Bob Bartop wrote:
>I've read stories in the past (from Mickey) about "over-payers", old vp machines that paid out more coin than they were supposed to. Of course, Mickey never took advantage of those and stayed away from hustlers who did. Mickey is smart!
I was never that smart. I actually preferred what we called
"clickovers." These were machines that registered more coins than
were inserted. In 1985, I found one of these at the Sparks Nugget.
Every so often, it would register 2 coins for 1 that was inserted. I
estimate I saved $5000 on a $1 progressive that I ended up hitting for
$14,000. Something like what happened to the car at the end of "The
Blues Brothers," it finally went crazy. The screen did a "scrambled
eggs" and tried to spill all the coins in the hopper into the tray.
They caught that and I gallantly offered to give back what had spilled
into the tray, which I think they declined because I was such a good
customer.
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