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{{Infobox company
|name = BMI Gaming / BMIGaming.com
|logo = [[File:BMIGaming.com Company Logo - Circa 2009.jpg|250px]]
|type =  [[Privately held company|Private]]
|foundation = 2002
|founder = {{ubl|David L. Young}}
|location_city = [[Boca Raton, Florida]]
|location_country = USA
|area_served = Worldwide
|parent = BMI Worldwide, Inc.
|industry = {{ubl|Entertainment|Arcade Games|Amusement Devices|Vending Machines}} | Amusement / Coin-Operated Devices
|key_people = {{ubl|David Young ([[CEO]])|Bill Quirein ([[CFO]])|Jay Fleming (VP/Operations)}}
             
|products = {{ubl|[[Arcade Games]]}}
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|operating_income =
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|caption = The World's Largest Gaming Superstore <tm>
|subsid =  {{ubl|BMI Worldwide / Latinoamericano - Bogota, Colombia|BMI Worldwide / Africa-Oceania - Cape Town, South Africa}}
|homepage = {{URL|bmigaming.com}}
|footnotes =
}}
'''BMI Gaming''' (known as '''BMIGaming.com''') is a global arcade machine, amusement device, digital "out-of-home" (DOE) entertainment and vending machine multichannel wholesale distributor to FEC (Family Entertainment Centers), Arcades, Corporate, Consumer and LBE (Location Based Entertainment) clients.

BMI Gaming was founded in 2002 by David L. Young,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.incbiznet.com/companies/bmi-gaming-inc-worlds-largest-gaming-superstore |title=Inc. 500 List: BMI Gaming |accessdate= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2007 |month= |work= |publisher=Inc. Magazine |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}{{dead link|date=November 2013}}</ref> a serial entrepreneur, marketing professional and arcade games collector,{{citation needed|date=November 2013}} and is owned and operated by BMI Worldwide, Inc. based in [[Boca Raton]], Florida, with domestic offices located in [[Salt Lake City]], [[UT]] and [[Myrtle Beach]], [[SC]] and international offices located in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]] and [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]], with plans to open additional sales facilities in Asia, Europe and the Middle East by late 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bmigaming.com/jobs.htm | title=BMI Worldwide Employment Page List: BMI Gaming |accessdate= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2012 |month= |work= |publisher=BMI Worldwide, Inc |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>

== Markets ==
BMIGaming.com also specializes in [[Family Entertainment Center]] development.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bmigaming.com/gameroom-plans-designs-arcade-commercial.htm |title=Family Entertainment Center Development: BMI Gaming |accessdate= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2012 |month= |work= |publisher=BMI Worldwide, Inc |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>

== Notability / Awards ==
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BMI Gaming has attained several awards in the few years since its inception, most notably including ''[[Inc. (magazine)|Inc.]]'' Magazine's "[[Inc. 500]] List" of the fastest growing [[private firm]]s in America in 2007,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.incbiznet.com/companies/bmi-gaming-inc-worlds-largest-gaming-superstore |title=Inc. 500 : Fastest Growing Private Companies List: BMI Gaming |accessdate= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2007 |month= |work= |publisher=Inc. Magazine |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}{{dead link|date=November 2013}}</ref> [[PriceWaterhouseCoopers]] / Entrepreneur Magazine's "Hot 100 List" of the fastest growing companies in the US in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/hot100/2006-5.html |title=PriceWaterhouseCoopers/PwC "Hot 100 Companies List" |accessdate= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2006 |month= |work= |publisher=Entrepreneur Magazine |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}{{dead link|date=November 2013}}</ref> and was ranked by Internet Retailer Magazine as one of the "Top 500 Internet Retailers" in the world in 2006, 2007 & 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.internetretailer.com/Top500/list.asp |title=Internet Retailer Magazine's "Top 500 Internet Distributors" |accessdate= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2008 |month= |work= |publisher=Internet Retailer Magazine |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}{{dead link|date=November 2013}}</ref>

BMI Gaming lays claim to the "World's Largest Gaming Superstore" on the internet by sales and by number of products offered, and is ranked as the most visited commercial website (based on total global visitors) for [[coin-operated]] [[machines]] in the world, according to statistics published by [[Quantcast]].com.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quantcast.com/bmigaming.com |title=Quantcast Internet Rankings: BMIGaming |accessdate= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2013 |month= |work= |publisher=Quantcast.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}{{dead link|date=November 2013}}</ref>

Since 2011, BMI Gaming, in association with one of the leading amusement industry news publishers, The Stinger Report, publishes the Annual BOSA Awards<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bmigaming.com/arcade-machine-awards-bosa.htm |title=BOSA / Best Of Show Amusement Awards |accessdate= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2013 |month= |work= |publisher=BMI Worldwide / The Stinger Report |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> (Best Of Show Amusement Awards) in January of each year, which recognizes both innovation, creativity and originality for new arcade and amusement products, as presented at the annual [[IAAPA]] Amusement Expo, held every November in Orlando, Florida.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.bmigaming.com BMIGaming.com Official Website]

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[[Category:Entertainment companies of the United States]]
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[[Category:Video game companies of the United States]]
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