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STATE OF THE INDUSTRY JUKEBOXES 45s $47 33 98,500 $235.9 million VIDEO GAMES Kits CIGARETTE MACHINES PINBALL Average weekly gross: $72 Average per operator: 47 Total #on location: 195,000 Total Annual Revenue: $728.5 million topic . The common 50/50 commission split is still the most popular with 82 % at that rate. But there's hope yet that the norm will be raised: 23 % noted that they are receiving over 60 % as their share. Only a fraction of a percent said they are receiving less than 50%. For several years we've been asking operators if they use a computer in their businesses and the number continues to rise. This time 77 % said they are using a computer and anPLAY METER Average weekly gross: Average per operator: Total# on location: Total Annual Revenue: other 12 % said they will be soon. There's still 11 % who have no intention of joining the 20th Century; a handshake is sufficient for them. Of those surveyed , 35 % said their competition has increased in the past year; 17 % said it's decreased; while 48 % noted that it had stayed about the same. Also , just 22 % said their local economy had improved, 32 % said it's remained relatively unchanged, and 46 % claimed it's gotten worse . 10 $110 29 34,000 $194 million The coin machine industry employs nearly 69 ,000 people including technicians , full-time employees , and part-time employees. Nearly 52 % of the operators responding to the survey indicated they were members of AMOA and 44% said they were members of their state associations . While those numbers aren't shabby by any means , there 's still 35% who do not belong to any association. We asked operators how 1995 DIRECTORY