Coin Slot Magazine - #075 - 1981 - May [International Arcade Museum]
Last Minute
Legislative News!
Good news! Maryland may take
the #32 spot. As of 4/13/81 the
latest news was that Bill #391 -
Antique Slots passed both the
House and the Senate. All that is
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Reproduction includes a stunning array
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COLLECTOR'S TREASURY OF ANTIQUE SLOT
MACHINES from Contemporary Advertising
Browsing these pages is like picking a pathway through a forest of coin slot col-
lectables and discovering the answers to 1000 questions-most of which may
never have crossed your mind.
At last! A fingertip-handy selection from those renowned trade ads from The
Billboard magazine that form the primary base for modern day reporting on
vintage coin-operated machines! Now released in a big, permanent volume, in
dexed and ready for your continuous reference pleasure!
If you were a slot machine and counter game operator in the golden age, The
Billboard is where you first learned of the latest models, of special accessories,
of rebuilts and revamps. If you missed this experience the Treasury provides
you with a full review of this passing parade.
You'll be there when: The age of anonymity accents advance pay, fortune tell
ing and vending guides to help in securing locations... That old lure - the visible
jackpot-is revisited...A rash of jackpot front conversion attachments follow..-
.Lightweight counter games begin to proliferate with appeals to low initial cost
and the convenience of portable action... Penny play models keep operators
going in the Big Depression... The slug problem becomes acute and counter
measures become more sophisticated... Used Bells compete in price with new
counter games... Two plays are offered for one coin...
Mills starts modern times with the introduction of its Silent... The decibel level
in Bell play declines generally as other makers begin to emulate the Mills with
pads and cushions... Pin tables appear, often finding acceptance where Bells
are barred... Watling surprises all with a highly styled coin escalation carousel
... The wedding of a Bell mechanism with a pin table creates most unusual
machines from the McCoy to the Flasher... Jennings establishes a hallmark
tor its line through repetition of its Indian Head theme.
Columbia introduces a mighty midget Bell with innovative features permitting
coin denomination changes and low-end payouts using the last coin received
... Counter games become ubiquitous in locations with limited play action...
Multi-coin play appears in various forms ...
The Vest Pocket arrives to fill a vast "lunch counter niche" never before oc
cupied by an automatic payout machine... The pedestal "club" Bell becomes
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Manufacturing is curtailed by World War II ... Rebuilding and revamping
becomes an industry and prices soar... The Black Cherry inspires imitators
Rebuilders view themselves as manufacturers ... Pace fills special exclusive
markets ... The fun fades as operators attempt to cope with devious players,
cheating locations, hijackings and threats of raids... Counter actions involve
token ejectors, jackpot meters and weighted safes... Mills expands its Jewel
Bell configuration into a whole line... Open Territory becomes only a memory
as viable locations are so reduced in number that operators look to other ven
ture for survival... Private clubs and organizations are courted as the last
preserve of Laissez-Faire ...As the trade acts to beat the deadline the count
down to obscurity begins... The Johnson Act takes effect, sounding the death
knell all across America for mechanical Bell operating as an independent
profession.
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