Trip Report - Blackvegas!! - Real Fruit Machines

Been a while since I have done one of these, and since have been in Blackpool for the last week thought would share my latest round of AWP revelry with everyone!

Not too much detail on the timeline, lots of beer hazed moments I'm afraid, but here are the highlights and lowlights of a week in the “Las Vegas of the North”!

Deal Or No Deal – The Walk of Wealth – BFM (30p/50p multistake, £35JP)

This was the first machine of the week, actually in the arcade in the Pleasure Beach. After summoning a member of staff to remove a chain on which hung a sign “See Staff If you Wish to Enter” (am assuming they have been busted recently for allowing minors to play Cat C's) put a couple of quid in to see the machine was immediately backing. Not that it made much good to be honest. Lots of feature start-ups with three telephones, so plenty of DonD games, just no better than £4 in any of them! Then, after around £30 in, had a feature on which a message from the banker delivered a timely “Cash or Bust will be 35.00”. Carried on till question mark, hit the cash or bust button and £35 was duly awarded. Played for next feature (took around a fiver) and the board was at a £2 block so hit C or B again - £15. Then got greedy. Played for next feature (which took around £15 to achieve) and got diddly. Left around even – could have had a tidy £20 profit.

Deal Or No Deal – The Crazy Chair – BFM (30p/50p multistake, £35JP)

Well this machine (and it's clones – The Perfect Game and The Big Deal) has an immediate telltale if it is happy. The boxes turn red straight away, often every two or three credits. Well this was doing it every time a DonD symbol was in view, so knew the outcome to this. Within around £20 of recycling (and whilst being sharked by local pikeys who obviously knew the same) had the DonD feature squares all red (invincible). Paid a flat £35 MS however. Next feature, same again, same flat £35. Next feature, no IM but am assuming was a hidden one, £35JP (not Megastreak). Came away with a very healthy profit on this, which unfortunately was a very very short term one....

Deal Or No Deal – The Power Five – BFM (25p/50p multistake, £35JP)

I hate this machine. I do not know why I go within ten yards of it, let alone spending an hour hunched over the fooking thing cursing why the hell I started to play it. This was pure evil. Now I could have come on after a refill (machine was backing from start), however I doubt it. I just think the shoddyness of the coding on this is plain for all to see. Whats with the “Power Bonus” on the fifth position on the trail? Every second time it awarded a “Boost” which advanced only to position 6! Well the machine did as much evilness as I remembered from a previous encounter - once you get four power five boxes it goes to extraordinary lengths to not allow you another cash or feature shot – in one instance I got through ten extra lives trying!! Eventually got a JP, played for afters which cost me another tenner and walked away £30 down from the whole day, notwithstanding the earlier profit. I know I have said it before, but this machine is pure evil. Have never ever won on the thing.

Barcrest – Open the Box (25p/50p multistake, £35JP)

Odd machine this. It is blatantly obvious what is in your box is not in your box until you open the box....if that makes sense. Unlike DonD which spins in the award prior to you playing, this does it at the very instant you press to open it. So it even is evaluating its percentage throughout feature gameplay – or there wouldnt be a reason for it to do it this way, surely? Anyway, not much to say, £40 in £35JP out. End.

Mazooma – Road to Riches (25p/50p multistake, £35JP)

I like this machine. Is an easily forceable “BFM” coded machine which you generally get your money back, or moneys worth on. This time had a very quick steal on a red Mega Streak on first feature (which I believe was first pound coin) therefore was happy with a quick £25 profit. Had a show to see that night anyway so was quite happy with the quick result.

QPS – Quid Vicious – (25p/50p multistake, £35JP)

Crapola. Any machine that awards a “Super Megastreak” which gives £16 is not worth the effort....

Deal or No Deal – The Dream Factory – BFM (25p/50p/£1 multistake, £70JP)

The first super duper new £70 JP of the trip. This was in a pub on the front with an 80's theme, cannot remember its name, however they were doing £1.99 double voddy and redbulls and it was lobbing it down outside, so me and the missus took up refuge in here for a while. Well this was an odd one. Had no coins, so played with notes. Was playing a decent game actually, opening up the top section of the board on pretty much every occasion and sometimes doing the temporary “lock-in”. Well got to about £30 in the bank, and thought would recycle some coins. To my horror (had been doing a gentle force, so was already around £20 down) found that the coin mech was knackered, likely full of pikey £7 coins. No matter. Would continue with notes. However, having taken out £5 coins had taken the £1 float lower than a certain point and disabled the note mech - “Not Available” stared at me whilst I tried to stuff another £20 in its greedy pie-hole. Well all I can say is thank God for the “transfer” button. Decided to come away from the Mega £1 game for a more sensible 50p per go flutter, and decided that the force had to be aborted and the £20 loss had to be recouped with the £25 I had left in the bank. Well the £25 rapidly went to £20, the £20 went to £15 and the £15 went quickly to £5. Top section of the board not opened once, £2 block on every feature. The difference was staggering. No idea why changing the stake had had such a bad effect – but it did. In desperation, went back to the £1 Mega game and with three credits of the five I had remaining it awarded an IM. Not an immediate one, but it gave it with the heart symbols and some very nicely placed “No lose Hi-lo”'s. Went for a flat £70, and deciding that discretion was the better part of valour (and my heart pounding so much I needed a smoke) thought it best to leave it there.

Deal or No Deal – The Big Deal – BFM (25p/50p/£1 multistake, £70JP)

This was quite a quicky. It awarded via skillstop three red box symbols and gave a feature called selector or something (the voddy and redbulls were still £1.99 and kicking in by this point), where it allows you to select the best number of boxes available from the matrix. Was quite disappointed, as only got nine of the twelve. However, allowing all three symbols to spin gave the three I needed for DonD; was quite shocked though that the next number took me immediately to a question mark. Thought I'd buggered up the chance of the DonD game, but it actually awarded “move-in”. Then on the next press straight to the next “move-in” arrow and in the centre. This gave 4 of the awards to be £70, along with MS, then £20 down to £1 if memory serves. Played DonD, left all the £70 awards and MS and the £20, offered £23 first up! Let it go, memory fades again so cannot remember the combinations it left but do remember turning down a £52 offer on the way to the £70 JP.

Deal or No Deal – Can you Beat the Banker (Casino) – BFM (50p, £35JP)

Well as my AWP gaming has slowed down considerably over recent years, me and the missus have recently taken up the jolly art of bingo. All forms of gambling accepted in my establishment! The payout percentage is less, the chances of winning are less, however it has a finite limit of how much you can lose. Well after playing bingo at the Mecca hall for a couple of hours, on the way out we stopped in the arcade. The arcade was full of these bloody things, so after a session of eeny meeny miney mo I picked my horse. I don't do lo-techs as a rule, but my God this has made me realise I will never do lo-techs again! I could have picked any one of six or seven of these, however I picked one that sucked £150 straight through with £15 as the highest win. One over yonder, a woman playing it with hair bluer than a smurf, was obtaining MS's and JP's hand over fist. Me, less than half an hour after embarking on my first lo-tech journey for many a moon, was at my destination. Brokesville. The savings cash-card was left at the hotel as not to let too much temptation cross my path, and the ATM in a bingo hall will not allow cash advances on a credit card (tried it), so had no option but to skulk away with tail between legs. Ouch. At least I did my bit for pensioners; one lucky old bird would have had a field day on this – oooh Marge think of all the blue rinse I can buy....

Well there were more machines played, not too many, but all in all came away around £50 down after a weeks play. So not too bad I suppose.

Thanks for reading!

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