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I don't mind paying $0.25 or $0.50 per game. I find myself
consistently playing better when my money is on the line
Since there's no admission fee, this is fair. If you look at the
prices for recent free-play shows, $10 (PAGG) to $20+ (CaEx), this is
around 40 games' worth. At 5 minutes per game, that's over 3 hours of
solid play, not counting replays, resting time, and good games that
last longer than 5 minutes. And I'm not even going to mention Expo's
usurious admission fee
And, another advantage of coin-play machines: no looky-loos crowding up
the hot machine that you have been standing in line to play, only to
maddeningly hit the start button for another game, just as their first
game was about to end....
Are the PAPA coin-play machines set up to give replays and/or extra
balls? If so, then the deal gets better.
Unfortunately I will miss the show this year, otherwise I'd go, and
pack lots of rolls of quarters! I hope PAPA has lots of changers for
the crowd to use
Josh