Wonders were only one manufacturer to produce giant 24 cup allwins and they made them in different guises. The large number of winning cups belied the chance of success. A win gave you one penny back plus a free go, so a profit was possible but unlikely.

An unconventional allwin with a central lose hole situated a few inches along the track from the single winning target. Great delicacy of touch is required to prevent the ball from overshooting the target as it quickly spirals inwards. As the name suggests, it's all or nothing, but the 12 penny prize for success is high. The spiral layout used on first generation allwins is revived to create a tantalising and fast game.

Handsome, no-nonsense chocolate vending allwin from the Shefras stable. The top signs on these are screen printed on glass and could be backlit, but are therefore prone to damage or loss.

This five ball game is quite different from other allwins; its electromechanical mechanism with light-up scoring has something in common with a pinball machine. 33,000 wins your penny back. There's also a cigarette payout version.

Like Bryans other three ball games (3 Ball Seven Win, 3 Ball Nine Cup), the Forks has a self-metering jackpot (maximum fill set by the operator) which is won by getting all three balls into the forks. The 'forks' from which the game derives its name can be controlled by the knob on the left, in an attempt to catch the balls, so this game is part allwin, part ball catching game. In practice, there is very little chance of following the balls, so players sometimes opt to set the position of the forks before firing the balls.

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The Gapwin is an allwin with a very effective twist - one ball for a penny, you aim for the wide gap between the two lose cups. If successful, the weight of the ball tips over the first gate obstructing the gap and rolls back to the firing hammer. The player must now repeat the performance to remove the second gate, exposing the three win targets beneath. A third successful shot releases the payout handle. The game can be set to offer players a fair chance; the operator can adjust the gap (by moving the left lose cup) and can set payouts to coin return only, up to a maximum of 2, 6, 4 on the three targets. The ball can also be returned to play following a win. A variable pressure unit tries to throw the player off by altering spring tension between wins.
If a player loses after opening one or two gates, there's a strong incentive to insert more money to jump the last hurdle. By the same token, if a player gives up having cleared the gates, another player will be tempted to complete the job.

The unique selling point of this giant allwin was that it let the operator, without recourse to tools, rearrange the long metal tubes that served as cups on the three galleries, making it as liberal or stingy as desired. Black were losers and, depending upon the model, gold paid either 3 or 6, blue paid either 2 or 4 and red paid either 1 or 2.

The jackpot became a ubiquitous player attraction of the one arm bandit, so attempts to incorporate it into the allwin were inevitable. This was not easy given the relatively high chance of hitting the target on an allwin compared to the low odds of getting three jackpot symbols to line up on a bandit. It is remarkable that this game with a gallery of eleven winning targets, can include a jackpot paying twelve coins. The gallery employs springy pins, like Bryan's Elevenses, and in fact offers a slightly less generous scheme than the Elevenses' highest award setting (2242262242). The central jackpot column swivels out of view and the coins are dumped to the payout cup. It then appears to refill. This is a crafty illusion - a coin slide pays the twelve coins and those in the jackpot remain there.

The football pools were not classed as gambling by the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act which defined them as competitions of skill, rather than chance. The air of legitimacy, combined with the low stakes, made it popular with those who would not otherwise gamble. As such, it was a common allwin theme, designed to attract players already familiar with the game. The ‘Penny Points’ coupon (so called because each line on the coupon cost a penny) was the most popular type until 1946, when the ‘Treble Chance’ was introduced. Oliver Whales used that theme too, together with Fixed Odds and Easy Perm. All cups pay 2D.

Pilwin '56 was so named to signal Bryan's 1956 redesign of the Pilwin Play. Whereas the earlier clown-faced game adopted a continuous spiral track (in common with the very first allwins), Pilwin '56 plays more like its 1950s contemporaries. A ball landing in the clown's mouth wins and depending upon where it falls between the teeth, payouts could be varied (2-4-6 being a common operator set-up).

"No Columns To Fill... The columns are already Filled... One Ball Does It..." This is Wonders' cheeky attempt to better Ruffler & Walker's popular multi-ball allwins. It's really just a standard allwin pretending to be a multi-ball. It mimics the more complex, expensive games in scale, appearance and pay scheme and cleverly makes a virtue of the lack of any columns to fill. Usually there was a simple graphic over the chrome, representing the columns.

Confectionary rationing remained in force until 1953 (8 years after the war), making them a prized commodity. In response, allwins were introduced which paid out in sweets. Ruffler & Walker's version is well made with a solid oak case and adjustable sweet hopper to allow for any changes in product dimensions.

This Jungle themed allwin has a layout almost identical to the Bryans Elevenses. Well-built, reliable mechanism, this one has a laminated and painted plywood cabinet, but it was also produced in solid wood.

This game has a unique payout system, varying from 2-12 pennies depending upon prior payouts. This is achieved with an ingenious but simple double hopper. The first holds up to 41 pennies and pays two coins to the player and two to the cashbox upon every win. The second, which drops its entire contents upon a win, holds up to 10. The result is that skilful players are rewarded with many smaller payouts and the less skilful receive occasional larger payouts.

Three giant Wonders allwins employed this triple gallery arrangement, the other two being Big Wheel and Cannon Ball. Each win target pays 2D, but after a win on the top or middle galleries the ball re-emerges from a hole above the next gallery. This makes it possible to win 4 or 6 pennies as the ball makes its way down.

Insert a penny and race the clock. Until it stops, you keep playing and the machine keeps paying! In practice, it's difficult to get in more than three shots, but if the ball is still in play when time runs out, a win can still be made. Electricity powers the clock and solenoid payout. The cabinet is plywood, but earlier versions of the game exist in solid wood cabinets.

Well designed Aero chocolate vending allwin in oak cabinet.

One of Oliver Whales' many sweet-paying allwins. The naive artwork suggests an early '50s date. The peppermint bar was worth 6D at the time, making it a tempting prospect.

The gallery has four win positions, paying 2D, a second and third place, and one loser. Balls that land in second or third place remain in the corresponding pockets. As the instructions explain, a win with a ball in second place pays 4, and a win with a ball in second and third place pays 6. This simple progressive feature adds to the game's appeal, which appears to have been Wonders' best seller.