C.O.C.A. Times

Issue: 2014-July - Vol 20 Num 2

RACES was built by th e Superior Confection
Comp any in 1935. It came in two versions,
on e r acing dogs, the oth er racing horses.
T he mech a n ism was esen tially Watling and
r esembled a J en n ings LITTLE DUKE on its
back; and thou gh it was complicated and
seemingly unwieldly, RACES was fun to
p lay. It w as manufactured for about four
years. T his beautiful example ison display in
the Harrah's collection .
tion," says Harper, "and I hope it stays
together."
Britt reports th at there are eighty-
five fully restored slot machines on dis-
play in the Pony Express Museum, an d
thirty more th at are being restored at
this time. The restoration of the slot
machines is done by the Harrah's slot
department, supervised by Gin o
Ghigerri.
The museum intends to display more
The rare Mills DUPLEX is always worth another look, and here it is. The angular photograph
shows the non-flat front-a feature most other floor machines do not have.
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This is the mechanism of the Mills DUPLEX.
Note the simplicity of the mechanism as
compared to the complexity of the de tailing
on the outside of the machine. Compare this
with the opposite case in the cons truction of
the McDonald BANNER.
Frank Harper looks as if he's about to try his
luck on one of t h e mode rn slot mMhin ea
r eady for gaming enthusiasts in the lobby
appe nded to the Pony ExµresA Mu Aeum.
Th t! He are lh~ nnly mHc hint:,.t1 viHitorH to th ~
collection ttre al lowed to piny; but the good
news is thnt they pny bette r thnn the old-
faa hio ned ones o n d isplay.
machin es as t hey a re restored.
Lyon Guarding the Goods
Mr. Lyun did nut collect all the exhib-
its hi msel f. Qi,h cr people with interests
similar to h is donated artifacts fro m
their own collections, or artifacts that
they themselves had fo und.
Lyon owned Lyon Van and Storage.
He used to go out to ghost towns in the
g-old country with his trucks and "just
collect anything th at was lying about."
The interior of the BANNER was e compli-
cate d arrange me nt of levers, springs nnd
wheels , while its exterior was almoKl auR-
tcre. Things w er e juet the oppos ite i n the
MillH D U PLEX.
T h e McDonald BANNE R was first manufactured in l!JOO. Here, one could bet on up to six
colors nnd wntch the wheel s pin nnd liste n to the music piny. The odds arc cosy to figure on the
o ld single wh eel floor ma chin es s in ce on e n e eds only to eountupthe number o f eolors and mul-
tiply the number of colors by th e payout. This number, compared to the number of po s ible
stopping positions dete rmine• the machine's o dds.
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