As is so often the case, a Bally "London" bingo machine I recently acquired is missing most of the keys.

Actually have the most important ones, those being the coin door and back door to the backbox which means I can access most of the locks to release/replace except the ones for the side rails on the backbox.

And of course I'm chasing a problem where I really need to pull the backglass and swing the front mech platform out.

I see that someone is offering NOS Bally side rail locks w/keys on eBay which got me wondering if the backbox keys might be a common key across the line. If so, I could buy one of the locks and be set!

If not... I really would prefer to not have to drill these out... Or are there any good sources for replacement keys for these machines/locks?

Yeah, they are the screw in type. I'll have to take a closer look at them and see if there is anything I can finagle .

Thanks!

Well, I finally got frustrated and drilled one of them. Spent over an hour trying to find some way to get that darn clip to release without doing any substantial damage, and finally decided the frustration was already more than the cost of a replacement lock.

Once the one was out, I could get the back glass out and the front panel lowered and got the other lock out without additional violence.

On to the more important things now! The lights, oh my gosh... The lights!!!

So many lights