I had to laugh earlier today - was in my local Bowling alley, had £50 on me, was bored, so thought I'd go in and see what they had (this isn't the bowling alley I usually go to btw!) They only had 25p/£5 machines -
TAW
CC
BFU
MD
TG
Anyways made a nice £20 on the CC and this little kid was next to me, couldn't have been older than 9 or 10. Asked me if I wanted to buy a refil key? He went 'Look, this is what it does!' and thrust it into the TAW next to me and showed me the hopper balance...
The main point is, how on earth do kids of this age know anything about fruitees? Let alone have a bloody key! LOL
"And do you ever contradict yourself, Minister?" "Well, yes and no..."
Some kids really piss me off. When I used to play Mega Zone in a bowling alley I'd get about six or seven ten year olds come running up saying 'Don't bother playing that, we just JP'ed it' (which usually means they've just stuck £25 IN) then one of them was boasting how he got offered two nudges on there for the jackpot (on a machine that doesn't even offer nudges) and how he got £5 off Mega Streak on Reel Good Time, one of the plenty of 'expensive' £5 JP machines (all 25p/30p play).
That sounds almost exactly what it was like for me! I don't think I'll bother going in there again too soon. Stick to my usual bowl where they only have £25 machines, and the heavies don't let the kids get near 'em...
"And do you ever contradict yourself, Minister?" "Well, yes and no..."
I have 2 very popular bowling alleys near me one has 3 25p £5 and 2 30p £25.
Get this the other has no £5 machines only £25 ones. 3 of them are in the main eating/bowling area, they are Nuns N Roses, Fat Boy Spin and Bullys Prize Board.
There are 6 in the bar area where only over 18s are allowed the machines are Cabin Fever, Pay Cheque, Yabba Dabba Darts, Hill Billionaire, Bobby Dazzler and Treasure Hunt.
So whats the point of having two areas with £25 ers. Are they still allowed to do this?
Half Term, one of my ultimate nightmare times of year, is 'avoid the Megabowl at all costs' time.
All I ever see is 13/14 year olds dashing in and out of the bar area trying to sneak a few quid into the £25 machines, and playing them at lightspeed, proving they know exactly how these games work.
When I was that age you'd have had to practically drag me kicking and screaming out of the local park where all I wanted to do was kick a ball around, or maybe watch a film, or go to the beach ... what's going so badly wrong that ruddy kids just hang around places attempting to gamble?
They've usually got right mouthy attitudes too...
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They've changed some of the machines recently in the local bowling alley
£25 ones are still the same as before (YDD, TG [Top Giza], MZ and HH)
£5 ones that have changed are
Treasure Hunt has been replaced with Top Gear
The Chav Magnet Doctors & Nurses has been changed from 10p to 25p stake (could have been chipped?) and less kids playing it now as MZ is the only 10p machine in there now.
Many years ago, I was playing in a dive of an arcade in Belfast with a clientele consisting exclusively of cheeky wee brats. While I was playing a machine, a wee kid ran in the door, he couldn't have been more than 6 years old. He went over to a tuppenny nudger, climbed on a stool and deposited a coin. He played the credits and certainly seemed to know what he was doing. He then ran out the door when he failed to win any money.
nixxy wrote:Half Term, one of my ultimate nightmare times of year, is 'avoid the Megabowl at all costs' time.
All I ever see is 13/14 year olds dashing in and out of the bar area trying to sneak a few quid into the £25 machines, and playing them at lightspeed, proving they know exactly how these games work.
When I was that age you'd have had to practically drag me kicking and screaming out of the local park where all I wanted to do was kick a ball around, or maybe watch a film, or go to the beach ... what's going so badly wrong that ruddy kids just hang around places attempting to gamble?
They've usually got right mouthy attitudes too...
They are neds/chavs! Get a fucking asbo on the lot of them!
Gone.But not forgotton 16th Aug 2006..............
I agree! When I was that age, building treehouses / playing footy / chasing girls around the park was all you wanted to do (you could argue that two of those things don't change )
I didn't get into fruit playing until I was about 16/17 and started work as a glass collector in me local bar...
Chavs / Neds - The worst breed!
"And do you ever contradict yourself, Minister?" "Well, yes and no..."
[quote="Matt Vinyl"]I agree! When I was that age, building treehouses / playing footy / chasing girls around the park was all you wanted to do (you could argue that two of those things don't change ]
Yeah, I can't shake off my treehouse-building urges either Matt
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Speaking of chavs, there were 2 in my local arcade last week, they stood playing an s16 on 10p play for an hour, losing all of about a fiver while poaching the player next to them, they watched a regular pensioner digging into her life savings at £2 a go, watched her go to the bank and take £300 out (presumably to get a £20 off elvis), 2 minutes later they was gone and so was the womans bag!
They fled with £280 and all her cards!
Suprisingly enough the boss 'forgot' to switch the cctv on so they've got away with it, they were 18/19 but still chavs :x
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