Fruit Machine Chat

I wonder if he's also to blame for when there's only one correct answer available to pick and the CPU player picks it,therefore ensuring you score 100.That's happened to me three times definitely that I know about.It could be a combination of overlooking that possibility when writing the programme a...

Hi,thanks for the intersting replies.On the subject of spoilers,it's certainly true that they've always been there but I think that while in the past they were a last line of defence as it were,nowadays they appear as a matter of course.Also,I do think they've become more mind-numbing;I'd much rathe...

Hi,this might be a little over-ambitious for only my second attempt at a thread but here goes: I'm sure everyone on here would agree that this is scarcely a vintage time for quiz machines.This is probably down to a number of factors,some of which in my opinion include: fewer pubs,with fewer people i...

Thank you JG and Nil - you make the point I was trying to make somewhat better than I managed.Thinking about it,the machine operators presumably know about the problems with coin acceptance and the associated loss of revenue.I hope the reason that they don't seem to be doing anything about isn't bec...

No,I'm ploughing on regardless on the theme of difficulty of getting coins in the machines.I was in a pub the other night and while I was there,four different groups of people attempted to put some money in without success.Perhaps it might be worth fixing the coin mechanisms so that doesn't happen? ...

Ok,perhaps I should have read through that before posting it.Please insert the words 'where that's possible' after 'cash prizes'.I'll get the hang of this soon.

Hi, After years of reading and enjoying the various comments on here,I've finally decided to post something.It could well be the most mundane first post ever but here goes: Since,in my experience,machines are much less likely to accept 5p and 10p coins than reject them,is it sensible to have cash pr...