Our sales dropped $3,400 in November, $7,600 in December, $10,000 in January, $27,000 in February and $27,000 in March. None of my other locations have seen a drop in business - they are each averaging 2 percent growth.

Although we are on the road for much of November, December and part of January, if we can pick up some early road wins it will certainly help to have home-court advantage down the stretch, especially having five league games at home and traveling for just three in February and March. With the strength of every team in our league, there is no letting down and every game has to be treated with a championship effort.

There was in September. But October, November, December and January have surprised everyone, and revenues are fantastic. That's despite the fact that three riverboats are closed.

The lowest actual sales numbers for the year are almost always in January or February. That's because these are the sales negotiated around the holidays.

We usually see our first confirmed cases in December, with peak activity in January [and into] early February.

We were truly at a break-neck pace for home sales in January and February, likely the result of unseasonably mild weather, so it comes as no surprise to see sales decline to a more sustainable pace,