Coin Slot

Issue: 1979 February 049

Coin Slot Magazine - #049 - 1979 - February [International Arcade Museum]
button remains a mystery, however.
When the machine is played,
the coin is automatically dropped into a small coin box.
That is,
five out of every six coins are dropped into the small coin box.
The sixth is automatically dropped into the large coin box. This is
done via a cam wheel with five small cams for the small box and
one large cam to tip the trap door to the large box.
So the large
box gets its share on a one-to-five ratio without the second button.
The
only
reason
I
can surmise
for the second button is a pure
guess.
If the bartender had to
make a trip over to the machine,
inspect the window, the tilt, and
the pay out, it was probably for
a trip worth more than a penny,
and he automatically dropped the
coin in the larger box.
But, re
member, it probably was not his
machine,
Why would he care in
which box the large denomina
tion coin went?
(See Photo E)
A smaller coin box door is on
the lower left portion of the back
door.
PHOTOE
It opens to the penny coin
box, and access to it can be gained
by the same key that opens the
gum filler plate on top of the ma
chine.
One key is for the penny
coin box and gum filler, and a
separate key is for the large coin
box
back
and
servicing
door.
The
through
the
bartender can
get to the pennies and fill the gum
receptacle, but only the owner of
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forward.
It cannot be reset.
The bartender would definitely
not set it forward to read more coins than were actually played.
It would be to his disadvantage to do so. It looks like one more
example of the Mills built-in honor system to insure an accuratek
count of the take. (See Photo G)
The machine must have been a real money maker, probably
not much different than a full size three reeler without the gum
ball feature.
However, just to make sure of operator profits, Mills
bugged the machine as well.
It has twenty sumbol reel strips
with the ten stop star wheels.
I was absolutely amazed at the
clever ways of getting the money, checking it, splitting the take,
guarding against cheating, circumventing the law, and giving the
customer something sweet to chew on for his money.
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From now on, however, I will take a second and third look at a
most fascinating generation of slot machines.
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