This slot stuff is addictive....

[ramegoom]

Started in this arena a few months ago, pretty harmless, I thought. Picked up a 1935 Jennings at the Chicago show, and I thought I'd try my skills at learning how these things work. It dismissed the myth that there was a special button or lever that destroyed the odds when you were playing these machines, and realized it's all about averages.

So, I picked up an EM Jennings 1978 and dug into it, learning how the machine operates. Got it working 100% so I'm thinking I'm getting it. Plus, I'm improving and fixing all along, and plan on posting some stuff I added (did a bit of that already). My background in electronics and machine shop is helping here.

In the meantime, I am currently on a mini-vacation in Cancun, and can't leave the internet alone, so I found a group of these 70's Jennings for sale....gonna get home and look into those soon.

This is getting addictive. It's probably good that here in Illinois, you can't own one unless it's 25 years old, otherwise I'd probably be looking at current day computerized machines to add to my gameroom.

But wondering who actually stays legal these days....hmm.....

Rant over. Thanks for listening.

[StatFreak]

 

    Don't forget our axioms:

"Slot machines are like potato chips: you can't have just one."

"Don't leave your machines alone in the dark; they multiply."


Stat

[4 Deuces]

My name is Dave and I'm a slot addict.

The first step is admitting, which I do with great pride. 

Can't wait to my next one!

[ramegoom]

The thing about is this; I am not really too much into playing the slots, but more into the mechanicals of them and the understanding of how they work. It's like when I was 9 years old, I spent more time behind the TV set than in front of it - marveling about all those tubes (yeah, dating myself) and components, wondering why they do what they do. Still, anything I ever had my hands on somehow wound up being taken apart, and maybe 80% of the time, put back together properly.

The learning process is a rocky road....