Clay Paky Announces PLASA Slot Machine Competition

Visitors to this year's PLASA exhibition may come away with more than they bargained for. Clay Paky has announced a competition in which visitors to the London exhibition will be able to try their luck at winning a Sharpy spotlight.

The company is bringing two of its vintage, Vegas-style slot machines to the show, customized to allow players to play for one of the company's most sought-after products.

Clay Paky's president, Pasquale Quadri, a long-time collector of gambling paraphernalia, has had two machines from his personal collection specially refurbished in a Clay Paky theme. All guests at the Clay Paky stand (1E 36) will be entitled to a free spin of the reels, while any visitor bearing an official voucher will be able to double their chances with an additional play. The redeemable vouchers can be retrieved from the official PLASA catalog or from the July edition of Lighting & Sound International.

The slot machines will be in operation throughout the official opening hours of PLASA (September 11-14) and there is no limit to the number of Sharpy units available for winners. In the event that no player wins during the designated period, a draw of players' names will take place in the closing hours of the show to assign a spotlight to a randomly selected player.

Weighing just 16kg, the tiny, 189W Sharpy produces a bright, parallel beam capable of matching fixtures of far higher wattages, the company says. The breakthrough concept, the result of an optical re-design, creates an unusually crisp, laser-like beam - free of any fuzz or discoloration around the edges, the company adds.

Since launching in January 2011, the Sharpy has already seen action on major shows including the Eurovision Song Contest, the NME Awards, BBC Blue Peter, Sky TV's Oscars Night and is now on tour with Take That, Usher, Bruno Mars, Beyoncé, The Foo Fighters, and Ricky Martin.

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