They can be fun & fit where a pinball machine won't fit. Good for a piggy bank too, gathering up loose change. But there is also a certain sameness to many slot machines. Common classic mechanical slots, like old jukeboxes, have come down in price since the 1980's. If you can fix EM pins, you may find a decent deal on an EM slot. They are very heavy, especially the Bally games, which were built like a safe.

http://newlifegames.com has a forum, the way the web used to look, back in the olden days.

State laws vary. Must be 25 years old or more. Must be pre-1941, and so on. Some sellers will not ship to certain states. Do the states really care? Probably no so much, unless you operate slots for profit.

If you work on EM pins, you will find the EM slots are very similar. Absent a schematic you can always follow the wires, or "shotgun" repairs, cleaning and adjusting mechs and contacts.

I have three of the Williams late 90s games with the dmd and they are fun to play and work on. Similar components to a pin. Eassy schematics. It can be put on "demo play" but we just fixed it for tokens. Texas doesn't care as long as its home use only. As mentioned above, NLG is Pinside for slots. Lots of good info there.

I had a few for a while and installed tournament ROMs in them to make them more fun to play at home. Mine were all set for quarters (I live in WV). But still, they quickly got boring and they do take up space, so I sold them.

Instead I made a touchgame system (like a Megatouch on steroids) using All-in-One computers and I can play all the cool newer slot machines, plus all the other casino games. What's nice about these games is they are licensed, so you're playing real machines you can find at casinos, and they have profiles to keep track of multiple players and other cool things slots can't do.

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They are always fun to have around. When someone goes down to the gameroom they always play for a while. After a while you won't play everyday, but still nice to have...

I have the Bally model you speak. It's OK but I much prefer the 90s Williams models with the dot matrix screen. They have bonus games and they're a lot of fun. Like jackpot party. And if you're familar with WPC Williams pinball games, they will seem very familiar in several ways.

On the modern games like the William dotmations, I load them up with credits via the bill exceptor. I have disconnected the switch on the Pay out button. So people can only play the game using credits. They can never get any money back out of it. Any winnings go into the pile of credits and they just play them from the credits on the machine. The game will of course except money like quarters and paper money, but it will never give it back

If you'd be interested in an Odyssey touchscreen slot, PM me. I have full machines available. Many games available on them too, including poker, blackjack, keno, multilines,etc.

And I'm local to you!

http://robertwinter.com/slot/odyssey/index.html

http://robertwinter.com/slot/odyssey/parts_drive_15.html

I picked up three partial projects a few years ago and quickly got two of them up and running. The games on these are interchangeable to about 7 or 8 different games. Still looking to finish out the third with a game called Piggy Banking. Lots of fun still and the wife adores them.

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I used to work on Bally EM's in the 70's and have a 831 three line fruit in my basement.They're a lot like EM pinball machines and you can still find them pretty cheap.Hard to get parts though so you should find one complete.PM me if you have any questions.

I had one of those newer games for a while, but I don't remember what it was, but something was a pain in the ass! Maybe battery replacement?

I have several myself but much prefer the New era slots that use software preferably the WMS and Bally games (Odd how I still follow those companies??) Over the mechanical one arm bandits you can quickly swap out the software and have a completely new game. Yes, these are Very much like todays pinball with many similar boards and displays. In our house its basically an inhouse 401k. Mama or others can play but money does Not leave! Unless you win. Print a ticket and play some other time. lol Even have the Very hard to find Pinball Slot made by Barcrest! Customized it and had my wife paint a custom sign for our Kasino. Yes, our last name starts with K....

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I like antique slots better than modern.

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LOVE that "The old Mill" Slot! Looks amazing!!!

Ah Little Duke. I have the same one with the ball gum vender.
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Thanks! The old mill is actually a huge vending machine. It was made by the mutoscope company.

Very nice!

Why did you post this thread!!! It may cost me money!!!

Trade stimulators(basically slot machine where the payout isn't automatic and it is paid by the cashier to avoid gambling laws)
are pretty sweet too. It's a gumball vending machine not a slot!

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I never knew I needed a slot machine, but this thread has helped me to realize that yes, yes I do need a slot machine.

You will find after a while you don't play it a lot...but it sure looks great just sitting there....

Question to the people here, does anyone know what this machine is about and where i could get parts etc if i ever need them?? It works and I could not help myself

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Never heard of that brand.I would walk away.

Well too late I bought it already lol. It works fine, and is just to add to the basement, more of a in case something goes wrong in future. If not I'm not into big money for it

Post pictures of the inside, electronics, reel assembly, hopper, etc. It may have been a re-branded IGT or Bally machine. Although to me, it looks like a British machine.

Here is what I have, thanks in advance to anyone who can shed some light onto this mini mystery

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Sorry,I assumed it wasnt working.How much was it if I could ask?

I've heard when you have random non-pinball guests the slots get played way more than the pins. At least this seems to be the case with the newer slots. Great audio. Great animations. Lots of bonus modes. Much bigger fun factor than the old 3-reel slots. Not cheap, but cheaper than pins. Helps to know a slot technician for occasional breakdowns and dead batteries.

This dude has some good ones.

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THAT is nice!

Crap I thought that was my basement! Have pretty much the same selection but at least one is a Barcrest Pinball to keep the theme appropriate. As for the question from #jesperpark Go to NewLifeGames forum and post the same picture and questions. That forum is to slots what Pinside is to Pinball. And yes they have off the wall collectors also. If there is a part needed or info on the game you posted you Will find it there. Very helpful and I learned Everything you would ever want to know about slots on that site. Good Luck. FYI, that slot and era should have run you around 250 ish at most hope you didn't pay more.

Get a pachinko machine. Slot machine and pinball type skill game in 1.

I have owned the matrix pachinko for about 3 years and every different anamatronic thing it does amazes me. From the cannon to the phone and 3d LCD screen.

I have owned slots before. And while slots get old fast, this is staying.

Some of these are amazing.

That is not like any Pachinko machine I have seen, does it even have balls? Crazy effects though

Holy crap! I had the Star Wars one and thought that was cool! How much was Matrix?

Well, it looks like you have six fluorescent tubes

The electronics is very old school, 1960's. The reels are motor driven (sort of like Jennings of that era) but I have never seen anything like that. Circuit boards plug in to the rack under the reels, and there may be two or three different boards. Maybe there would be a name on those circuits that you could trace to a manufacturer.

1 of which is a black light... makes the reels glow

I compliment my pins with matching slots. Elvira, CFTBL, MonsterMansion, Funhouse

Elvira's Secret or Elvira Mistress of the Dark? I've heard the latter is like finding a unicorn.

Secret

Yeah it has pachinko balls. It's really cool.
3d multi layered LCD. A bunch of moving stuff inside. And RGB lightshow. A decent video of some of the features.

I picked it up free. A buddy threw it in when I cleaned and fixed up his rollergames for him.
Looks like currently on the pachinko forums asking prices are somewhere around $700.