C.O.C.A. Times

are interesting for reasons of their own. The reels have
no reel strips. They are made of cast aluminum and have
12 flattened drilled sides so that the dotted fronts appear
to be the faces of actual dice or Dominoes; from the
outside of the machine they don't even look like reels.
The similarity to Dominoes is less than obvious, and it
is quite unlikely that Dominoes would be in the cup a
gambler was tossing out onto the bar top anyway. So the
name may be DOMINO, but the game is really dice.
machine 1,728 possible stopping positions. Top payout
for this DOMINO machine is $5 in quarters, a fairly
typical 20: 1 drop, when each of the 3 reels, stops on a 1
spot. The award card shows 14 different payouts.
With all of the research and infonnation together, we
can recreate a fairly accurate picture of the DOMINO
dice machine and its heritage, even if there is still a lot
we don't know. But it certainly does not decrease in val-
ue or ability to attract and hold interest. The DOMINO
has nothing but time on its side; time and the informed
interest of modem day collectors who recognize a real
beauty when they see it.
When the machine is cycling the reels stop from right
to left, very quickly, just opposite of US slots. As each
reel comes to a stop an internal pay sensor determines
the payout. Not all the reels have to be stopped before
the payout process begins to take place. There are 3
tubes & 3 sets of double payout slides that produce all
pays. The tubes & slides are connected to the coin chute
at an angle so that when tubes are filled, coins will not
backup, but will fall into the coin box. The slides are in-
terlocked with one another in such a way that ifthere is
a payout determined on the 3rd reel (far right), the pay-
out will start immediately, then if there is a payout on
the 2nd and 1st reel it will follow. Each reel has 12 dot-
ted symbols, 12 possible stopping positions. All reels
have the same different spot symbols which gives the
II
1111
■RR
Any questions or comments or information you have
regarding this type of machine, please email me at
dappledman@yahoo.com.
7
111111111111
■II