Sally Cohen, Author at GAD Vending

4th June 2025

Happy Father’s Day! Go Play!

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Looking for a great gift for Dad? Just can’t figure out how to entertain the family? Want the best gift ever?

WHAT GAMES ARE AVAILABLE?

GAD has pinball, arcade and Golden Tee PGA Home Edition. All in stock and ready to schedule delivery or pick-up.

To see what we have in stock – check out our inventory list. This will give you a comprehensive overview of what we have in stock, what’s on the way and the various game versions we have.

Pinball – we have the best pinball games from Stern, Chicago Gaming and American Pinball.
Digital Darts – GAD has the new and tournament Galaxy 3 Fire and Galaxy Plus. And, we have the new Galaxy 3 Ice.
Arcade – Multiple options of multi-game arcade units in stock.
- IT Arcade collection
- Classic-cade cocktail table
- Classic-cade stand up console
Golf – consider the best in the industry. The Golden Tee PGA Home Edition is an amazing game that dad will love and perfect for the entire family.

GETTING YOUR GAME(S)

GAD offers free delivery in the Omaha, Des Moines and Kansas City areas. This includes setting up your new game(s).

Free curbside pick up is also available. You are welcome to schedule a time – and we’ll help you load. Plus GAD offers free phone support to our customers during set up and any time you have a question.

Another option is our affordable shipping options anywhere in the US. If you are out of our delivery area, consider having us ship a game to your home. We are happy to give you a quote prior to purchase to make sure you are aware of all costs before purchase.

3rd June 2025

Home Gameroom

Why Your Home Gameroom is Missing the Mark (And How You Can Fix It)

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Many families assume the only thing kids want to do is exercise their thumbs on video games – when so many times an interactive game with the family is the ticket to the ultimate family fun night!

Look critically at your family room, den or game room. Is the only feature a sofa facing a TV? Maybe an old bean bag chair? The only opportunity for interaction when someone breaks for the kitchen? Why not update games that the entire family can participate in!

Stay Together. Play Together.

So many opportunities for fun! But understanding the age, room size, player ability, and longevity of the games is important. And, GAD is here to answer your questions to create the ultimate game room for your family.

Golden Tee PGA Home Edition

The Golden Tee PGA Home Edition is the exact same game- arcade-style cabinet and all- that you have played and adored at bars and pubs for 30 years. Tailored to home use, Golden Tee PGA Home comes equipped with dozens of courses and a wide variety of features and formats that make it a must-have item for every basement or man cave.

The size of this game lends to a small, compact space. Works under a staircase (photo as example), in a snug area or change out your dining room to a game room.

Golden Tee PGA Home online maintains players standing and stats. Allows for individual play, or create private tournaments. Your family can also play online.

Pinball

Pinball is available in a wide variety of titles. And, even the youngest players are attracted to the lights and sounds of a great pinball machine! Years and years of fun.

Family friendly pinball games include:

Dungeons and Dragons, Stranger Things, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Jurassic Park, Jaws, and unique titles like Cactus Canyon and Barry O’s Backyard BBQ

Pinball machines vary greatly in price – and we can work with your budget. The pinball manufacturers set the MRSP (Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price) that we are required by contract to adhere to. Price also includes: shipping, delivery, and sales tax where applicable. GAD’s policy is to disclose the total price prior to sale. Credit cards, cash or check is accepted.

Pinball can be set by GAD Vending for free play prior to pick-up, shipping or delivery.

Classic-Cade

One of our favorite home arcade solution is the Classic-Cade Arcade game in the console or cocktail game table configuration. Both have over 60 classic games programmed and available for single or team play.

Games include: Pac Man, Ms. Pacman, Frogger, Asteroids, Donkey Kong, Mario Bros, Space Invaders, Centipede, Galaga, Pong and so many more!

Classic-Cade is in stock and is an affordable solution to add to your game room.

Foosball and Pool

Foosball is naturally a game that gets the family playing – and competing together. Play one on one. Play two on two. Play tournaments. Play round-robin. Hours of fun!

A commercial foosball game is more expensive but the years of gaming fun is what our residential buyers are looking for.

Commercial Pool tables are available at GAD for home purchase. This is an excellent option for the pool enthusiast that only wants the best.

GAD Vending helps families with home game rooms from our offices in Des Moines, Kansas City and Omaha. We are open during office hours, and by appointment. Contact us for pricing, games to try on our showroom floor and for any other questions.

28th May 2025

Cashless

Automated Payment Solutions for Transportation

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Want to automate your payment processes for your transportation solution? Add paid parking or paid EV charging stations? Better management of payment at off street or event parking?

GAD Knows Payment Solutions

Think about automating cashless solutions to every aspect of your business. Even if you have a parking attendant, there is no reason to have a person accepting payment!

Pay and display on parking meters.
Pay on foot off street parking stations.
Public transportation fare collection.
EV cashless charging stations.
Collect tolls in a secure and quick way for ease of both the driver and the attendant.

Plus, GAD has solutions to add advertising to any digital solution. Why not earn ad revenue to enhance your operations!

23rd May 2025

Events

Happy Memorial Day!

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GAD offices will be closing early Friday in celebration of the Memorial Day weekend.

Go play!

20th May 2025

Music

What to Add Trivia to your Bar? GAD Knows How

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INTERACTIVE TRIVIA

Tap TV Trivia reinvents the traditional game show – turning the television audience into real-time contestants. That’s right – we put YOUR customers on TV. Patrons face off against trivia fans from around the country, while earning themselves, and your business, a spot on our national leaderboards. Set up tournaments to drive patron engagement, extend dwell time and boost repeat business as customers return to improve their score and move up in the rankings!

And – GAD Knows How to make this happen

Connect your customers with fun, fast-paced trivia action without the hassle of buying or renting tablets and other controllers.

With the Tap TV app in hand, our players use their own smartphone to answer questions that appear on in-store TVs connected to our media player. With multiple categories and tens of thousands of entertaining questions, Tap TV Trivia has a game for every type of trivia aficionado. Setting up and running trivia tournaments builds on the app’s power to keep patrons engaged.

Let GAD get you set up so you can spend your time engaging with your customers – not building the game!

19th May 2025

Boring Memorial Day? GAD Can Fix That!

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Not looking too forward to Memorial Day? Boring BBQ? Nothing to do but watch paint dry? GAD can help fix that!

We stock games for the entire family – in stock and ready for pick up, free delivery (check with us on that address to confirm availability!) or reasonable shipping rates around the US.

What games do you ask? We’d respond with – what’s your favorite? What age groups? Do you want team competitions or individual play? What size of floor space do you have in your envisioned game room? And, best question yet, want to come play some games in our showroom to test a few out??

GAD has pinball from the best innovators in the industry. Why not Golden Tee PGA Home Edition? Add on a digital dart game. Round up your game room with an amazing arcade machine. All in stock at GAD.

Must hurry – limited delivery schedule this week. Curbside pick up and phone support is available. Shipping – plan to get next week.

17th May 2025

Skill Games

Skill Games for Nebraska Customers

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Skill Games for Nebraska

GAD is offering the best in skill game manufacturers to include Banilla, Bankshot and Trestle. These games have popular games, vertical and horizontal screen offerings and Nebraska theme games are available.

GAD has a selection of these games on display at our location in Omaha. These games are available for our customers to test before they buy.

Banilla

Banilla games are available in various skill games.

Nebraska Skill 1
Nebraska Skill 2
Skyriser Lighting Edition NE

BankShot

BankShot is excited to be in the Nebraska market. There is a very deep offering available from BankShot and GAD has a rotating selection for you to see on our sales floor.

BBMG Approval #24-022
CCMG Approval #24-010
GRMG
IEMG
Bankshot Pick and Win FF5
Fishing Frenzy 6
BankShot Pow Pow
Panda All in One
Mr & Mrs

Trestle

Trestle has a very deep offering of skill games for NE. To include coming game combinations of Big Red I and Big Red II.

Trestle is known for its product innovation and game consoles. Trestle offers both horizontal and vertical game machines to vary based on your floor space.

GAD Service

All these games are very reliable and GAD can service all these brands. However, the printers do need service. GAD has a contract to maintain and do advanced replacement swaps for Nanoptix printers that are contained in the Banilla games, for example.

Contact GAD for more information. These games are available right now in Nebraska only but we are working on other states.

14th May 2025

Home Gameroom

What’s New at GAD? Arcade Collection Home Edition

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Take three of the best games and put them in one cabinet – designed for home gaming!

Silver Strike Bowling
- Classic bowling and Flash bowling options
- Customizable bowlers and bowling equipment with each game
- Vegas mode for additional side games
Power Putt Golf
- 11 unique and challenging 18 hole courses
- Hundreds of tee area and pin placements combinations
- Select from a variety of clothing options
Target Toss Pro
- Bags get unique scoring systems.
- Lawn Darts allow for varies games. Classic, Cricket, Poker Darts and 501. Lawn darts may be illegal IRL but virtual, all bets are off!
- Raw talk included to give you an uncensored, adult commentary that knows no bounds.

Arcade Collection is in stock at GAD. And, as with all our games, we deliver and set up for free in a select geographic area. Or you can pick up.

12th May 2025

Music

Looking To Turning Your TV’s Into Advertising Centers for Your Message? GAD Knows How

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How do you make your TV screens work for you and not for TV advertisers (those screens you bought and paid for)? How do you engage and immerse your patrons more into the local experience? When do you want to get your message across with the most impact and least cost? What delivery of a message is more immediate than on the TV screen with your customers watching?

AMI Ad Manager is a promotional tool that transforms your AMI products into powerful digital signage systems. It’s a great tool for retail, bar or restaurant businesses looking to promote their services, daily specials, or upcoming events.

You can create, edit, and schedule ads from the palm of your hand using AMI’s all-new Co-Pilot app or from your computer.

Digital Signage from AMI Ad Manager is compatible with all AMI jukeboxes, the AMI Music platform, and Tap TV systems.

With over a thousand pre-made templates to choose from, and an easy-to-use interface, it takes just minutes for installers, business owners, or designated location staff members to build a rotation of custom digital signage.

Begin by choosing from a library of pre-made ad templates, easily searchable by keyword, theme, or event type
Personalize the messaging with your own custom text
Target a specific audience (families, happy hour, late night crowd, sports crowd, etc.) by setting its date range and hours of display
Publish your ad!

You can even upload and schedule your own custom-made images for display via the AMI operator website.

GAD has extensive experience with AMI’s digital advertising products – and how it has worked for our customers around the Midwest region. Talk with us today about how these tools can work for you.

6th May 2025

Mother’s Day Ideas for Game Time with the Family

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Mom loves fun and game time with the family. And – you are a winner for the long term getting games that the entire family can play together.

GAD has, in stock, a variety of games your family will love.

Consider these for your home game room –

Pinball – an increasingly popular game with the kids. Especially with internet interfaces, like Stern’s Insider Connected, that give a complete experience. At GAD, we have pinball games to engage every age. Take a look at a partial selection (here) and give us a shout what you are interested in.
Darts – digital dart games take very little floor space but offer hours of fun! Everyone in the family can improve their hand-eye coordination while enjoying good, clean fun. GAD has new Galaxy, Galaxy Fire and Galaxy Ice in stock.
Arcade Collection Game Consoles
- Classicade – makes all the best arcade games available all in one. Available in either a stand up or cocktail table configuration. (See list of games.)
- Arcade Collection Home Edition – an amazing collection of three games. Enjoy Silver Strike Bowling, Power Putt Golf and Target Toss Pro Lawn darts and bags games. These are fun games that will engage all ages.
Golden Tee PGA Home Edition – the popular bar game that is available in a home version making it not only one of the best games to add to your home game room but also more affordable. Golden Tee offers free software updates to make this game current with new courses, avatars and equipment for fresh play.

GAD offers free home delivery (may not make it by Sunday, sorry!) in a select geographic area. Free curbside pick up with phone support for self set up. Affordable shipping in the continental US.

If its not the time to add a game to your home game room, why not take Mom out to play?

Why just sit in a restaurant and let the kids drive you crazy? Let everyone run around a play games!

If you give us a call, we are happy to make recommendations of the best places (Omaha, Des Moines, Kansas City) to play that are appropriate for the ages in your family.

For pinball, check out Pinside Map or Stern’s Pinball Locator tool.