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Issue: 1977 December 035

Coin Slot Magazine - #035 - 1977 - December [International Arcade Museum]
Numbered symbols, but a whopping
224.8% on the odd numbered symbols.
Therefore, the player was almost assured :' -.3^*18'!^'
of losing for four consecutive plays,
and then winning two (or three) coins
on the fifth play. Getting the pointer
all the way to 10 was very difficult
to do . . . but who could leave the ma
chine with the pointer on 6 or 7?
jackpot
and
possible when
Gold
the
Award
were
The
only
high-percentage
(or
odd) symbols were on the pay line,
or two out of ten plays. You can see
the Futurity was truly a "bandit", and
a
very
clever
and
deceptive
one
at
that!
Apparently, the Futurity machine was :.;'
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unsuccessful with the operators.
Not
only was it an unattractive machine, but the players quickly figured
out
that some "hanky-panky"
was taking place
inside the bright
orange and blue painted monstrosity. To improve the payout odds,
and to eliminate the obvious ten-stop "bounce" of the machines,
many operators apparently
replaced
the
Futurity
mechanism with
a standard twenty-stop mechanism, attempting to salvage their in
vestment in the unpopular machine.
Today, there are some con
verted Futuritys around, and their owners do not even realize they
have been altered.
The author was in this category, having pur
chased a machine that had been converted.
Not until comparing
notes with other collectors, and realizing that something was ob
viously wrong with my machine, did I discover the true ingenious-
ness of the Futurity.
The writer's engineering background has
always reinforced a respect for the Mills
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Coin Slot Magazine - #035 - 1977 - December [International Arcade Museum]
NO LIMIT
NO RESERVE
Auction-Auction-Auction
FEBRUARY 4TH & 5TH, 1978
WORLD'S GREATEST COLLECTION
OF ARCADE, MUSIC, GAMBLING
& VENDING COIN OPERATED MACHINES
ALL MACHINES — PRE-1940
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
FRONTIER HOTEL •
AMERICANA ROOM
FEATURING: 10 rare, old, antique, restored upright slot machines, including
Mills Duplex, Callle floor model and counter model roulettes, Caille musical i
double, Mills cricket, musical Chicago, etc.
8 restored, mint condition fancy carved wooden barber chairs. 2 magnificent turn of the cen
tury ornate wooden, marble and onyx ice cream back bars, over 100 rare, restored 3 reel
slot machines. 8 old machines still in shipping crates, never used. Over 100 counter model
trade stimulators, some cast iron models, many unique vending machines including Happy
Jap. Smllen Sam. Baker Boy. and others. Wurimzer and Rockoia Jukeboxes. Edison and Vic
tor phonographs. Mills electric piano. Regina Subiima piano. 15 polished, restored brass cash
registers, peanut and popcorn roasters by Creators. Holcumb & Holke and Kingray. Large
floor model Evans Big 6 wheel. 2 small ornate Evans Carnival wheels one with odds changer.
4 wooden carved roulette tables w/wheels. chips, chairs, etc.. faro layout and case keepers,
old wood Keno gooses, and other old gambling items, old punchboards. early pinball back
glass. Bakers Pacers horse race console. Paces reels, many floor model arcade machines
including mutoscopes, quartoscopes. fortune telling palm reader, diggers, card machines,
pinballs and many more. Advertising signs, trays, movie posters, leaded glass windows,
country store showcases and cabinets, a rare unique cabinet style folding bathtub w/self
contained water heater, plus hundreds of other highly desirable collectors items.
PREVIEW DATE FEB. 3rd, 12 NOON TO 8 P.M.
Plan now to attend this event of the year for coin machine collectors.
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