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                          BootBlock/TerraForm

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Having  just  read  an  article  cunningly  titled "Fruit Machines 2" by
SparHawk, I think I should clear up a pretty big (and annoying) myth, as
I  myself  own  a fruit machine (a fullsize one called "Pound Rush" - £4
jackpot).

When people say only play machines that are "ready to pay out", is total
&  utter  plop.  Fruit machines "pay out" when they are "programmed" to.
Heres how you "program" one (well mine anyway) :

1: Open the back of the machine (you need the key for this)
2: The  top  half (of the insides) will more often than not contain lights,
   the  money  sorting  mechanism,  6  tudes  (5  for  "normal" coins and 1
   containing tokens) leading from the money sorting thing down to the
   bottom of the machine - more on this later ...
3: The bottom half of the inside of the machine will be a big black
   panel. This will have various wires, lights, and things that look
   like cartridges stuck in the back of it (one of them is infact a
   cartridge, it contains various info on the winning reels, etc). It
   actually looks quite scary.
4: Near the bottom-right of the panel you'll find a small-ish cutout
   with about 7 little "flick" switches. The top of the switches have
   an 0 above them, and the bottom of the switches are a 1.

These  7  switches  (I  think  they're  number  0-6)  will determine the
frequency of which the machine will pay out.  Its got nothing to do with
wether the machine is full & "ready to pay out".

Oh,  and even if you did get access to the back while you're playing the
machine  (so you can see all of the reel(s)), there's NO WAY you'll know
which  reels  are  going  to  "come  in".  Unless of course you're using
nudges.

By  the  way, trying to move the reels while the machine is on, is a big
NO  NO  - as it makes a very loud "nnnnnnhhggggg" sound (I think its coz
the  motors  that  spin  the  reels are continously active).  And NO you
cannot  turn  the machine off and turn the reels into a winning position
and  then  turn it back on again to win.  Everytime you turn the machine
on,  it'll  reset itself by spinning the reels twice and then going into
demo  mode  (flashing  the  lights, etc).  Say you had 20 credits in the
machine  and  you  turned it off, when you turn it back on again and the
machine  has resetted itself, you'll still have the 20 credits left (you
can have it turned off for months, and it'll still "remember" them).

Here's a little a tip of most machines with a trail feature:

When  you  are  about  to get a trail, hold down the button you normally
need  to  stop  the  trail  BEFORE  the  trail starts oscillating (spelt
wrong?),  the  whole  machine will look like it has stopped working (the
lights  will still be on though) and everything will be quiet.  When you
LET GO of the button, it'll start oscillating.

Here's  another  tip  for  another  machine  (I can't remember what it's
called,  but  it's 10p a credit, it's red & black and the reels are just
covered  in  noughts & crosses (and =BAR='s as well) instead of pictures
of fruit):

If  you  have  taken  the nudges (which always seem to be the maximum of
three  and  never anything lower) and you have not nudged a winning line
in.  If you get offered a hold - IGNORE IT!  You *WILL* be guaranteed to
win  AT  *LEAST*  £1 (the lowest win) and maybe you'll get three =BAR='s
(the highest win of £4 - unfortunatly mostly always in bladdy tokens!) !

The  most  I've ever won is £27 which I won with just 10 credits (£1) !!
When  you  get a winning line (either X X X or =BAR= =BAR= =BAR) and the
bank  value  is going up, repeatedly press the hold button (or just hold
them  down),  you should/might then get a hold, so just hold the winning
line  again  (the most I held the same line for is about 5 or 6 times!).
I  don't know if it's just a coincidence or it does infact work - but ya
might as well try it anyway.

When doing that nudging and winning trick thing, when you've pressed the
START  button,  randomally press the buttons and make yourself look like
you  know what your doing - everyone that's watching will think you're a
master or summat!

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Oh before I piss off, I'll tell yer the most I've won.

Well, not on my own.  Me and this peep that I went to school with at the
time  played  on a fruit machine.  When we finished, we must have had AT
*LEAST* £50 in 10 pee's (and some £1's) !!!!  When had to pump some back
in  the  machine  coz we couldn't carry `em all!  We piled them all into
our  pockets  and  into  our jackets, it was embarrasing as our trousers
were  falling down because of the weight of it all!!  AND the arcade was
a  very  small one, so it wasn't very nice while we were stood there and
the owner was watching his machine pay out a shitload of money!!!


By  the way, I'm *NOT* one of those gamblers that play on fruit machines
whenever  I  go  into an arcade.  I *ALWAYS* prefer to play the games (I
was  the  champion  in my local arcade, and I'm pretty sure I could beat
anyone  in  Grimsby)  -  unless  I  find  one of those Naughts & Crosses
machines!

                 Anyway, thanx for a reading, bub bye!

                                 Signed
                          BootBlock/TerraForm
                     "The fat bloke with a bandit"