot machines, but they also have shares in Wynn Resorts, and they are planning on opening a new casino in Macau this year.
	www.slotmachinefan.com /slot-machines/news/august06/aruzecorpinamericanslots.htm (243 words)

	Nevada regulators OK slot license for Wynn investor from Japan (printable version)
		Wynn and Kazuo Okada, chairman of Tokyo-based Aruze Corp., embraced after a four-hour hearing during which Wynn vouched for Okada’s character and Okada promised his company would comply with Nevada gambling regulations.
		The board unanimously recommended granting Aruze a two-year slot manufacturing license, but not before Board Chairman Dennis Neilander and member Scott Scherer cited past problems and sought assurances that state regulators would have no trouble obtaining documents from Aruze.
		The gambling board chairman said he saw a distinction between Aruze as a slot manufacturer and a shareholder in Wynn’s project, Wynn Las Vegas.
	www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=72377 (325 words)

	WYNN RESORTS LTD - WYNN Proxy Statement (definitive) (DEF 14A) CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
		Wynn, Aruze USA or Baron Asset Fund purchase shares of the Company's common stock from the Company in a private placement on terms and conditions that are not offered to the other parties to the agreement, the purchasing stockholder must afford the other parties preemptive rights.
		Wynn and Aruze USA, before transferring his or its shares to any person other than a permitted transferee, must first allow the other parties to the agreement to participate in such transfer on the same terms and conditions.
		Wynn and Aruze USA have agreed to vote their shares of the Company's common stock for a slate of directors, a majority of which will be designated by Mr.
	sec.edgar-online.com /2004/04/19/0001193125-04-064521/section16.asp (1639 words)

	GAF - News - SNK vs. Aruze (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		It looks like Aruze is taking SNK Playmore's entry into the Pachinko and Slots business lightly.
		Aruze, a giant in the Japanese pachinko business, is claiming that SNK is in violation of certain patents pertaining to their new Metal Slug themed slot machine.
		Though it is possible that Aruze is in the right here, the two companies have bad blood in the past over alleged trademark violation on the part of Aruze.
	www.gamesarefun.com /news.php?newsid=611 (173 words)

	Officer Profile\|Reuters.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Aruze Corp is a Japanese manufacturer of gaming machines, as well as pachislot and pachinko machines, amusement machines, and video games.
		Aruze Corp has been issued a manufacturer license by the Nevada Gaming Commission.
		Okada currently serves as Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, and President of Aruze Corp and as Chairman of the Board and Treasurer of Aruze USA.
	www.investor.reuters.wallst.com /stocks/OfficerProfile.asp?rpc=66&symbol=WYNN.O&ID=348131 (199 words)

	ARUZE GAMING Official Site
		Pacific Gaming Pty Ltd would therefore like to thank all our customers and suppliers for their support in the past and look forward to dealing with you as Aruze Gaming Australia Pty Ltd in the future.
		Aruze Corporation is the global leader in gaming entertainment with specialised technologies and vast experience emanating from the company’s high profile and exceptional performance in the Japanese Pachinko/Pachislot industry.
		Today, Aruze is the foremost manufacturer of gaming machines covering the entire amusement sector - including reel-spinning and multiple-line video slots; video baccarat and fljack gaming machines; roulette; and horse racing options.
	www.aruze.com /en/overseas/australia.html (181 words)

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