Coin Slot
Issue: 1977 October 033 - Page 7
Coin Slot Magazine - #033 - 1977 - October [International Arcade Museum]
in 40 pulls. The odd numbered symbols are set up for an extreme
ly high probability of payoffs; 64.3% or about 2 out of 3 pulls.
The first reel for instance has just one cherry on the even stops,
but the has 8.
The 10 event cam assembly is sequenced to stop the reels 5 times
on the even symbols, once on the odd, then 3 more on the even
then once on the odd. This almost guarantees that the Futurity
pointer will rise to at least 5 each time and quite often it will very
tantalizingly move up to 9 before a payoff of some sort occurs.
Getting the full 10 pulls without a winner is not impossible as
from time to time it does occur, as do the occasional multiple
winners and jackpots.
What is impossible however, is to walk
away from a Futurity with a 7, 8, or 9 showing on the dial!!!
The overall customer return on an original Futurity is a rather
"Generous" 78%.
Apparently the expected popularity and resultant high sales never
materialized as the Futurity was never produced in any quantity
and production seemed to have ceased within a year of initial
introduction.
In 1939, "Brand New" used Futurities were Deing
offered for $42.50, with no takers!! As a result, today an original
unaltered Futurity is an extremely scarce animal and much sought-
after by collectors.
All-in-all, the Mills Futurity was built around a very clever and
effective theory, all designed and packaged to encourage further
play and to hold the player for just one more pull, just one more
pull, just one more ....
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Melvin Getlan
1OO North Central Avenue
© The International Arcade Museum
Hartsdale, NY 10530
(Collect 914-428-2600)
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
in 40 pulls. The odd numbered symbols are set up for an extreme
ly high probability of payoffs; 64.3% or about 2 out of 3 pulls.
The first reel for instance has just one cherry on the even stops,
but the has 8.
The 10 event cam assembly is sequenced to stop the reels 5 times
on the even symbols, once on the odd, then 3 more on the even
then once on the odd. This almost guarantees that the Futurity
pointer will rise to at least 5 each time and quite often it will very
tantalizingly move up to 9 before a payoff of some sort occurs.
Getting the full 10 pulls without a winner is not impossible as
from time to time it does occur, as do the occasional multiple
winners and jackpots.
What is impossible however, is to walk
away from a Futurity with a 7, 8, or 9 showing on the dial!!!
The overall customer return on an original Futurity is a rather
"Generous" 78%.
Apparently the expected popularity and resultant high sales never
materialized as the Futurity was never produced in any quantity
and production seemed to have ceased within a year of initial
introduction.
In 1939, "Brand New" used Futurities were Deing
offered for $42.50, with no takers!! As a result, today an original
unaltered Futurity is an extremely scarce animal and much sought-
after by collectors.
All-in-all, the Mills Futurity was built around a very clever and
effective theory, all designed and packaged to encourage further
play and to hold the player for just one more pull, just one more
pull, just one more ....
com
.
m
:
u
m AND
use OTHERS
fro BILL
THIS
m
d
-
e
e
load .a FOR
IN w TRADE
rcad COIN-OP MACHINES
n
o
w
D Vending/Cast
/ww
Iron/One Reelers/
/
:
p
t
ht
Caille Music Box/Arcade
Melvin Getlan
1OO North Central Avenue
© The International Arcade Museum
Hartsdale, NY 10530
(Collect 914-428-2600)
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
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