Coin Slot

Coin Slot Magazine - #021 - 1976 - October [International Arcade Museum]
CURRENT SCENE'
By Bob Rosenberger
The
born
Jennings
out
Little
of
Duke was
necessity
depths of America's
in
the
Great De
pression. The year was 1932, and
the luxuries of the 20's had given
way to the necessities of the 30's.
By-and-large,
function
had
re
placed form. Money was too pre
cious to be wasted on something
that was not eminently practical.
Most people no longer had extra
nickels in their pockets. If they
had
any change at all, it was
probably just a few pennies. The
times had certainly changed, and
the great coin machine men in
Chicago
"LITTLE DUKE"
WITH JACKPOT FEATURE
didn't
seem
to
know
just what to do. Just as soon as
some genius had given them the
jackpot mechanism that seemed to offer a whole new world of ma
chines, the Depression snatched that world away. Yet, there just had
to be an answer. And there was.
The Coin Machine Journal of September, 1932 announced the new
machine in a rather routine fashion:
Substituting dials that revolve clockwise for the conventional
reels, O.D. Jennings & Co. have brought out an entirely new
creation in penny Jackpot machines. This new construction has
been christened the "Little Duke" and although just announced
com
.
m
:
u
takes its place among
the notable
of the day. There
use machines
from
m
d
-
are approximately
40%
less
working
parts
in
this machine than
e
ad rc . a . d . e choice of fruit symbols
o machines
l
in previous
or a new series
n
w.a three spinning dials is optional. The machine
Dow //w
of symbols
on w the
:
for the ttp
h present will be produced in penny play, although nick
el, dime and quarter play will be offered at a later date.
Interestingly enough, another Little Duke machine had been pro
duced almost 25 years earlier. The Mills Novelty Company around
1908 produced an ornate cast iron "Little Duke" 5-reel poker ma-
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