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Twice a Month Publication for the Coin Operated Entertainment Industry
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Volume 11 , Number 16/September 1, 1985
FEATURES
Operators Rave About Electronic Darts
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Operators report that electronic darts ore making good money in adult
locations like bars, and the games increase in collections from week to
week-as long as the operator promotes the game with league ploy.
Dart Factories Gearing Up for Dig Push . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
While the other manufacturers ore shrinking in size, electronic dart manu-
facturers ore increasing their payrolls, expanding to larger quarters to keep
up with the increasing demand for the honest item in coin-op amusement
today.
Pool-A Growing Replacement Market .. . ...... . ....
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Pool table manufacturers report pool table soles ore up slightly, but it's
nothing to support a bock-to-the-basics trend in new equipment purchases
for operators. The key, most table makers soy, is operator promotions.
Fall Buyers' Guide .... .. .. .. ...... ................. 41
Table Gomes, Darts, Shuffle Alleys, and Bowlers-A pictorial and chrono-
logical breakdown of current equipment to stock your adult locations for
the toll.
DEPARTMENTS
8 Up Front
9 Letters to the Editor
10 News
30 The Notional Play Meter
54 Classified Advertising
Cover Credit: Illustration by Morgret Vincent of Ploy Meter magazine.