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[moneymad martian]

Well, I never ever thought I'd ever ever say this, but I found a DonD machine which I actually enjoyed playing!

It is basically a clone of Can you Beat the Banker with a few more bells and whistles, however it plays so much better! Maybe I think its better because I got caned so badly from Can you Beat the Banker once to within an inch of my life (must have walked onto it after an emptier and subsequent refill) that anything better than that is good.

There are two of these machines in different Wetherspoon outlets in Leeds which are about two minutes walk away from each other. First one, saw this machine for the first time in my life. Thought, this is a dark attract mode!! Infact, all lamps had failed, however the machine was in working order with just the alphanumeric and the jazzy "red reels" thing this does sometimes. Well, being one for a bit of a challenge, I thought would have a liitle dabble. Few quid in, and having to count the numbers on the feature board to have a clue where I was, I landed on a question mark. Thought sod it, do or die (or cash or bust), and it awarded Mega Streak! Which went for £66!

After sinking a few coins into the new Cops and Robbers video machine, I decided to have a wander into the train station Wetherspoons, and lo-and-behold another Break the Bank machine was grinning at me.

Well I was armed with pound coins, but as always if I decide for a little session I checked the note accepted worked, which it didn't. However, there was some Cool Gaming piece of shite next door so thought if things get desperate I could use the one on that, which I knew was working because a chap had plumbed a fiver in it and skulked off after losing it in about the time the barmaid poured my pint.

Played this machine for the first time properly, given the fact the lights were working on this one. It gives a half decent game actually! I have played the likes of DonD The Power Five and that other piece of bollocks with the hi-lo up the nudge and cash stacks and have been amazed at how badly they rip off the punter. This is not a happy ever after story, I actually lost about £20 on the day, notwithstanding the Mega Streak I got earlier, but it took me a long time to lose it! Recycling wins actually worked instead of murdering the gameplay totally if you decided to collect at the obvious block (I await the day a manu will make a "random" feature board and get rid of blocks). I had a JP through the Power 5 feature, a super streak, £20 and a Mega Streak from a do or die press, and other various wins. To lose £50 (on this machine) took me nearly three hours, on others I have lost £50 in ten minutes.

Everyone forgets that when you play fruit machines you are buying a service, you are buying entertainment. Sometimes that entertainment may mean you win a few bob, but the majority of the time you lose. I thought that to play a machine for three solid hours, and really enjoy it and not feel raped, was a feeling I had not had since the late 1980's.

Only problem is I will likely get stung on one of these f***ers shortly in the future, and this feeling of nostalgic euphoria will soon fade!

[gaz23leeds]

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[liamr]

i played on 1 today i got 3 phones took the phone feature and i delt at 11 pound but i should have gone on as i had megga streak in the box

[DarrenHalliday]

Aww unlucky i played one today first board i got a streak which went for £112 was well happy

[curlywill]

there are a rare few decent DOND fruit machines that give decent gameplay. but the majority are shite. that is why i do my best not to let myself get lured into playing them.