Mechanical Memories Magazine

Every Twinkle Toes was different (sequence wise). I have two. On one, red is the only
colour that pays the 12d win, yet on the other, blue pays the 12d. So a worked-out
system would only work on that one machine. There were two Twinkle Toes machines
in Mablethorpe in the 1960s. One system was useless on the other, and vice-versa.
What was the percentage on this slot?
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You can work out what returns each colour would bring by checking the figures below.
Example: twenty-five single plays, betting on green every go, would return fourteen
coins, whereas twenty-five bets on orange would result in sixteen coins being returned.
Colour
Win Amount
Yellow
Blue
Orange
Red
Green
2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2
4,2,4,2,2,2
4,2,2,6,2
2, 12
2,2,2,4,2,2
The very first Twinkle Toes that I acquired had been tampered with by a past operator.
The red 12d win wire had been re-soldered onto the red 2d payout wire on the selector
unit, and on the flasher unit, the red 12d payout wire had been re-soldered on to the red
2d payout wire, so the red 12d win never came up! When the red 12d win was due, it
showed as red 2d instead. I re-soldered the two wires back onto their original points, and
the machine now pays the red 12d win every twenty-five goes as it should.
I hope this article has helped shed a little light on the world of electro-mechanical slots. I
have added a little clip of this machine on Y outube, under electro-mechanical wall
machine (well worth checking out). Next month we will be reporting on an electro-
mech. slot called Top Ten, and looking at some surprise hidden secrets that only the
operator knew about!
Robert Rowland
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