I have a ms pacman/galaga machine in a pizza hut. Pizza hut is considered a “good” location. its not some backstreet laudry or shady bar. The machine made me $26 last month. So I get $13 and pizza hut get $13. The month before that it made $22. The tax stamp is $12.50 a month.

So last month thanks to the state tax people I made 50c.
and thats before I take off my gas, any repairs and expense.

Fortunatley I replaced the sticker by June 30th which means it was only $50, but next year.. well me and all the other operators in the state will be offloading games to ebay and craiglist for sure. There is no more business to be done.

Of course chucky cheese and co will remain open, the 600% profit magins on the pizza and partys will cover the extra expense. but for the local game operator this is the final nail in the coffin…

how does the goverment seriously expect to increase revenue by puting people out of business? Did they not research this?

Since its impossible to keep tabs on how many quaters an amusement device takes, I understand the tax decal to be a form of sales tax for game machines.

Can you imagine the publice anger if sales tax tripled?

Howcome all those casino slot machines dont require tax stamps? dont even get me started on that….

Game over? Brad Henry thinks so…

ps: Arcade machines for sale. Business Closure forces sale.
contact me for more details. and yes im serious…