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reason given by the respondents.
said, summing up the reason given
by many who were opposed to any
repeal battle . "I don't operate
jukeboxes anymore,"was another
Joiners and fighters
O n other matters, the survey
Dis t ribution by Size of Operation
75-un der
76-299
300-over
Average
Upright video s
Cocktail vid e o s
Pool t ables
Pin b alls
Pho nos
Other
19
2
1
4
1
2
80
7
9
27
15
9
348
47
137
87
41
88
8
13
31
19
12
Total
29
147
724
171
64
New Equipment Purchases
75-under
76-299
300-over
Aver age
Upright video s
Cocktail video s
Poo l tables
Pin balls
Phonos
Other
13
2
0
2
0
0
43
4
3
5
2
0
161
25
7
23
7
1
46
6
2
6
2
1
Total
17
57
224
63
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found that only 28 percent of the
operators responding to the survey
belong to a state local association .
The largest percentage of joiners
was among the large operators-62
percent of whom belonged to state
local associations.
Thirty-nine percent of those
operators who responded said they
were hampered by excessive
governmental intrusion or undue
restrictions place on their busi-
nesses . Restrictions on the number
of machines was the major source of
governmental restriction (27%). But
zoning problems also logged almost
a like number of complaints from
operators (27%). Twenty-one percent
of the complaints focused in on bans
of certain game types .
Age restrictions , which are
presently being challenged in the
U.S. Supreme Court, accounted for
_s percent of the complaints. Other
complaints of undue governmental
harrassment accounted for ten
percent. The most frequent
complaint in this c ategory was
excessively high licensing fees.
Of note , 39 percent of the
operators said they had fought
governmental restrictions, and of
that total 58 percent claimed they
had been successful in winning their
cases.
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