Coin Slot Magazine - #035 - 1977 - December [International Arcade Museum]
'THE GREEDIEST BANDIT"
by Chuck Treuter
Perhaps one of the most noto
rious of the "one-armed bandits"
was the Mills "FUTURITY".
While many machines were de
signed with gimmicks and devi
ces to entice the player to de
posit "one more coin", the Fu
turity accomplished this feat with
the greatest finesse. The Futuri
ty machine had a large dial on
the top of the machine.
A
pointer would move up one num
ber every time the player lost.
In an attempt to convince the
player that the machine was "on
the level", ten coins would be
returned if the pointer made it
to number 10, indicating ten
consecutive losses. However, on
any "win" the pointer would
return to zero. This seems like a fair arrangement for the player until
we discover the deception being created by this ingenious mechanism.
Simply stated, the Futurity mechanism is a standard ten-stop mech
anism, but with two distinctly separate sets of ten-stop combinations.
In other words, the machine utilizes one set of ten-stops on certain
plays and a completely different set of ten-stops on other plays. This
amazing feat was accomplished by using a standard reel assembly with
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On four plays,
p: numbered symbols. Apparently, several different
line using the
htt odd
ten-stop stars, but with twenty-stop reel discs.
Futurity reel strip sets were available including one with Gold Award.
The payout percentage on the writer's machine is 18.8% on the even
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