Fruit Machine Chat

I was out and about in Birmingham today and found myself having a quick one in the Old Joint Stock (for those who aren't familiar, it's a cavernous, and well-preserved, Victorian place currently run by Fullers: nice beer). Anyway, it has a Paragon, and when I looked at the menu screens, I found the following (yes, I was so surprised, I wrote it down - if I wasn't a Luddite with no cameraphone, I'd have taken a picture):

Quiz: MotD, 1vs100, Beat the Landlord, Dr Who, By Any Means, DOND
Word: I Spy, PMP
Skill: Spot the Diff, Little Shop, Monkey Spank, Prem League Darts

And that was it. So what's happened - all the other games pulled because people have won too much, or is this just a machine that never gets updated? And has anyone seen a thinner selection on a Paragon anywhere? If it's because of too many wins, do the games keep disappearing till there's only one left?

That sounds ominous. Might as well just have a big Monkey Spank on the front and be done with it.

I think Paragons drop to a limited selection of games when the credits on the dongle run out.

quizard wrote:I think Paragons drop to a limited selection of games when the credits on the dongle run out.

Nail-head!

Recently I encountered a paragon during start-up which said 2 games remaining. I played a pound game, then a 50p game then a few more games but there was no discernible change while I was on it. Out of curiosity I went to the same pub the following morning and it was just the same.
But you do see some oddly bare menus here and there.