Who gets what, and how much?

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Who gets what, and how much?
By T.D. Flack, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Tuesday, January 29, 2008

SEOUL, South Korea — The U.S. Army uses a complex formula for dividing its slot machine profits.

On Army installations, the host facility — the bowling center where the slots are located, for example — gets an immediate 10 percent of the take, Don Rojas, general manager of the Army Recreation Machine Program, said during a phone interview earlier this month.

Operating expenses — such as labor and business supplies — are then deducted from the remaining 90 percent. Rojas said operating expenses total about 21 percent of the total gross slot machine revenue.

Once those expenses are deducted, the sum is once again divided, with 60 percent going to the Army garrisons where the money was made and 40 percent going into what’s called the Central Fund Account.

The garrisons use their 60 percent to fund capital purchases and minor construction — projects under $1 million, Rojas said. This could include a snack bar renovation, replacement bowling pins or new carpeting, Rojas said.


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