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machine doctor
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The Gambling commission will be the best place to contact and complain.
The following is their regulations regarding displays, % payouts and notices on machines.
3. Displays
3.1 No single display, other than any Bank, Credit, or Residue display, may show, or be presented in such a way that it could be taken to show, a value which exceeds the statutory prize limit for the machine. A plurality of such display elements is acceptable.
3.2 If any display (including reels) does not reflect the actual odds of the game presented the following statement must be included on the face of the machine, clearly visible to the player:
THE OUTCOME OF ANY GAME OR FEATURE IS NOT NECESSARILY THAT SHOWN BY THE ODDS DISPLAYED.
3.3 Machines must display, clearly visible to the player, a sign in the form:
NO PRIZE GREATER IN VALUE THAN [X] POUNDS CAN BE WON FROM THIS MACHINE IN ANY ONE GAME.
Where [X] is the maximum win achievable on the machine (which must be no greater than the statutory prize limit for the category of machine).
3.4 Where a Bank uses a pictorial representation for display it is acceptable to use a single symbol or facsimile representing £10 or more up to £20 even where this exceeds the maximum permitted prize for a machine of the relevant category.
Where a symbol (e.g. note) with a value equal to £20 is used, then no symbols in the Bank display must exceed the physical size of a current note of that value.
Percentage payout label
3.5 Where regulation 3(2) of the Regulations applies any percentage payout labels displayed on the face of machines must be clearly visible to the player, and in the following form:
THIS MACHINE HAS AN AVERAGE PAYOUT OF 70% OR GREATER.
Level of prizes
3.6 Each category B3 & B4 legacy machine must bear a statement of the monetary value of each prize, how it may or may not be won and of any special circumstances under which a prize may not be paid or may be modified. It is not necessary for these statements to be continuously displayed if the player can access the statements at any time, and the means to do so is clearly visible at all times when the machine is available for play.
Where there are insufficient coins to pay any prize in full then an illuminated warning sign on the machine clearly visible to the player must appear bearing the words -
WARNING - INSUFFICIENT COINS TO PAY MAJOR PRIZES.
Cash full lamp
3.7 Any indicator which implies that the machine is in a state which could be beneficial to the player is unacceptable.
Category B3 & B4 legacy machines – mystery prizes
3.8 The circumstances in which any prize is not available on a category B3 or B4 legacy machine must be clearly displayed on the face of the machine before a player commits himself to play.
Category B3 & B4 legacy machines – reel sequencing
3.9 Where certain winning combinations may be excluded as a result of the way in which reel spin-distances are determined at the start of each game, the following statement must be placed on the face of the machine, clearly visible to the player:-
DUE TO THE SEQUENCING OF THE REELS CERTAIN WINNING COMBINATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN EVERY GAME.
Category B3 & B4 legacy machines - rounding up prizes
3.10 On machines in which whole pound devices only are provided the following notice must be incorporated on the face of the machine, clearly visible to the player:
THIS MACHINE PAYS OUT £1 COINS ONLY.
ALL PRIZES WILL BE ROUNDED UP TO THE NEAREST POUND.
The following is their regulations regarding displays, % payouts and notices on machines.
3. Displays
3.1 No single display, other than any Bank, Credit, or Residue display, may show, or be presented in such a way that it could be taken to show, a value which exceeds the statutory prize limit for the machine. A plurality of such display elements is acceptable.
3.2 If any display (including reels) does not reflect the actual odds of the game presented the following statement must be included on the face of the machine, clearly visible to the player:
THE OUTCOME OF ANY GAME OR FEATURE IS NOT NECESSARILY THAT SHOWN BY THE ODDS DISPLAYED.
3.3 Machines must display, clearly visible to the player, a sign in the form:
NO PRIZE GREATER IN VALUE THAN [X] POUNDS CAN BE WON FROM THIS MACHINE IN ANY ONE GAME.
Where [X] is the maximum win achievable on the machine (which must be no greater than the statutory prize limit for the category of machine).
3.4 Where a Bank uses a pictorial representation for display it is acceptable to use a single symbol or facsimile representing £10 or more up to £20 even where this exceeds the maximum permitted prize for a machine of the relevant category.
Where a symbol (e.g. note) with a value equal to £20 is used, then no symbols in the Bank display must exceed the physical size of a current note of that value.
Percentage payout label
3.5 Where regulation 3(2) of the Regulations applies any percentage payout labels displayed on the face of machines must be clearly visible to the player, and in the following form:
THIS MACHINE HAS AN AVERAGE PAYOUT OF 70% OR GREATER.
Level of prizes
3.6 Each category B3 & B4 legacy machine must bear a statement of the monetary value of each prize, how it may or may not be won and of any special circumstances under which a prize may not be paid or may be modified. It is not necessary for these statements to be continuously displayed if the player can access the statements at any time, and the means to do so is clearly visible at all times when the machine is available for play.
Where there are insufficient coins to pay any prize in full then an illuminated warning sign on the machine clearly visible to the player must appear bearing the words -
WARNING - INSUFFICIENT COINS TO PAY MAJOR PRIZES.
Cash full lamp
3.7 Any indicator which implies that the machine is in a state which could be beneficial to the player is unacceptable.
Category B3 & B4 legacy machines – mystery prizes
3.8 The circumstances in which any prize is not available on a category B3 or B4 legacy machine must be clearly displayed on the face of the machine before a player commits himself to play.
Category B3 & B4 legacy machines – reel sequencing
3.9 Where certain winning combinations may be excluded as a result of the way in which reel spin-distances are determined at the start of each game, the following statement must be placed on the face of the machine, clearly visible to the player:-
DUE TO THE SEQUENCING OF THE REELS CERTAIN WINNING COMBINATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN EVERY GAME.
Category B3 & B4 legacy machines - rounding up prizes
3.10 On machines in which whole pound devices only are provided the following notice must be incorporated on the face of the machine, clearly visible to the player:
THIS MACHINE PAYS OUT £1 COINS ONLY.
ALL PRIZES WILL BE ROUNDED UP TO THE NEAREST POUND.
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TheMission
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If I ever win millions on the lottery, I'm going to steal MEGA NUDGER from one of my local Showboats. I'll drill out the locks and employ people to run many £1000s of coins through it and annotate the results.
I'll be surprised if it makes its displayed target percentage. Then I shall return the MEGA NUDGER to the Showboat after the study is complete. I shall provide new locks and keys and the machine will have the same float and cashbox takings in as when it left the shop. I will also offer compensation for loss of earnings from machine whilst off site, regardless of if I'm barred or not. I suspect a barring for nicking a machine, but there you go. I'll hardly be gutted as I'll have won the lottery and it'll be the last place I'll be going.
Should it show that it doesn't meet % (it was displaying 98% until quite recently, now 92%) over many, many 1000s of credits I shall be having words with Chuzzy. In fact if it was paying 98%, I'm sure they would have lowered it long before now. I'm guessing Chuzzy is like Osama Bin Laden in that no one can really find him, but I believe he has links with ME Electronics in Leicester.
Edit: Before pro Grammar 96 billion spots it, I think I need to apologise for my poor use of prose up above. Osama Bin Laden does not have links with ME Electronics in Leicester as far as I am aware. Chuzzy does though - doesn't he?
I'll be surprised if it makes its displayed target percentage. Then I shall return the MEGA NUDGER to the Showboat after the study is complete. I shall provide new locks and keys and the machine will have the same float and cashbox takings in as when it left the shop. I will also offer compensation for loss of earnings from machine whilst off site, regardless of if I'm barred or not. I suspect a barring for nicking a machine, but there you go. I'll hardly be gutted as I'll have won the lottery and it'll be the last place I'll be going.
Should it show that it doesn't meet % (it was displaying 98% until quite recently, now 92%) over many, many 1000s of credits I shall be having words with Chuzzy. In fact if it was paying 98%, I'm sure they would have lowered it long before now. I'm guessing Chuzzy is like Osama Bin Laden in that no one can really find him, but I believe he has links with ME Electronics in Leicester.
Edit: Before pro Grammar 96 billion spots it, I think I need to apologise for my poor use of prose up above. Osama Bin Laden does not have links with ME Electronics in Leicester as far as I am aware. Chuzzy does though - doesn't he?
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