Play Meter

Letters to
the editor • • •
An attorney's help
on tract di putc . lea · es. an t i-
legi la tion. liccn ing. increa ing rela-
tion . police hara ment. theft of
equipment. break-ins.
a nd a li m.
location changing hand s. and eizure
of gra equipment are a few of the
xcedrin headache that arc common-
place in the day-to-day opera ti on of
the legitimate game opera tor.
The re's no c ape . If ou operate
enough equipment in different munic-
ipalitie . whether arcades or tree t.
location · . th e e
ccurrence
will
unfortunate) take place . The are
orne of th e verhead cos t a nd agg ra -
vati n of running a succc ful route .
eed les to a . Mr. verage Ope ra -
tor ha hi hand full running hi
regular ope ra tio n. insuring hi loca-
tions are er iced properly. collected
timely . ro tated enough t maintain
higher re venues. as well as a ppea. ing
hi va t clien tele of location a nd hi
cu tomer · in ·a tia bl e appetite th a t
they are getting th e ery be t equip-
ment tha t th eir par t ic ula r loca tion
"warra nt."
We al l kno\ for th e legi tima te oper-
ator there' more than ai ting for full
ca hboxe and pending the e quarter
on yo ur wilde · t whims . Mr. Opera tor's
day i filled with cas h now balancing.
being an em ployee foreman, c mpu te r
analy t. ambas ador. a nd a n intrin ic
feeling of trying to kee p a pule on an
indu ·tr that toda y ha a n infinite
amount of facet and di er ·i ns tha t
no cry tal ball can clearly predi t.
Yes
nea me . ... .. . . ... ... ... . Yc
ggra a tin g ............. . . Ye
E citing ....... . .......... . Yes
ecuri ty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bout
a ecure a ha ing a traight in a se e n
card tud game v hen o ne of our
opponent
ha two pair howing .
PLAY METER. April 1. 1983
You' e got a betting hand in the future.
but you ju t don't know if the re' a
"full b at" waiting at the e nd of the
ga me. We'rea llh pingwe're not goi ng
to drown in the confu ion of the future
of thi indu tr .
I running our route and operation
a full-time bu si ne ? We' e been in it
for 12 s ucce ful ears. We ha e grown
geometricall
irtually e ery ear of
operation, but b no mean i it a the
Bi7 Op "blue- uede- hoe bo "clai m
a few ho ur a week in our pare time
will buy yo u th a t drea m house . Our
busi ness does not know 9-5 hours,
holida y . and " eekend off. The e
game ha ve to be \ orking and pump-
ing in all your location ju t a oil well
do t o in ure your bottom line i in the
black e er month .
We' e orked hard to protect our
intere t and unfortunately certain
facets of our operation go around the
clock ... ever da
of the year. Thi
doe n't give your head m uch re t.
There are no igh of relief in thi bu i-
nes . O b tacle and road bl ock are the
norm rather than the excep tion in thi
bu ine s.
We're a ervice bu ine . The opera-
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Fo r f urth r inf o rm ati o n , call Pete Entringer
(coll ect )
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