About 12 years ago Odyssey manufactured 4 play machines in FP Deuces and 4700 Joker in quarter and dollar. These machines were installed at least at the Fiesta and Arizona Charlie's (original locations). Since multi-line machines reduce volatility for the same total amount bet (e. g., quarter on 4 line vs. dollar single play), quarter players flocked to the the quarter machines due to reduced risk.
Unfortunately IGT held a patent on multi-line games and prevailed in a lawsuit prohibiting Odyssey from putting out the machines. Odyssey seemed to disappear after that, although I don't know whether they were acquired by IGT or went out of business.
LA Bum
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@...> wrote:
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> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, TedChee@ wrote:
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> > Thanks for the video. It brought back a lot of good memories & one bad
> > one. The only time I gambled in MN was on an Odyssey which took 6 hrs to hit
> > the bonus! Just surprised that they are still around because I thought IGT
> > won a lawsuit which put Silicon Gaming out of business.
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> As I remember it Silicon Gaming got into bigtime money trouble by trying to get to big to fast and IGT bought them out just to put them out of business.
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