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Minnesota
[Fd. Note: Thanks for the r·orrec-
tirm. As you may know, rna only
source for this inforrnntion comes
frum you, the operators. By the
way, ymt will uotiN', startinq
U'ith this issue, Play Met<•r is
running a. regu-lar col-umn wit hi11
its pages that details the tax nnd
lirensP situations for cith:s, coun-
ties, and states. Again, this
t'VPn t hP hPst nPw games.
Gene Relev
Android Amuseme~t
Arcadia, ('alifornia
Belated correction
This
a
sota.
lloo-boy! There has always
bet>n a sales tax on eoin-operated
machinPs in the land of 10,000
lakPs - three percent of the
gross. The only machines that it
dm•s not apply to are coin-opera-
ted washers, dryPrs, scales, and
dry-c!Paning machines.
It might be noted that we
opPrators told the Minnesota
Leg"islatun• not to raise the rate
of sa IPs tax on machines. In 1971,
when thl' tax was in('rpased to
four pen·pnt. thP ratP on mach-
int>s st.ayprl at three per('Pnt and
PLAY METER,
March, 1980
and
r-if!l
rcquireJru•nts
tnust mr~et to op(:'rate in
t h use jurisdictions.
Hopefully,
from this data wP-'11 lu' able to
.1/0il
H rather comprehf:'N.'>'i1·e
rllndown of 1rlw is char!1ing what
and to whom. Also, !JOii should
read and re-read this mrmth's
C'oiumrm intenJieu.-'. It points Oil!
l'f'T!I
uTll how to fight bad
licl'11siny situations a.nd the wl-
i!rmtaqe of lwvin_q a qrip 011 II' hat
others are JHI!Ii11q, and HJhf're.]
l'rJmfJilP
Solid State Plnballs
Arcade Equipment
Bally
$199
199
199
199
199
299
299
US BilliARDS Shark
. .
Night Rider.
$710
860
Eve I Knieval.
. ................ 855
910
.. 955
Mat a Hari ..
905
Black Jack.
. 955
Strikes & Spares ..
1105
Lost World ..
...................... 1325
Playboy ..
. . 1155
Six Million Dollar Man ..
Power Play.
Eight Ball ..
Gottlieb
belated note of
comment on your September,
1979 issue. I own a eouple of
machinPs.
I've rPad lh<' list on page 24 at
least threP times and it still
impliPs that there is no tax on
coin-operaU•d machines in :\llinne-
1s
r'oiWftJ,
Very Special Prices
for Very Special
Osed Equipment
Indebted
OpPrators everywhPre are ron-
stanllv indPht('(i to you for vour
couragP to spPak ~ut on iht>ir
h('half. throu).{h your f'rlitorials,
on ~u<'h i~sups as tht• inereasing
ros1.s of equipment anrl t hP
Copyl'at S.vndromP. ThP Copyeat
s.vnrlrom<· may eventually be-
('()Jll{' t hP ( :hina SvndromP of this
industrv for m:inufaeturers in
this <'<;untry. The mcreasing
f'quipmPnt costs to operators
spvprply limit who ran purchase
information is r'Ompi!NI hy Opf•ra-
!ur input. Wf• ask yon, tlwrefore,
to kef'P as abreast of thr state,
$1035
Joker Poker..
...... 1155
Dragon.
Smbad.
Close Encounters.
Charlie's Angels ..
... 1010
..... 1010
1205
. 1185
Solar Ride.
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StGA Fonz
MEAnows l asrr Cnmrmnd .
PSE Ba!ook<~
MIDWAY Gunfr~llt
AMERif:OIN Dozer
EXIDY Circu"
A f ARt BreJkout
MIDWAY Srilwolf
VECTORBFAM SpPr~d frrak
VEC I ORBEAM Wanror
CINFMATR()Nif:S Til II Gunner
299
299
399
399
399
Jgg
399
599
799
1399
CALL
CAll
Cockta II Tables
Robot Bowl ..
Breakout.
Comotion H2 .
Gunfight
1
Tank ...
. $495
... 695
. . 495
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595
.. 295
TicTacOuiz ..
Hearts & Spades Pinball .
DrscoiPinballl ..
Vrdeo 5 Plus 2 .
Fun Four.
$195
. . 995
........ 1195
395
. 295
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