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{{Infobox company
|name = BMIGaming.com / BMI Gaming 
|logo = [[File:BMIGaming.com Company Logo - Circa 2009.jpg|250px]]
|type =  [[Privately held company|Private]]
|foundation = 2002
|founder = {{ubl|David Young}}
|location_city = [[Boca Raton, Florida]]
|location_country = USA
|area_served = Worldwide
|parent = BMI Worldwide, Inc.
|industry = {{ubl|Arcade / FEC Development|Amusement Distribution|Entertainment Industry}} 
|key_people = {{ubl|David Young | Jay Fleming | Theresa Landman | Luis Canon}}
|products = {{ubl|[[New Arcade Planning + Design, Motion Rides, Motion Theaters, Arcade Game Machines, Video Games, Sports / Table Games, Pinball Machines, Vending, Kiddie Rides, Amusements]]}}
|revenue =
|operating_income =
|net_income =
|caption =
|subsid =  {{ubl|BMI Latinoamericano - Bogota, Colombia | BMI Worldwide Africa/ME - Cape Town, South Africa }}
|homepage = {{URL|bmigaming.com}}
|footnotes =
}}
'''BMIGaming.com''' (also known as '''BMI Worldwide''') is a global arcade machine, amusement device, digital "out-of-home" (DOE) entertainment and vending machine multichannel wholesale distributor to [[Amusement arcade|Arcade]]s, [[Amusement Parks]], [[Family Entertainment Centers]] (FEC), [[Location Based Entertainment]] venues and to corporate, government and consumer clients worldwide.

BMIGaming.com was founded in 2002 by David L. Young,<ref name="IncBiz">{{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=http://web.archive.org/web/20071023060228/http://www.incbiznet.com/companies/bmi-gaming-inc-worlds-largest-gaming-superstore |archivedate=2007-10-23 |quote= }}</ref> and is owned and operated by BMI Worldwide, Inc. based in [[Boca Raton]], Florida, with domestic offices located in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah|UT]], and [[Myrtle Beach]], [[South Carolina|SC]], and international offices located in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]], [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]], and [[Brisbane]], [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bmigaming.com/contact.htm | title=BMI Worldwide Global Office Directory |accessdate= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2015 |month= |work= |publisher=BMI Worldwide, Inc |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>

== Markets ==
BMIGaming.com specializes in developing, planning, designing, remodeling and equipping new and existing [[Family Entertainment Centers]], [[Fun Centers]], [[Video arcade|Arcade]]s, Gamerooms and other Location-Based Entertainment Centers and Facilities in over 120 countries. <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>

== Awards and recognition ==
BMI Gaming has attained several awards, including ''[[Inc. (magazine)|Inc.]]'' Magazine's "[[Inc. 500]] List" of the fastest growing [[private firm]]s in America in 2007,<ref name="IncBiz" /> [[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=http://web.archive.org/web/20080602002858/http://www.entrepreneur.com:80/hot100/2006-5.html |archivedate=June 2, 2008 |quote= |deadurl=yes }}</ref> and was ranked by Internet Retailer Magazine as one of the "Top 500 Internet Retailers" in the world in 2006, 2007 and 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=https://web.archive.org/20080509173735/http://www.internetretailer.com/top500/list.asp |archivedate=May 9, 2008 |quote= |deadurl=yes }}</ref>

BMI Gaming 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.xonlinecasino.com/index.php/2016/03/07/quantcast-internet-rankings-bmigaming/|title=Quantcast Internet Rankings: BMIGaming|authorlink=AntonyPerk|date=|year=2013|publisher=Quantcast.com|pages=|language=|month=|quote=|accessdate=|author=|coauthors=|work=Quantcast Internet Rankings: BMIGaming|archiveurl=http://www.xonlinecasino.com/index.php/2016/03/07/quantcast-internet-rankings-bmigaming/|archivedate=October 19, 2012|deadurl=no}}</ref>

Since 2011, BMI Gaming, in association The Stinger Report, publishes the Annual BOSA (''Best Of Show Amusement'') 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> 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 ==
* {{Official website|http://www.bmigaming.com}}

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