Hi All,

I just picked up a nice Bank Shot w/ 20,000 total plays.

It hasn't beed fired up in 22 years, so of course there are some issue, as well as some interesting "fixes".

I've gotten most of the issues straightened out. The one that's left is that the kickout holes should score 100pts for every unlit ball. Instead they tend to score 2,300, 4,200, 5000 etc. I don't see a pattern as to which balls are lit, and which balls are out. Looking at the reset bank, all of the switches seem to be opening and closing as they should.

Any thoughts as to where to look. The circuit doesn't seem obvious to me on the schematic.

Thanks

Sure Shot works that way, Bank Shot only scores the 100pts for unlit, and adds 1k per lit ball for end of ball bonus.

Ok, I take that back. The playfield says 100pts for every unlit ball, but the score card says 100 for unlit and 1k for lit. Having said that, the machine does not score properly.

Here's how it's scoring, granted there are too many combinations of balls but, these scores seem to hold consistent:

0-2 balls lit = 500pts
3,4 balls lit = 1,400pts,
5-7 balls lit = 2,300 pts
8 balls lit = 3,200pts
9 balls lit = 2,300pts
10,11 balls lit = 4,100pts
12-15 balls lit = 5000pts, with the wow being scored with all 15 lit.

very perceptive Mark.

I'll go back and see if the scoring lines up with that logic. In the mean time, here's the schematic.

-W

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They are! Well....sorry about this post! You are correct about the logic. The game just looks at the five left or right balls, and the corresponding hole collects.

I've noticed that sometimes the 100's and 1000's reel are latched together, but that's just a score reel rollover switch adjustment I'm sure.

Thank for catching this Mark. It's been over 50 years since I've played a Bank Shot, must have forgotten how it scores. I didn't think that you could collect 14k each time you shoot the kick out holes, didn't make sense.