Coin Machine Journal

Issue: 1933 July

71
THE COIN M A C H I N E J O U R N A L
July, ip 33
p ressiv e
p e r io d .
e v e r y th in g
T h e r e fo r e ,
ru n n in g
a lo n g
w ith
s m o o th ly
sin ce th e y w ere le ft t o sta rt c o lle c tin g
m o n e y b o x o n c e a w eek a n d d iv id in g
n ick els.
the c o in s.
W e a b s o lu te ly k n o w o f s e v ­
S ham e o n som e o f y o u !
fo r th e o p e ra to rs a n d th e lo c a tio n s ,
eral g am es w h ich h a v e b e e n th ro w n
No
it is sin ce re ly h o p e d th a t th e o p e r a ­
ou t
o p e r a to r “ t o p s ” y o u r sp ots o c c a s io n ­
tors w ill b e b r o a d -m in d e d e n o u g h to
clea n them .
co n tin u e to o p e ra te g a m es w h ic h are
ce n tly m a d e the r o u n d s o f th e c it y to
to y o u r bu sin ess, k eep y o u rs e lf a n d
w ith in th e law , a n d u se u tm o s t d is­
ascerta in
y o u r m a ch in es clean .
cr e tio n
in
th e
g am es w h ic h
p la c in g
on
lo c a tio n
m ig h t g iv e th e en tire
b u sin ess a b a d re p u ta tio n , resu ltin g
in
th ro w in g
every
o p e r a to r
out
of
w o r k a n d le a v in g a trail o f distress as
the fin a l fin ish
of
to
a g re a t n u m b e r
stru g g lin g lo c a tio n s ,
T h in k
tw ic e b e fo r e
O p e r a to r s !
d o in g
a n y th in g
th a t m a y je o p a r d iz e y o u r en tire b u s i­
ness a n d th e bu sin ess o f h u n d re d s o f
o th e r o p e ra to rs ju s t fo r th e sake o f
m a k in g a little fa ste r m o n e y .
S ta y
w ith th e g a m es y o u k n o w a re o k a y ,
an d re m e m b e r th a t a slo w n ick e l w ill
b eca u se the
o p e r a to r
fa ile d
to
Y o u r c o r r e s p o n d e n t re ­
ju s t w h a t
th e m a n y lo ca tio n s .
g a m es w ere
in
I w a s d isg u ste d
w o n d e r som e alert a n d c le a n ly
a lly .
G e t h o ld o f y o u r s e lf!
A tte n d
A lw a y s w ear a
sm ile a n d h a v e a p lea sa n t w o rd . G iv e
had
th e lo c a tio n
th e b e s t en d o f
e v e ry
n ev er k n o w n the fe e l o f a s o ft c lo t h
tra n sa ction ,
and
m ore
to
fin d s o m a n y g a m es
w h ic h
w ith a little fu rn itu re p o l i s h ; so m a n y
glasses w h ich h a d n e v e r sin ce th e y le ft
y o u ’ll
fin d
p ro fits in th e bu sin ess than y o u ever
a n ticip a te d .
the jo b b e r fe lt th e to u c h o f a d a m p
to w e l ■— so d ir ty a n d fin g e r-m a rk e d
Biatt Visits Chicago
o n e c o u ld s ca rc e ly see th e n u m b ers
a ro u n d the p o ck e ts o n th e p la y b o a r d .
M a n y gam es, to o , th a t n e e d e d a little
m ech a n ica l a tte n tio n — a n e w sp rin g
p erh a p s o n the p lu n g e r, o r a slig h t
a d ju s tm e n t
to
the
e le v a to r.
M any
B ill
B la tt,
p resid en t
of
the
Su­
p re m e V e n d in g C o m p a n y , sp en t se v ­
eral d a y s in C h ica g o th e last w eek
in J u n e lin in g u p n ew n u m bers fo r
F a ll bu sin ess.
M r.
B la tt
expresses
h im se lf as c o n fid e n t that a great d eal
m ore w ith cr a ck e d a n d c h ip p e d m a r ­
o f b u sin ess w o u ld b e d o n e this F a ll.
b les.
H o w in h ea v en s su ch g a m es as
T h e m a n u fa ctu re o f gam es, p a r tic u ­
som e I saw ever c o u ld b e e x p e c te d to
la rly , h a s sim m ered d o w n to a fe w
coax
th e m o s t
fa c to r s a n d th e y are p r o d u c in g som e
a rd en t en th u siast o f th e g a m e , I c a n ­
sen sa tion a l n ew m ach in es w h ich w ill
a large p e r c e n ta g e o f th e g a m e s o n
n o t co m p re h e n d .
k e e p o p e ra to r s ’ earn in gs u p to n o r ­
lo c a tio n w h ich h a v e n o t b e e n cle a n e d
is
a lw a y s b e a t a q u ic k d o lla r .
*
*
A n d a n o th e r su g g estion to th e o p ­
e ra to r s:
W e c a n n o t h e lp b u t n o tic e
a n ick e l
m ore
than
fr o m
ev en
B e in g a n o p e r a to r
m e re ly
o p e n in g
th e
m al.
1
P A C IF IC
C O A S T
O P E R A T O R S :
Buy Your Equipment From the Old Reliable
West Coast Distributor —
O LSO N
G A M E S CO.
“Always After New Business”
1121
V E N IC E B O U L E V A R D
L O S
A N G E L E S
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THE COIN M A C H I N E JOURNAL
72
The Reason
g
W HY!
M y , 1933
POK-O-MAT Deals
Toker ‘ijfands
® P ok er as a co in m a ch in e g a m e has
self is a fe a tu re n o t to b e o v e r lo o k e d
b e co m e m ore p o p u la r th a n ev er this
b y b o th op e ra to rs a n d p la y ers. T h e r e
y ea r.
A v a rie ty o f c a r d g a m es has
are fift y -t w o d isk s rep resen tin g the
app eared, and on e o f th e m o s t in ter­
regu lar fift y -t w o ca rd d e c k , p r o v id ­
O P E R A T O R S
estin g o f these is “ P o k - O - M a t ,” in ­
in g a fu ll g a m e o f b o th stu d a n d d ra w
'M a k e M o re M o n e y
tro d u ce d re ce n tly b y S tew a rt & M c ­
p o k e r,
C L A W
and
C R A N E
by Featuring
G u ire, N e w Y o r k .
in g
V I K I N G
S tew a rt &
P o k -O -M a t is on e o f th e o u ts ta n d ­
am usem ent
g a m es
p r o v id in g
a
M c G u ir e , w ith J a m es
E . S tew a rt at th e h elm , h a v e b e c o m e
know n
th ro u g h o u t
the
c o u n tr y
fo r
m e ch a n ica lly p e r fe c t, s cie n tific g a m e
th eir cig a rette sales m a ch in es. Jim , as
o f p ok er.
I t is e m b o d ie d in on e o f
M r . S tew a rt is k n o w n to m o st o f us,
the
a ttra ctiv e
h as b u ilt an o u tsta n d in g m e rch a n d is­
m ost
c a b in e ts
has y e t been p resen ted .
w h ich
T h e ca b in e t
in g
sales
o rg a n iz a tio n
and
ran k s
as w ell as the ga m e fo llo w s th e m o st
a m on g the lea d in g figu res in the in ­
m o d e m trend.
d u stry.
T h e m ach in e h as b e e n ca lle d “ the
gam e w ith the b r a in .”
u n ca n n y
P R O D U C T S
. The people whose nickels you
[are after are not FOOLS!
They don’t t h r o w their
money away on undesirable or poor
quality merchandise. Y O U vVE
GOT TO GIVE THEM A BREAK
IF YOU WANT THEIR MONEY
. . . which is the BIG reason for
featuring VIKING PRODUCTS.
In VIKING you find combined
NOVELTY and QUALITY and
. . . as for price—-Look at these typi­
cal prices taken from our SUM­
MER B U L L E T I N LISTING
OVER 1000 ITEMS!
Prices Subject to Prior Sale
Take-A-Shot Cup Sets with 4 nested
cups. Dozen ......................... .$ 4.50
Barrel Cup Set with 4 nested Cups,
Dozen ........................................... 4.50
Large Chrome Finished Cocktail
Shaker 11 in. High. Each............ 1.10
Ingraham Wrist Watch with Strap
in Fancy Box. Each....... .......
1.25
Ingraham Monarch Alarm Clock in
4 Beautiful Finishes. Each.......... .75
Metal Hammer Tool Set with Tools
Concealed in Handle. Dozen...... 1.90
Fancy Pearl Handle Pocket Knives
2 Blades—Polished. Dozen.......... 1.10
Fountain Vest Pocket Flashlight
Highly Nickel Polished. Dozen.... 1.50
"Viking” Vest Pocket Folding
Camera. Each ................ ........ . 1.25
AND 1000 OTHER LEADERS
ERIC WEDEMEYER
— Importer —
170 Fifth Ave., New York
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how
I t is a lm o st
e fficie n tly
and
scien ­
tifica lly b oth sty les o f p o k e r are d ea lt
is in serted
in to
th e
co in slot and b y tu rn in g th e cen ter
h an d le
the
ta b le
is
cleared o f all ca rd s.
then set to “ d e a l.”
you
h ea r E r ic a
is m a r r y i n g
“ W e ll,
sh e’s
lu c k y .
N obody
e ls e
c o u l d e v e r s e e a n y t h i n g i n h e r .”
a u to m a tic a lly
T h e p o in te r is
T h e p la y e rs, if
p la y in g stud p o k e r , p ress all th e fiv e
b u tton s fa cin g th e m a n d th e y th en ,
u p on
“ D id
h er X -r a y s p e c ia lis t? ”
b y this m ech a n ica l m a sterp iece.
A s the co in
N O S E C R E T S F R O M H IM
turning the h a n d le
a g a in , re­
Our July
SPECIAL
ceiv e their first fiv e ca rd s. T h e y then
press the b u tto n s o p p o s ite th e c a r d -
d isk s
th e y
w ish
to
d is ca rd .
The
S T A N D
A ll Steel
S
$250
C H E C K S
Per 1000
$e°o
p oin ter is n o w set to “ d r a w ” a n d th e
h an d le is again tu rn ed r e v o lv in g the
d isca rd s u nder th e b a c k o f th e h a n d
5 c
(n o t b a c k in to th e g a m e a g a in ) a n d
th e n ew cards a p p ea r.
In
d ra w p o k e r, o n ly
one
b u tto n
(th e b u tton s are n u m b e r e d ) a t a tim e
is pressed and th e p la y e r s re ce iv e b u t
M IN T S
on e ca rd at a tim e as in th e a ctu a l
AA
VW
gam e itself.
A n o th e r fea tu re o f th e m a ch in e is
that as m a n y as six p e o p le c a n p la y
the g a m e at o n e tim e.
T h e m a ch in e
is h ex a g on a l in sh a p e a n d th e re fo r e
m a d e to a c c o m m o d a te a c o m p le te set
o f p la y ers.
A sin g le p la y e r c a n a lso
use th e m ach in e p la y in g
a c co r d in g
to
w h a te v e r
fo r h a n d s
sy ste m
of
aw ards the o p e ra to r m a y a llo w .
E very
m ove
is
u n d er
a w a y fr o m m a n ip u la tio n .
g lass
and
T h is in it-

PER CASE
1000 S T A N D A R D
5c PA C K A G ES
When Ordered Shipped by Express
Freight Shipments
25c per case extra
W ATLING
MANUFACTURING CO.
4640-4660 W . Fulton St.
C H IC A G O , ILL.
Tel. Columbus 2770
Cable Address: Watlingite, Chicago
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