Fruit Machine Chat

My local pub Saturday night,in it there is a Deal or No Deal"Its your show"and a little devil on Mazooma(?).I was out just supping(wetting my babies head)but just thought id keep an eye on the mc/s anyway.I want to point out that in five and a half hours i was in there nobody shoved a penny in either of em. Comments please(oh and it was chocca as well cos of a quiz)

betchrider wrote: Comments please(oh and it was chocca as well cos of a quiz)

What would ordinary bloke do :

1) Play quiz....roughly 2 hours of free entertainment or the price of a sub £5 buy in for a bit of a prize at the end.

2) Play machine - already has the stereotypical image of being grossly unfair with regard to entertainment and likely hood of actually winning anything.

It does make me laugh when I see those blown up pictures in Bingo Halls and arcades of 3 or more girls all sat round a machine with smiles and laughter all round like they are having a great time.
Nah, Mr Joe Public is finally voting with his feet and sitting at a table doing the quiz.
Yes Mattb, I hate to say it, but in some instances, the FIRST thing people want if a fucking quiz.

local joe's fingers have been burned toooooo many times by 12-15 pound boards for a 3quid blocked board, 2moves then dead,
something has to give
the manu,s arnt that stupid surely there has to be a massive overhaul of the whole industry soon, or else soon there wont be one to save

Our local landlord has bought a 20p play £6 jackpot Luxor off Traylens Funfair. It takes more that the £35 Bully's Star Prize.

The only thing happening in the pubs round me are Poker nights. Either free to play or cash games, £5.00 up and over £300 top prize. Nice money with entertainment thrown in . Killing the fruits... btw.

Just what i thought but keep em coming cos you never know somebody may,just may take em on board!

FOBT's killed the AWP's in my opinion.

We are in 2008 chaps. Get your heads out the sand. Or do you think the assmusement arcades are all going to go rectro lol Your days are running out FAST. As are the pubs and arcades. Now surley we can all agree on this one ?

I am past caring whether it carries on or not ive played 2 mc/s in 2 weeks and lost £40 in the last two weeks.I really cant be fucked with it unless something good comes out i shant be bothering

betchrider wrote:I am past caring whether it carries on or not ive played 2 mc/s in 2 weeks and lost £40 in the last two weeks.I really cant be fucked with it unless something good comes out i shant be bothering

see another punter who cant be arsed. I am not alone. No wonder arcades are empty now and pub regulars simply cant afford to play.

stakes and prizes are being reviewed in 2 weeks,in my opinion something drastic needs to be done pronto,the whisper is cat d might get a boost in jp size ,as far as cat c goes it's anyones guess.......

mr lugsy wrote:stakes and prizes are being reviewed in 2 weeks,in my opinion something drastic needs to be done pronto,the whisper is cat d might get a boost in jp size ,as far as cat c goes it's anyones guess.......

i hear they going up to £50 jackpot ? Surely another nail in the coffin if so ? Now if every arcade went back 20 years or so and had 77heaven cloud nine etc..... on 20p play £6 jackpot all cash. Then they would be rammed full. You would get back every casual punter going.

just for a minute imagine that the goverment concedes to letting cat d go upto ,let's say 8 pound ,forget about a stake increase though ,i don't see them allowing that.anyhow also imagine all those 8 pounders of yesteryear that could be accurately "classic'd" up,...................stop drooling now.but it would be good ,would'nt it?

mr lugsy wrote:just for a minute imagine that the goverment concedes to letting cat d go upto ,let's say 8 pound ,forget about a stake increase though ,i don't see them allowing that.anyhow also imagine all those 8 pounders of yesteryear that could be accurately "classic'd" up,...................stop drooling now.but it would be good ,would'nt it?

No not good at all. Amazing would be my word and closely followed by WOW :P

manu's should go back to £25 jackpots and 25p per go, most average people can't afford to play £10-15 of credits for hardly anything back! i've always thought that 50p a press is a rip-off!! :x