New pound coin

paragoon · Post by **paragoon** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 10:35 pm

On the plus side I put one little quid into a 'Powerplay' machine today. the Powerplay button flashed up and jumped to three blue sevens and then GATW came up on the screen. Paid me out in eight tenners and twenty pound coins. Meant that I was up on the day seeing as more than half of the pubs I was visiting had got rid of their quizzers.

buzzer · Post by **buzzer** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 10:35 pm

harry2 wrote:The Butlins/ seaside arcades could pay out in £1 tokens, which could be exchanged for real money at the cash desk or like those machines you feed the coins in to change up for notes. A little like cashing your chips in at a casino.

that wouldn't help (well apart from the shape of the coin).

hoppers will still need to be altered for the new token and mechs changed/reprogammed for the new coin and and perhaps token.
you would also have the new problem of machines running empty of the tokens, you couldn't use the refil key to refil a hopper with tokens without an alteration to the program and possibly machine wiring...
could get messy really quick.

all the manufactureres and large suppliers should get their heads together and agree a unified course of action.

but of course that won't happen, will be a shambles , just the same as it was with the 10p change over

buzzer · Post by **buzzer** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 7:22 pm

well it seems the industry already has a part solution for the new coin.

anyone heard of the smart hopper?

http://www.yourguides.net/amusement-gam ... art-hopper

rehab · Post by **rehab** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:17 pm

i think its quite concievable for fruits (well pub fruits) to become note only

"next board within 5 notes GTD"

etc

bubbles · Post by **bubbles** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:57 pm

today i had the message come up "so you know fruits really well and smash it every day do you? 34 tenners will disappear from your wallet on the next 2 fruits you play and you will not be able to get your head around how!"

Double Bubble · Post by **Double Bubble** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 10:00 am

I would make sure the next 2 machines I play would be £5 extremes

streakseims · Post by **streakseims** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 10:08 pm

You can't, someones broke hold 3 and nudge button and high button is broke on £5 panther next to it...

Ruler of The World · Post by **Ruler of The World** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 2:03 am

I think we need a new Queen, this one is vandalizing our coinage!

MrVimto · Post by **MrVimto** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:37 pm

its not gonna be a problem if you own a bandit coz you'll have enough old coins for it. Whereas buying future bandits they'll just get upgraded and cost more to buy.

dog section · Post by **dog section** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:30 pm

another rip off planned down the line