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Title: Beat fruit machines Post by: vzjunction on August 04, 2013, 08:17:20 PM Was playing some poker and stayed in a nice hotel my friend runs. Some customers, 4 irish guys, were saying their goodbyes. Big smiles on their faces as they headed off for their cab.
She says that they come to the mainland once every fortnight, and go round pubs, and make upwards of 5K over the weekend. They pool some of the profits and buy a new machine when it comes out, and basically play it/pull it apart in their living room, until they find some kind of flaw/pattern that they can then exploit. Didn't seem that they had any reason to BS her. Is this actually possible with these machines? Title: Re: Beat fruit machines Post by: bobAlike on August 04, 2013, 08:48:00 PM I have no idea but it would not surprise me in the slightest.
Title: Re: Beat fruit machines Post by: Tal on August 04, 2013, 09:15:17 PM If it is a computer program, it's beatable. If someone can get into the CIA website, I expect the Bullseye game in the Dog and Duck could be hiding a black spot or two.
Title: Re: Beat fruit machines Post by: craigbetts on August 04, 2013, 09:19:46 PM If it is a computer program, it's beatable. If someone can get into the CIA website, I expect the Bullseye game in the Dog and Duck could be hiding a black spot or two. You are not cracking the crystal maze! Gold is cold. Title: Re: Beat fruit machines Post by: Tal on August 04, 2013, 09:23:06 PM If it is a computer program, it's beatable. If someone can get into the CIA website, I expect the Bullseye game in the Dog and Duck could be hiding a black spot or two. You are not cracking the crystal maze! Gold is cold. Gold is cold? Title: Re: Beat fruit machines Post by: craigbetts on August 04, 2013, 09:24:13 PM If it is a computer program, it's beatable. If someone can get into the CIA website, I expect the Bullseye game in the Dog and Duck could be hiding a black spot or two. You are not cracking the crystal maze! Gold is cold. Gold is cold? Always 155 gold and 230 silver despite accruing more time than fergie time! Title: Re: Beat fruit machines Post by: Tal on August 04, 2013, 09:25:25 PM If it is a computer program, it's beatable. If someone can get into the CIA website, I expect the Bullseye game in the Dog and Duck could be hiding a black spot or two. You are not cracking the crystal maze! Gold is cold. Gold is cold? Always 155 gold and 230 silver despite accruing more time than fergie time! Is this a fruit machine or just the game itself on telly? Blooming loved that show. Title: Re: Beat fruit machines Post by: craigbetts on August 04, 2013, 09:31:02 PM If it is a computer program, it's beatable. If someone can get into the CIA website, I expect the Bullseye game in the Dog and Duck could be hiding a black spot or two. You are not cracking the crystal maze! Gold is cold. Gold is cold? Always 155 gold and 230 silver despite accruing more time than fergie time! Is this a fruit machine or just the game itself on telly? Blooming loved that show. More a quiz machine with games of mental, physical, skill and mystery whilst travelling around the zones.. this was the end game. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-k0w_mQGA0 Title: Re: Beat fruit machines Post by: Tal on August 04, 2013, 09:32:55 PM Brilliant.
No Cluedo, tho. Title: Re: Beat fruit machines Post by: craigbetts on August 04, 2013, 09:39:31 PM this chap thinks so...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2231919/Man-makes-60-000-year-playing-pub-quiz-machines-funded-university-fees-wedding-it.html Title: Re: Beat fruit machines Post by: vzjunction on August 04, 2013, 10:21:41 PM I'm thinking there may have been more than one Crystal Maze game, I played it a lot in the 90's and did quite well, the gold:silver ratio went up the longer it went without paying, and there was no 'start the fans' message or rotating wireframe background.
If you found a loaded machine you would just take 50 quid out of it over an hour. Title: Re: Beat fruit machines Post by: El Sid on August 04, 2013, 10:25:19 PM Some fruit machines (mainly older machines) may well be beatable, but because of the time involved, those who play fruit machines for a living do not achieve much, most of the protagonists that I have come across sleep on other peoples floors and would earn more working for McDonalds. Also "fruit machine operator" does not look that good on a CV.
Betting shop roulette machines are definitely unbeatable - the average of two grand a week profit from each machine proves that conclusively. - Anybody who has a problem with these machines should read my book - available on Kindle - How To Stop Gambling Now - Title: Re: Beat fruit machines Post by: LonOhRay on August 04, 2013, 10:42:40 PM Used to be hoards of people doing it and using the P+O ferries for actual fruit machines, not quiz machines. I think I read somewhere Luke Schwartz started off pro gambling via fruit machines at school.
Not sure it's as common now but still have a few friends who have it as a secondary income going round pubs/clubs on friday/saturdays for 100-200 a night. Pretty surreal watching them play losing £x on purpose changing stakes and guaranteeing a jackpot off a £1 on another stake. Was at Hunstanton once when I was ~10 (tiptoes to put coins in) watched a Cafe worker in the arcade play one machine, 10p spins win £20 worth of £5 jackpots in 5 minutes and get told to get off the machine by a collegue, ran back to the car to get some money off Mum and took 65 out of it until it was clean empty, got the last £10 from the guy working the whole place and ran back with them all bundled in my t-shirt. Great memory, perhaps not the best introduction to gambling though. Can remember the machine now, generic board but with a big thumb in the centre wheel that activated feature. Title: Re: Beat fruit machines Post by: LonOhRay on August 04, 2013, 10:44:58 PM https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=216311261857728
More like it Title: Re: Beat fruit machines Post by: Cf on August 05, 2013, 02:02:30 AM Well, there's a reason I don't play poker much anymore...
Title: Re: Beat fruit machines Post by: Cf on August 05, 2013, 02:04:22 AM As for the Crystal Maze you can play it on your own PC via emulator.
Download these 2 http://www.mediafire.com/?dqrn3bvn74tbrdi http://www.itbox.me.uk/Crystal_Mazexp.zip Extract both Place indie folder in C:\ Launch itbxserv Place Crystal_Mazexp wherever, then run crystal_maze Et voila You might need to update some directx files as this uses DX7 by the looks of it I'm running Windows 7 and it worked first time without any issues. A few people have struggled to get it working though for various compatibility reasons. Title: Re: Beat fruit machines Post by: vzjunction on August 05, 2013, 02:08:12 AM https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=216311261857728 More like it 'Beat fruit machine' WIN Title: Re: Beat fruit machines Post by: vzjunction on August 05, 2013, 02:12:45 AM As for the Crystal Maze you can play it on your own PC via emulator. Download these 2 http://www.mediafire.com/?dqrn3bvn74tbrdi http://www.itbox.me.uk/Crystal_Mazexp.zip Extract both Place indie folder in C:\ Launch itbxserv Place Crystal_Mazexp wherever, then run crystal_maze Et voila You might need to update some directx files as this uses DX7 by the looks of it I'm running Windows 7 and it worked first time without any issues. A few people have struggled to get it working though for various compatibility reasons. Awesome, thanks. Yeah the game I played had 4 zones, aztec etc, and a choice of game type, skill, physical etc How to beat the machines #Invalid YouTube Link# |