Automatic Age

C H E R R I E S
ARE
THE
SE C R E T
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C H E R R Y
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it’s any of the others, he still knows he may click, and consequently hope continues to spring
eternal till Reel Number Two fails to twin it with Number One. Oranges, bells and plums have
a meaning, sure, but cherries, being the smallest payout, have always had the greatest frequency
and been associated in the player’s mind with live results. In other words, he knows there s far
more likelihood in getting a match on the second when a cherry is up on the first. Zip and
kasush! The action moves over to the second reel and the machine gives that pleasant buzz that
almost tells him it is going to deliver. ^ Heretofore, when the cherries delivered it was a three
payout. Now— amidst all these pleasant machinations— a cherry on the first and a cherry on
the second, he again knows it will deliver— but he’s hot, excited. Ticker is pumping, eyes are
staring, mouth is gaping for
h e
m a y
g et
t e n
in s t e a d
o f t h r e e
.
He may pick up a welcome
tamon or a telling-tolling bell on that third reel. If so— then it’s ten, not three, for little Willie!
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