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OldReno
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« on: September 09, 2012, 03:11:47 AM »

Reel strip needed.
I've got a nice modified 742A that has been converted into a single line, 5 coin JPO machine. (Complements of my buddy Darrell.)
I'd really like to sell it (I need hearing aids seriously to be sociable again -- 90% hearing loss from working in casinos), but it's so damned tight that probably no-one wants to play it. Or buy it.
The payback is 79%, and the hit frequency is only 4%, so it's almost one of the tightest machines I've seen.  The very tightest was 'Old Red' at the Mapes, which had a 60% payout.  But it made a ton of money.  We overlayed one of the bars with a blank reel strip, and folks thought it was broken, so they played the heck out of it.  Greed....
Anyway, I'm looking for a black standard sized reel strip which has bars, 5bars, and 7's on it.  If I can find this, then I will convert the machine into a higher payout device.
I could even make it so it pays out over 100%, which would make a very nice home machine, and one that folks might like to play.
If anyone can turn me on to a reel strip, I will do a post on how I converted it, step by step, with pics, and put that up on NLG.
Might be a fun project, and your advice will certainly be solicited on how to make this a higher frequency pay, better percentage, and in designing the strips.
If anyone has a black strip with cherries, that might be fun, too, because you can really dick around with percentages with a cherry or two. And it's pretty easy to rewire the hopper, because the wires for those pays were usually built in and taped away.  Note,  we do have to re-work they reel boards, too, to do this....
Actually, the fastest way I remember of tightening a machine, was to remove a cherry and add a 7.  Increases the house's hold tremendously.
I haven't changed out a pay structure for a long time, but still remember how to do it.
Will post what the current reel strips are, and the paytable if anyone is interested in helping design a 'busy' slot machine for home play.
Thanks
OldReno.
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« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2012, 04:24:40 AM »

Hey OldReno,   Have you looked at Barry Foxs EBay store? The last time I took time to look see what he had, I thought I saw some Black reproduction strips for the 742. I was suprises to see how many different strip sets he had.

Gary
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If it's jammed, force it... If it breaks it needed to be replaced anyway...
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« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2012, 04:32:31 AM »

Cool to know, and thanks!  I've been bugging him mercilessly over the last few weeks, and did not want to further antagonize him.
Kidding....
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« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2012, 08:04:36 PM »

On second thought, I'm going to leave the reel strips original, and instead wire in a couple of mystery pays.
I've got a couple in mind, and want to make it select-able by the owner.  With optional mystery pays, one should be able to select payback percentages from 78.5% to 98.5% or 108.5% with a simple turn of the JP reset key. 
Will do a post on how to do this after a little more pondering.  Should be do-able.
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