Quoted from herbertbsharp:An operator told me a Stern rep said 75%.
The only place to play a new machine is at someones house that just got it.... at least in the DC / northern va area. I assume that percent goes up a good bit every year.
The only way to find out if you like a machine is to either have a friend or pinsider that already dropped the 7k or you have to drop 7k to find out its a dud or that they dont feel like finishing the code.