Is this what Master Football was inspired by?
Clearly American. Apart from the '5 cents', the (headless) footballer appears to be wearing a diving suit.

A third Bryans / Cliff Mills fortune teller has appeared on eBay. This one supplied by Harrods, no less!

How many plays do you get for one coin? Just one, or two? The artwork is slightly different in each case. I see you have the reserve flap rivetted out of use; a Powell's speciality, to save arguments. If you drill out the rivet, you will probably find the flap, and 'reserved' label, still intact and...

That's a Powell's conversion. If you contact Henry Powell Automatics, you may find that new artwork is in stock.

An Ingersoll watch was 5/-.
Could this have been the origin of the 5/- Gold Award?

Some societies frown on the idea of marrying all your children's mothers.

We are guardians of more than just machines here; we are guardians of our culture too!

I doubt the machines play on ½p.
The very thought makes me shiver!

I'll second that!

I agree with the heat-damage point. The only time I use LED lighting in a machine is when fragile artwork is at risk. These SEGA-types (ideal choice for a beginner) mostly had miniature fluorescent tubes. The associated operating 'gear' was ingeniously fitted on a thin panel on the right side of the...