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TIMES PAY - Another game from the IGT Vision Series, not to be construed with 5 Times Pay, 10 Times Pay, although the game could be found on these type machines. It was a game where every so often you got a multiplier like 2X, 3X, 4X, up to 7X, for a certain number of spins. The slang term machine pro's used for these games was "Coming Soon's." There was an LED screen at the top of the machine that took you through 3 phases as you were playing.
First phase-the LED screen would be flashing in green "Watch For."
Second phase- the LED screen would be flashing in red "Coming Soon."
Third phase-This was the Times Pay mode. The screen would be flashing how many spins you had left with the multiplier.
Besides coming in different games like, Double Diamond, Triple Diamond, Triple Double Diamond, there were many different configurations of coin-in to put the game through the three phases. I'm gonna use a Double Diamond Time Pay machine I used to play at the Flamingo/Laughlin (now Aquarius) as the example. All Time Pay machines worked like this, except with different configurations of coin-in. The Double Diamond at the Flamingo had an average 120 coin-in cycle to put it through the three phases.
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