Coin Slot
Issue: 1982 May 087 - Page 46
Coin Slot Magazine - #087 - 1982 - May[International Arcade Museum]
Pappy Sez:
"If s not whether you win or lose but how much shtick you give!"
Q.
Were one or both of these machines for over
Dear Pappy,
I have a Jennings 25$ STANDARD CHIEF. This
machine pays 10 on oranges when its supposed
to pay 11 and 17 instead of 18 on bells. Why does
seas use?
J.D.V.
Elkton, Oregon
this happen?
D.R.
Dear J.D.V.,
West Valley City, Utah
Thanks much for your kind words, and I could
say a few nice things about your pancakes being
the best I've ever eaten (well at least the biggest).
Dear D.R.,
There are two major reasons for this discrepency
The reason forthe oblong award card and single
to occur. First and foremost is the thickness of the
current quarters. Second is the normal wear that
jackpot window is simply that the machine was a
late model and reflected those innovations made
in later machines. You deduced the purpose of the
punched out window under the award card cor
rectly as for Gold Award Tokens.
the machine has received over the years. This
phenomenon is not peculiar to today, however. It
also occurred when the machines were brand new
and the quarters thinner and made of silver. That is
why award cards would have a range 2-4, 4-6, 10-
12, etc. There is very little that can be done easily
to correct the problem of short payoffs.
Q.
Dear Pappy,
Enjoy your"Pappy Sez" column in The Coin Slot
very much — a welcome addition. Enclosed are
photos of two of the most common three wheel
slot machines. They seem a little uncommon to
me.
First, a Mills SILENT MYSTERY. It has an oblong
award card instead of a rectangular one, single
The Mills HIGHTOP is a late machine also. The key
and lock in the middle of the award card is to hand
load the jackpot. The window to the right of the
coin entry was to display the B.O.N.U.S. mechan
ism. In reality this machine was more than just a
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jackpot window, and a punch out directly under
the award card.
Second, a Mills HIGHTOP, single jackpot window,
key and lock in the middle of the award card, and a
window to
the right
of the coin entry.
© The International
Arcade
Museum
46 —THE COIN SLOT
HIGHTOP. It was a HIGHTOP BONUS currently miss
ing the B.O.N.U.S mechanism. The holes in the bottom
were for bottom pay into a stand of some sort.
To the best of my knowledge they were not
designed for use overseas. Thanks for your inter
esting question.
Q.
Dear Pappy,
Enclosed please find a picture of a penny drop
which I purchased at a flea market.
The Playfield on top says "One Penny" in the
center and a fancy picture
in the middle of the pin
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
May, 1982
Pappy Sez:
"If s not whether you win or lose but how much shtick you give!"
Q.
Were one or both of these machines for over
Dear Pappy,
I have a Jennings 25$ STANDARD CHIEF. This
machine pays 10 on oranges when its supposed
to pay 11 and 17 instead of 18 on bells. Why does
seas use?
J.D.V.
Elkton, Oregon
this happen?
D.R.
Dear J.D.V.,
West Valley City, Utah
Thanks much for your kind words, and I could
say a few nice things about your pancakes being
the best I've ever eaten (well at least the biggest).
Dear D.R.,
There are two major reasons for this discrepency
The reason forthe oblong award card and single
to occur. First and foremost is the thickness of the
current quarters. Second is the normal wear that
jackpot window is simply that the machine was a
late model and reflected those innovations made
in later machines. You deduced the purpose of the
punched out window under the award card cor
rectly as for Gold Award Tokens.
the machine has received over the years. This
phenomenon is not peculiar to today, however. It
also occurred when the machines were brand new
and the quarters thinner and made of silver. That is
why award cards would have a range 2-4, 4-6, 10-
12, etc. There is very little that can be done easily
to correct the problem of short payoffs.
Q.
Dear Pappy,
Enjoy your"Pappy Sez" column in The Coin Slot
very much — a welcome addition. Enclosed are
photos of two of the most common three wheel
slot machines. They seem a little uncommon to
me.
First, a Mills SILENT MYSTERY. It has an oblong
award card instead of a rectangular one, single
The Mills HIGHTOP is a late machine also. The key
and lock in the middle of the award card is to hand
load the jackpot. The window to the right of the
coin entry was to display the B.O.N.U.S. mechan
ism. In reality this machine was more than just a
.com
m
:
u
m
e
d fro de-mus
e
d
nloa w.arca
w
o
D
w
://w
p
t
t
h
jackpot window, and a punch out directly under
the award card.
Second, a Mills HIGHTOP, single jackpot window,
key and lock in the middle of the award card, and a
window to
the right
of the coin entry.
© The International
Arcade
Museum
46 —THE COIN SLOT
HIGHTOP. It was a HIGHTOP BONUS currently miss
ing the B.O.N.U.S mechanism. The holes in the bottom
were for bottom pay into a stand of some sort.
To the best of my knowledge they were not
designed for use overseas. Thanks for your inter
esting question.
Q.
Dear Pappy,
Enclosed please find a picture of a penny drop
which I purchased at a flea market.
The Playfield on top says "One Penny" in the
center and a fancy picture
in the middle of the pin
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
May, 1982
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