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[shawstoke]

Luckiest day on the fruit machines? Not neccessarily the most profitable but every fruit machine player has had one of those days where everything (or almost) everything goes right!

Here's mine...

It was about 7 years or so ago when I was at college and like most students - I was skint! The local arcade had a promotion on and the first 40 people in that morning recieved £10 cash credits on a machine of their choice. After queuing for an hour or so, me and a mate (neither of us pros, just knowledgable gamblers) got in near the front and had a reasonable choice of machines. He went on a 10p - £8jp Big Cheese and I went on the £25jp Royle Family and within about 15 minutes and a bit of recycling, I'd had JP off fast cash and a couple of double deals and cash stops and walked off with £40. My mate had hit a £24 off top feature on his machine then sharked an old Italian Job after someone had hit IM and left after only 2 JPs and he had the third and a bit of afters.

Obviously, we decided to sack college off and drove to the next town which has a bout 5 arcades but the ones we wanted didn't open until 10am so we walked down to the bookies. He messed about on the virtual horses and dogs and I hit the Lord of the Rings machine, first £1 in, span in 3 rings on winline and went red, £25 & repeat and a couple of boards later, couple of £6 wins and about £55-£60 up off that! By now I was thinking that this could just be one of those days!. . .

My mate was doing OK on the virtuals so I left him and headed for the arcade. I went straight to the back to the 4 player party time (with big flat screen feature board) and as usual, there was 3 residential foreigners smoking their horrible dodgy fags taking up 3 of the machines with glum looks on their faces so I took a seat at the vacant machine and dropped £3 in straight off and hit start, spun in 3 JP symbols and I laughed out loud, then as the bank was racking up I kept tapping the 3 hold buttons and they lit up and the JP held for me! and I did the same again but this time it went. . .'Player 2 - it's YOU!!' and put me on the feature board. By this time the foreigners were looking at me in disgust and I kept my smile especially as I kept getting £25 boxes and my mate walked in as it flashed 'You've won £90!' and he asked 'which of these jammy fuckers has just won that?!' then my bank started racking up and spitting coins into the tray and we both started laughing. I promptly collected and with help from my mate and changed £200 into notes and leaving me still with about £40-£50 as far as I can remember and we left.

I treated him to dinner and a couple of pints but left the machines alone in Wetherspoons. I thought shall I call it a day and have a few good nights out or not? Obviously not. We then headed to another of the arcades and they had a then new £2 a spin, £500 JP machine (can't remember what it was called but I think it was the first of the 20 liners with loads of red 7s and wilds with light blue circles as backgrounds) I piled £10 in straight away and the attendant came over to me and pointed to an old biddie saying 'that's new and she's just had £500 off it' but by then it was too late anyway. . . I hit max stake and it was either my second or third spin and my mate shouted over from Cabin Fever and said come look at this - he had JP off normal super hold, I went back to my machine and the screen was full of red 7s and wild symbols and singing songs and counting up and our jaws dropped, the attendant couldn't believe it and I'd spun in a JP within £10 of the old biddie dropping it! Anyway, I was told to come back an hour later once she'd had chance to refill the machine and for that I did, gave her and her friend £5er each tip and walked out with a doubled up carrier bag of £500 in coins as she had no notes left!
After that, I called it a day, cashed everything in, got myself a tattoo, and Fake London Genius T-shirt and had a fucking good night out on the town that night with my mate (who also ended up about £200 up) and still had a few hundred left under my matress for a rainy day!

Anyone had similar? share and enjoy. . .

[Shaggerty]

Urm, just the odd £1-£5 in machines for GATW/Invincible.

Just like, pure lucky timing, or pressing hold one to see all red boxes one away from feature entry, putting 50p in for a quick £20 from DOND or something, ya know.

[jaffacat]

I went straight to the back to the 4 player party time (with big flat screen feature board) and as usual, there was 3 residential foreigners smoking their horrible dodgy fags taking up 3 of the machines with glum looks on their faces so I took a seat at the vacant machine and dropped £3 in straight off and hit start, spun in 3 JP symbols and I laughed out loud, then as the bank was racking up I kept tapping the 3 hold buttons and they lit up and the JP held for me! and I did the same again but this time it went. . .'Player 2 - it's YOU!!' and put me on the feature board.

Not calling you a liar but I`ve played these for years and if they dont go up straight after the win, they most certainly wont go up after the hold on the win!

[spa]

Have had one go up from a hold win once. Was on a £5 jackpot version though.

[steveseagull]

This happaned the other day. I went into my local to see the LPDonD with 15 in the bank and 5 in credits. After waiting about 20 minutes (torture!) i decided to play it. Second board IM for a flat 70. Next board IM for the same. 150 quid for nothing, thank you very much.
I really do feel sorry for whoever lost the initial 20 but i can assure you the cash went to a very good home

[mr lugsy]

Have had one go up from a hold win once. Was on a £5 jackpot version though.

yep, it does happen sometimes even on the bigger jackpots but it's not an everyday occurence.

[Captain.Tattybojangles]

Well I've had zero luck on the big jackpots so my luckier day still consists solely of £5s.
I had about 7.50 on me, £5 to get some chinese meal and 2.50 shrapnel to gamble with, as I was up town for a non-gambling related matter really. Anyway put that £2 in a Crazy Cashpoint and get £5 off safe so reverse it.
Dilemma. Still got £5 to get a chinese so I invest that fiver in fruit machines!
On to Road to Riches and I prize in an IM and get 15 plus some afters and leave that about 20 up
Take Twi does a fiver then Jackpot repeater for 15. Then a mega off DOND for 8 after 1 in
Then my mate says he's lost about 50 on a Jackpot Genie, so I'll bail him out I thought, this is just bonus funds I'm gambling with, I expected it to be over a while ago. Anyway I got about 50 off it so split it and gave him 25 of it.
Then on the move, found somewhere else, got on a Bullseye which cost £2 for the board and did an IM for 35, then super streak for 15, then super streak for 4. Sitting on crazy fruits with nice banks, sometimes it just works out. Then Xs and Os top, red hot roll top and LOTR IM to finish off. Came back with £120. Not a bad day at all! Don't remember what I did with the money, bought a few drinks and that, but I bought all my other stuff the week before after netting about 160 through luck

[shawstoke]

I went straight to the back to the 4 player party time (with big flat screen feature board) and as usual, there was 3 residential foreigners smoking their horrible dodgy fags taking up 3 of the machines with glum looks on their faces so I took a seat at the vacant machine and dropped £3 in straight off and hit start, spun in 3 JP symbols and I laughed out loud, then as the bank was racking up I kept tapping the 3 hold buttons and they lit up and the JP held for me! and I did the same again but this time it went. . .'Player 2 - it's YOU!!' and put me on the feature board.

Not calling you a liar but I`ve played these for years and if they dont go up straight after the win, they most certainly wont go up after the hold on the win!

It did mate - it's not something I'd forget either - if you don't believe me just go and ask the dirty foreigners - chances are they'll still be on the machine if it's there!

[shawstoke]

Another good (but very bad in a way) day for me was when I went with my mate to hit the £5 Quake in the local SuperBowl, he went for a piss and to get some change, I put my only 20p in and bang, got on the board and that was that. After about an hour of recycling I eventually IOU'd the machine and come away with £120! Gave my mate £50 out of the goodness of my heart. Then on the way home, we had a car crash, I was hospitalised for 6 days but in the end I got £5500 in compensation - so in a way, that day I earned £5619.80 from my original 20p!

[feeder22]

I went straight to the back to the 4 player party time (with big flat screen feature board) and as usual, there was 3 residential foreigners smoking their horrible dodgy fags taking up 3 of the machines with glum looks on their faces so I took a seat at the vacant machine and dropped £3 in straight off and hit start, spun in 3 JP symbols and I laughed out loud, then as the bank was racking up I kept tapping the 3 hold buttons and they lit up and the JP held for me! and I did the same again but this time it went. . .'Player 2 - it's YOU!!' and put me on the feature board.

Not calling you a liar but I`ve played these for years and if they dont go up straight after the win, they most certainly wont go up after the hold on the win!

these can a will go up on a win that is held,ive seen/had it loads .... i've also got a win gone up back down win holds and back up again

[ecstasy]

what the hell is this quake method anyway

[tommya]

a tenner stuck in a dial got it out and had 3 pots of it nice

[mouse75]

I went straight to the back to the 4 player party time (with big flat screen feature board) and as usual, there was 3 residential foreigners smoking their horrible dodgy fags taking up 3 of the machines with glum looks on their faces so I took a seat at the vacant machine and dropped £3 in straight off and hit start, spun in 3 JP symbols and I laughed out loud, then as the bank was racking up I kept tapping the 3 hold buttons and they lit up and the JP held for me! and I did the same again but this time it went. . .'Player 2 - it's YOU!!' and put me on the feature board.

Not calling you a liar but I`ve played these for years and if they dont go up straight after the win, they most certainly wont go up after the hold on the win!

Hold after win really bad sign in my opinion - and i know a player who only plays this sort of machine who will run a mile if these are holding on wins

[Spyder]

Hold after win really bad sign in my opinion - and i know a player who only plays this sort of machine who will run a mile if these are holding on wins

yeah, id hate it if i got a jackpot hold after win, id be that pissed off about it playing so badly that id run off into the sunset and leave the win in the bank of the machine.. FUCKING STUPID machine, how DARE it hold after a WIN... DEFINITELY the worst sign on any machine,

[thecannonball89]

Hold after win really bad sign in my opinion - and i know a player who only plays this sort of machine who will run a mile if these are holding on wins

yeah, id hate it if i got a jackpot hold after win, id be that pissed off about it playing so badly that id run off into the sunset and leave the win in the bank of the machine.. FUCKING STUPID machine, how DARE it hold after a WIN... DEFINITELY the worst sign on any machine,

He means if an x win holds i think