Coin Slot Magazine - #049 - 1979 - February [International Arcade Museum]
bartender pay out gum ball machine? The answer to that question
really increased my admiration for the mechanical whizzes at Mills.
It seems that the coin slot will not only accomodate penr*ies,
but nickels, dimes, and quarters too. Why, on a supposedly penny
gum ball machine?
The pay out card reads, "The next 20 years
means success for you." when the three bars are hit; 'The lady
of your choice is as fair today as she was at 16!" when the three
bells are hit; "The numeral 2 means good luck for you." when the
two cherries are hit; and so forth in the usual way. The numbers
2, 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20 are in a much bolder print than the "for
tunes," so it is evident that the interest in playing the machine
was not in getting the amusing fortunes or the gum balls for the
penny, nickel, dime, or quarter.
When the bartender checked out
the winning combination, he could tell if the machine had been
tilted and what to pay out.
How could
the bartender know
what kind of coin had been played?
Did
he pay 20 pennies or twenty
quarters?
As usual in trade stimu
lators, there is a small "inspection
window" on the side of the machine.
Originally it was used to check if
the player had used a slug or washer
to cheat the operator.
The
Bell
Boy has this inspection window too.
It shows a penny
in
it.
In fact,
regardless of what denomination of
coin
is played, the window has a
"permanent penny" displayed in the
inspection window.
This display
penny is pressed into a movable
frame.
It looks like a ruse to indi
cate to any law enforcement types
that the machine was only an inno
.com machine. Or, at
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