I wonder who's collection this little blighter ended up in?
Re: One arm bandits
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 6:34 pm
by treefrog
Great to see one of these '60s win streak bandits actual operate. This is a Sega Windsor Crazy Bells. I have one or two other Sega and Mills machines with these type win options, often after-market add-ons, but have never understood how they work.....What determines how many plays the win streak runs for?
Re: One arm bandits
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:07 am
by operator bell
What determines how many plays the win streak runs for?
An electromechanical stepping switch, usually, that advances once per play. You can see the bell blink after each game as the switch steps up. The "at rest" position is generally on about the 10th step, where a tooth is missing from the ratchet so it can't advance any more, even though the step-up coil is still pulsed every play. The jackpot combination trips the reset coil, resetting the switch to the zero position. Positions 0 through 9 are wired together and close the circuit to turn on the feature. The 10th position is not wired, so on the 10th step the feature turns off until the switch is reset again.
These "time jackpots" came out in the late 1960s as a way to get round the top payout limitation. The government quickly changed the rules to make them illegal.
Re: One arm bandits
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:06 am
by pennymachines
MillsFuture Play Golden Vendor
MillsJackpot Vendor
MillsMellon Bell
MillsGolden Falls
Grotchen Columbia Deluxe (Club) on Youtube
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 1:04 pm
by coppinpr
I thought I'd try my hand at putting a short video on youtube, so I made this 'how it works' about my Groetchen Columbia. I used a £20 camera I bought in the Far East and my wife's sewing light! Didn't come out that bad!!!
Re: One arm bandits
Posted: Sun May 04, 2014 5:08 pm
by pennymachines
Pace Kitty, MillsFuturity & MillsHorse Head Bonus
Re: One arm bandits
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 3:32 pm
by skeggylad
Re: One arm bandits
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 9:39 pm
by pennymachines
Games Inc. King Tap, 1970 - showing mechanism
Re: One arm bandits
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 9:46 pm
by badpenny
So that's how they work ..... Gulp!
Re: One arm bandits
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2017 12:01 pm
by pennymachines
Jentzsch & Meerz Domino (Lucky Dice)
Re: One arm bandits
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2017 12:35 am
by larry_d
Interesting machine.There is a box containing the front and some of the internals of one of these machines in Tennants auction rooms in York on the 7th June with an estimate of £80 if anyone is interested.
Exacta
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 6:09 pm
by coin-op
Aristocrat Olympic One Arm Bandit Club Machine Circa 1966