Service stations are in my view the most depressing way to play fruit machines. Usually stuck there by yourself..not many playing around you unless they are the resident sharks who invariably tend to be lo life scum that blag a quid at any oppurtunity. Then there are the machines themselves..guaranteed to be on minimum % and fucked to high heaven. The bulbs have all gone..they never replace them but expect you to put your hard earned in like your paying for the luxury. Get a short payout or i..o.u? Go tell the dimwit flunky who will tell you to fill your form out and then wait 5 years for the reimbursement never to come. It really is the only place I'd consider dumping (no really dumping) in a cash tray or pouring piss into a coin slot.
Best experience playing fruities....a good local arcade where you know the attendants and they know you...they'll tell you what's paid and who's got shafted on what as long as you buy them the odd thing now and then...hell once my local stayed open an extra 15 mins so I could get the streak out of a Golden Game...you see them right and they'll look after you. Other improtant ingredient is good relationship with other punters...yes you may want to shark their machine afterwards but it makes it all the easier if you get on with them..some will tell you to play it when they've done their dough if you are on good terms. Even have piss arounds on machines with other punters like 1st to get 3 JP's for £20 or something daft like that. Hell, I've even convinced the owner to upgrade Monty Python's and Party Animal to £25 chipset to make things a little more profitable for us in the know. Remember the golden rule..treat as you would like to be treated..a bit of politeness will go far in this sometimes cut throat sometimes very depressing scene.
I wouldn't play anything under 80% unless I had an emptier for it.
I find arcades depressing,as I'm not a fan of lo-techs.
As for services and the like,I tend to agree,there are few things more soul-destroying than getting shafted by some electro-mechanical box of solenoids in a God-forsaken wasteland like a service station,or buffet bar at 1am in the morning.
Fruit machines..who needs 'em....
KidGloves i agree,i know the arcade assistant in my local,i work on the carpark by the river and let her park free in return for info on whats payed and what hasn't.
shit slotterman i gotta move to your part of the country - "wont play unless machine at minimum 80% payout"!!
there are 3 barcrests in my patch in Leeds set to 70%! 2x TD and a BC.
Needless to say, i wont play 'em. Most pub machines are set to 72 or 78, an 80 or more would be v. rare.
Wont play in arcades or service stations, as mentioned before too sad and depressing and i actually have a life, so cant comment but anyone who beleives the %age on a little piece of paper near the slot in those places is just too gullible
Not all arcades are bad. Just the ones that leave faults in their machines for months (sticky buttons, faulty lights etc.) and don't do anything about it even though they've been informed about them. The best places usually have everything in working order and don't bugger about when you're due money 'cos of a IOU.
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