Did anyone on here ever have the key for the machnes i think it was barcrest? It used to tell you how much was in the hopper and determined whether or not it was worth playing?
Yeah I had one too when I used to run around doing the fruities, if you found an Arabian Nights/Red Hot Knights/Monty Python's Flying Circus with around £115 (the max was £125) you'd just force it for JP so it streaked.
But the best ones to tell if they were paying were the JPMs like Red Arrows/Arcadia/Casino 5 Liner because if certain numbers span in on the number reel it was
guaranteed to pay out. When these stopped coming in you had to walk away.
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My favourite ones though didn't have
guaranteed ways to make profit - Simpsons Beer Guide/Spartacash. There were loads of tips/tricks for them which still made them very profitable though.
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I don't play them anymore but I know a guy who still plays them professionally. It is even more lucrative now the hoppers hold more and they have notes in. But the flip side is that they are updated a lot quicker now as they're connected to the internet for software updates. They used to have to send engineers out to upgrade each one's CPU.
But you're only as successful as your information/contacts as tricks can be expensive to work out yourself. Some were programmed in deliberately and sold down the chain, others are in there by mistake.
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