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Could someone let me know how many symbols in total on each reel are on a Jubilee Riviera 10p OXO bandit. I have been told 24 but thought it more likely to be 20.? Thanks

A big vote from me to see Nigels restorations as they progress

Estimated at £1500-£2000,the hammer price was £3000

My understanding is not so much that O. Whales took over BMCo but that they bought a quantity of stock from BMCo around the time of its closure. Apart from M.Wright's site there is some information on BMCo in Paul Braithwait's book 'Arcades and slot machines' available from the library on this site-...

Well said Malc, that is what this site is all about, not squabbles, bragging rights and one upmanship.

roger wrote;.......plus parts from an old AUSTRALIAN flush toilet........................Australians don't have FLUSH toilets do they? (I thought I would say it before Mr.BP).

Thanks for pics Bob, very similar to English allwins. Would they have been manufactured in Australia (do you have a makers name? It all helps towards the history) or perhaps they are English and the paperwork changed.

It would be good to see some photos of Wineasies.

Silverblitz - excuse my ignorance, when you say, 'spray into the lip and paint on', does that mean spray into the lid and brush on? Is that what you did all over? Fantastic job!

Nor have I and don't envisage doing so

Well said JP

Thanks PM

Is the arena working? I can't log on. (I paid the king's ransom on 21/1/12)

I believe Willborl's answer to be correct. If the machine is tilted (yet wouldn't it be fixed to a wall or some other structure?) the ball would roll along, tilt the lever and so the holey arm cannot be moved when the payout knob is turned. Another case of Mr Bryan over-engineering methinks. Note to...

Timeshift-bbc4 tonight [13.feb] at 8pm shows an hour long feature on the history of fairgrounds,only a glimpse of machines but nevertheless a must see! Available on bbc i player.

Re ebay item number 220950230437 rifle shooter. Does anyone know who made these? As a nipper I remember there being a row of them in an arcade - 6d for 20 shots and if you hit all 20 you got your tanner back but, no matter which machine I used, I only ever managed to score 19, which of course was ir...

Exactly! However do we not bid up to our limit including charges so perhaps it makes little difference whether it's ten or fifty percent commission so we end up paying pretty much the same price. High charges ultimately hit the seller the worst I would have thought.

Results of sales at Bonhams in Oxford today as follows; Mills cherry falls £350 Allwin de luxe £360 Whirlo allwin £280 Players please allwin and Beromat £275 . All prices subject to 30% add ons ( 25% buyers commission plus vat on the commission,sellers commisson is 15%)

Oops, minutes after posting and re reading the instructions I realised I had made a faux pas in misinterpreting the instructions - and one of my pleasures of this hobby, and of betting in general, is to work out odds and percentage payouts !PUNISH! Is a combination of old age and grotty French wine ...

If the operator pays out on two red squares (as depicted in photo) he would rapidly lose money no matter which two were revealed.