Q1. You have a machine which streaks big but the notey is at risk of getting tooled - do you:-
a) Keep the hopper at £250 so that the machine doesn't IOU, but disable the notey.
b) Keep the hopper at £250 and the notey on, let's not worry about things until they happen.
c) Keep the hopper at £125 and the notey on, if it IOU's then that's something we need to deal with.
d) Keep the hopper at £100 and the notey off, it's gonna bank itself but that's a good way of screwing the player by not giving him the short pay.
Q2. The machine short pays, how long do you take to reply to the service call?
a) We always fix machines within the day.
b) Give us a few days and we will be out when we've finished watching porn.
c) We are really busy at the moment, might be around in the next week or so.
d) Don't call us, we'll call you.
Q3. What happens with the short pay??
a) We give all the money in a coin bag back to the player with a note expressing our sincere apologies.
b) We give the money to the pub, and let them decide whether to keep it or not.
c) We use this money to try to cover our £25m+ business losses.
Q4. There's a trick on a machine which allows it to run empty. Do you:-
a) Chip the machine but make it fair so it doesn't play any worse.
b) Take the machine out of the pub but put it somewhere else and hope the player doesn't find it!
c) Switch the machine off immediately and remove it, and then resite it once critically updated.
d) Make the machine run at 30% for the next 6 weeks to make the money back.
Q5. There's a problem with fraud on a machine, but it affects almost all your entire fleet of machines. Do you...
a) Tell all the pubs to switch the machines off and rectify the problem immediately.
b) Tell them to switch the machines off until you can be bothered to fix them (see question 2)
c) Keep them on until you can be bothered to fix them - we need to make sure they get a good run on the fraud don't we?!
d) Keep them on, updating all sites with the new programs for WIYB and Cluedo is far more important...
Q6. Industry standards stipulate that the condition that machines were switched to 50p/£35 was on that 50p play was compensated with +6%. Do you do this??
a) Immediately and keep it on +6% - it's the law isn't it?
b) Start it off and see how it goes, see if I can take it off tho when no one notices.
c) Law, what's that?? None of my machines are going anywhere near +6%!
Q7. Reel based machines have been around since machines were first invented, and are very popular with drinkers around the country. Despite no evidence suggesting that punters may like video machines, manufacturers are starting to make them. Do you?
a) Keep reel based machines because they have been successful, if it ain't broke don't fix it.
b) Keep reel based machines until there is evidence that video technology is popular.
c) Spend an absolute fortune on unproven technology and then when they
take no money, sell the obsolete machines for pennies.
Scores:
Q1. a) 0 b) 3 c) 7 d) 10
Q2. a) 0 b) 3 c) 7 d) 10
Q3. a) 0 b) 7 c) 10
Q4. a) 0 b) 3 c) 7 d) 10
Q5. a) 0 b) 3 c) 7 d) 10
Q6. a) 0 b) 7 c) 10
Q7. a) 0 b) 3 c) 10
Results:-
0-30 - You would be a very honest chap, and would actually have a good chance of running a successful distribution business!
30-50 - Seems you are a touch underhand my friend, and very disorganised to boot. People could be justifiable annoyed with the way you'd run your distribution business!
50-70 - You'd have no chance in being successful in distribution, because as soon as you were legally of the right age to work, Gamestech would offer you a multi million position as their CEO.
