Monte carlo or bust used to be a great machine in the early days. The secret holds, hold em alls and follow the buttons with boat horn sound effects rocked. I still remember a few of the marked cards. a 2 had the middle part of the card missing, a queen had a dodgy red bit on the side. As for the features they were quite fun, especially the horse racing with the humourous names for the horses!
I agree though, as they were chipped and the jackpots reduced, the gameplay was seriously altered.