Gene, based on 7 red caps released this year I figure that since they are now placing them six apart they go through 3000 strikes before the 500 red caps are gone. At $15 per strike that amounts to $45,000 to rid 500 red caps. They have gone through 7 red caps so far this 1/2 year, $315,000 gross. This does not money for include recycled red caps and clears. I don't know how many clears get recycled but I do know that a lot of collectors turn them in after getting the red caps that they wanted. Currently the Four Queens is out of clears and the machines will still get play, maybe only $110 per machine per day. Even this low worst case scenerio figure that you give amounts to $80,300 per year average.

Also they go through about 4 different $200 strikes per year which I think the count on these is around 140 each. That amounts to $115,200 gross.