The sales of the arcade industry reached a volume of EUR 3.9 billion, which was hardly more than stagnation. A major problem for the firms is that the demand of private households has not risen in years. It is particularly striking that the industry has not participated in the high growth rates of the games-of-fortune market of approximately 3.5% per annum, recorded between 1995 and 2003.The reason for this is seen in the regulation density; a lasting improvement of the economic situation is seen in a comprehensive structural change of gaming regulations, which have basically remained intact since the early 1950s.This appraisal is confirmed by a report of the Federal Department of Economics (now: BMWA) at the conference of economic ministers in 2000, which stated that urgent change of regulations was required to improve the economic situation of the industry. The results of the study for the Association were introduced at the beginning of the International Vending Machine Fair (IMA) at two press conferences in Frankfurt and Nuremberg.
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