Play Meter

Issue: 1982 February 01 - Vol 8 Num 3

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6)
and a
tournaments .
In an int rview in th e M ay 15. 197
issue of Play M ter magazin ,
Peppard xplained that a t urna-
ment was not supposed to mak
money, in and of itself: '' Ev r ybody
who i
in manufa t ur in g or
marketing has only on thing I
II .
and that is quart r in th cas h box.
A nd promotion put quart r in th
cash box . They cr at
t.
and that produ e a gr
for the op rator becaus th
taking plac . N ow, w
finan cing th tour lik any
overhead it m, and that i pa
in the cos t of th produ I."
Peppard u ed that am philoso-
phy to justify the 400,000 Tourna-
m nt Sp tacular .
A fter th tournam nt h d fai l d .
Peppard xplained to Play M t r
that " th objectiv ofth tourn am nt
was still to sell Tournam nt Socc r ,
Tournam nt Eight Ball. T ournam nt
M ark Dart s . a nd T ourn m nt
H ock y." Th at wa th whol point
of the tournament, he aid, t
II
product.
H e v n xplain d that it w
anticipat d the tourname nt would
operate at a loss. In fa t , h
desc ribed a loss o r hortfall of
$100,000 at the tournam nt a "a
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An otllll uon between TG/
one/ thP Awn c>l'en t
PLAY METFR . Februar y 1 , 1982
Pt < ' Ill~
(contmu d from p 1ge 7)
The theory back th n was that w
should let it blow over and th n
"saunt r out, whistlin' and lookin'
innoc nt ."
For tho e who think this strat gy
work d, they might b w II advi d
to revi w the publi r cord of the
jukebox rate r vi w hearing befor
th Copyright Royalty Tribun I.
AS AP, pleading again t thi
indu try , dr dg d up th
whol
sordid m ss. Th y had one of th
Sun · Times report rs on th ca
testify about th "g n ral lawl s
n ss" in th coin rna hin industry.
Th A M OA argued that it w
irrelevant, immat rial , and h uld b
ignor d.
But , in light of the CRT d lSI n
whi h was w ighted h avily in favor
of ASCAP, one wond r if th
industry would have far db II r if it
had shown om fight back th n.
Now. today. d spit th indu try
bur au r cy of thr
disjoint d
trade
iation and
g n ral
aw ren s that w hav
n imag
pr bl m to overcome. a public r Ia ·
tion nightmar u has th Tourna
ment Fi< co urf
at th
po sibl tim .
And the industry re pons tod y,
with all thi bur au racy?
Th
am.
"0 y lay low."
So harli
obb, n r ead op r
cllor in Gc ry . lndi na
n w om r
to th l>u in ss. hy thP way took it
upon him If t try ,md g n
om
ort of 111dust rv r pon
th probl m .
Fir t. to
ifmayb th op r I r
nati nal as o iation might want to
tak an a tiv h nd on th matt r . h
truth is too horribl to
r v al?
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poge I 5)
PRIZE REDEMPTION & TRADE CHECKS
CASINO SLOT & GAMING COINS
Phone or write for cakJiog & .ample•
Pl Y METE R. FebruJI} 1 . 1982
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