Many owners say they expect to lose their entire investment.

Only after the production has run many weeks and finally returned the entire investment to the investors does it begin to "make money" for them.

They have just seen their entire investment go down the drain.

The production is expected to recoup a little more than half its entire investment.

Still, after running more than a year and a half, the play lost almost its entire $250,000 investment.

It closed in May at a loss of almost its entire $240,000 investment.

So he holds on to the stock, putting his entire investment at risk for months.

"Our theory is that in most cases we will not lose the entire investment," he said.

But if the share price rises, he can easily lose his entire investment.

"What do they have that's worth your throwing away this entire investment?"