April is usually synonymous with sp...

April is usually synonymous with spring, rain showers and the start of baseball. If you are a faithful reader of American Coin-Op you know that the April issue features the annual industry review (page 6).

You probably won't be surprised to find that the numbers in this year's scrutinize are less than stellar. What really caught my notice was the lead measure and estimate question. We asked operators in what way their business was (gros dollar volume) in 2002 compared to 2001 Nearly 44 percent of the operators said they had a business increase last year across 2001. Two years ago, 70 percent of the