i guess someone needs to explain to me the huge fascination with a lcd in the backbox... sure, it's got a "cool" factor, but does it really have that much of a "cool factor"? how does it enhance gameplay? etc.

it's also a potential unobtainium/rather expensive maintenance item down the road...

or (as fatsquatch alluded to), is it really all about the "bling" with today's machines? and it doesn't need to add anything to actual gameplay, and it doesn't matter that it could turn out to be a real headache when it breaks....

no, i'm not joking... thanks for the comment though...

ok, so it LOOKS cool... gotcha...

wow, teekee and i agree... i'm going to buy lottery tickets this afternoon!

y'know, are operators really stern's main customers anymore? i'm not being a wiseguy, i don't know the answer to that question...

anecdotal evidence (which i rarely trust unless there is a preponderance of it, and i don't have that in this case) would suggest that home consumers are really stern's main customer now...

anecdotally, it would seem there are far more "collectors" than there are "locations" these days...

i know which one would have drawn in this boy when he was 13...

that being said... "draw in" and "keep him playing" are two completely different things... it's also entirely possible he wouldn't play the game at all, he'd just stand by the side of it and wait patiently for the picture of alice eve to come up over and over again... it's not like he can play the game and stare at alice at the same time...