Company Overview

These family businesses include Nannicola, Inc. which is one of the largest distributor of charitable gaming products in the United States and the Ink Factory which manufactures and distributes ink daubers throughout the US and Canada. The companies' operations include retail, route sales, manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Nannicola, Inc was established in 1933 and sells customers in over 30 states. The company's philosophy has remained constant through the years, "Offer the best products, the best service and the best prices possible". For over seven decades and three generations the Nannicola Family has been working hard to serve their customers and to build a family-oriented company.

The company services the charitable gaming industry, which provides financial support for leading charities. Since most of the customers rely heavily on a volunteer workforce, the convenient one-stop shopping concept that the company provides is highly valued. The product line that is carried is one of the largest in terms of depth and width in the industry and includes gaming products, furniture, equipment, ATM machines and merchandise. In addition, as a value-added service the company provides free game analysis, seminars and trade shows that focus on improving the entertainment value and profitability of the customer's game.

We have been working with charitable games, their operators and the players longer than any other distributor in the industry. Currently, we have several different divisions that focus on the Carnival Industry, Party Supplies (i.e., weddings, holiday events), School Fundraising (i.e., candy & product sales), Gift Basket Assembly, Charitable Gaming, Electronic Bingo Devices, and Manufacturing & Bottling of Ink

We are a national company that holds gaming licenses in 5 states and ship to other distributors in over 30 states

From our corporate office in Youngstown, Ohio we service all of our route salesmen and distributor customers from our 70,000 square foot distribution center.

Our 100 employees provide a consent level support for our customers and for our sales team which allows us to provide superior service, products and support.

Our Fleet of Route Trucks has continued to grow as we expand our business to service our customers.

Charitable Gaming Industry

• Charitable Gaming became a fundraising option for charities in the 1970's and has continued to grow through today
• What started as a simple game has grown and changed in order to compete against other forms of entertainment including the Lottery, Casinos, etc.
• The once simple game now plays with X & T patterns, postage stamps, picture frame, double bingo, cover all, crazy T, etc.
• It also includes instant bingo which allows players to purchase tickets similar to those played by many state lotteries
• Other products include instant bingo, merchandise prizes and electronic bingo devices. These products have become the lifeblood of the profitability of the games and allow more money to be raised for the charities.

Facts

• According an article by the Associated Press & the Columbus Dispatch, the Attorney General's office estimated that about $2 billion worth of instant tickets were sold in Ohio.
• Of the 2,000 various variety of instant tickets our company sold in a recent year our 5 most popular tickets grossed almost $60,000,000 for local charities
• The Charities we service in 5 states grossed over $300,000,000 on the bingo products that we sold and raised a net profit for their charities of over $60 Million.

Customers
Our customers include all types of charities but to name just a few Churches, Synagogues, Schools, Youth Sports, Volunteer Fire Departments, Humane Societies, Civic Clubs, and Booster Clubs along with Fraternal Clubs like the Elks, Eagles and the Moose in addition to Veteran Organizations like VFWs, American Legions and the Amvets.

These organizations provide an invaluable service to their communities and use charitable gaming as a major funding source to support their efforts.

Merchandise
We also sell merchandise that is used by our customers as prizes that include NFL, NBA, MLB, NASCAR merchandise, Gift Baskets, Gas Grills, Mountain Bikes, and Motor Cycles along with seasonal products for Christmas, Valentine Day, Halloween and many other types of items.