Hopper dump

maverick69 · Post by **maverick69** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 11:49 pm

2nd time ive had this in 8 years, went into an arcade for a few bits and pieces. there both being slotted by local wannabees. anyway i go into the 10p section. quid in extreme...3 out wow. Then tried a king ker ching....3-for 5. anyway i see onto a big ben lol....wtf, im bored waiting and as ive given up smoking cant even go outside. quid in gamble the win...up to 3 quid then i loose the gamble. I collect the 3 quid and the hopper just dumped....around 100 quid...this shit never happens to me. the rainbow..and the mega deal got smashed to pieces also. lol

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:46 am

had this sort of thing happen a few times over the years , a couple of times in quite close succession on the same casino barx, the alpha was show 88.88 and it was making the collect noise. had to make a sharp exit because they start with that extra loud trippy sfx when they go empty .

i had a project reflex on unlimited credits once as well , years ago.
had to get the bank to 30 quid each time to get any thing out though lol. it was right next to the cashdesk in felixstowe pier and i was sweating a bit for fear of getting sussed.

deano8177 · Post by **deano8177** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:05 am

Ive had this before in an arcacde in clacton about 10 years ago. I want to stick a nugget in and it just dumped the hopper £1s & 10ps it was over a 1er there. as it was dumping the floor walker stood next to me and said that's been in here two weeks and it's about time it payed out.
Then I went back about 3-4 days later to show my mate what fruit I was and the thing done it again, only for about 50 that time. I thought there was a secret button on the floor that would dump the hopper.

I think it was some project game where you had stars and bars on the first 2 reels and 3rd reel was stars bars and cash amounts, if you got the 2 bars with a cash win it could roll back in a few times.

big A · Post by **big A** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:53 am

Never had a hopper dump but put 5p in a big ben before an it gave me £2 of credits,took me about £2 to empty it lol

tommya · Post by **tommya** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 4:19 pm

Ive had a couple dump on me a game called body parts and that bingo game, also had a old skool pink panther play weird and play out the hopper

mouse75 · Post by **mouse75** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:04 pm

Magnificent 7's and Rocky Horror - long time since i've seen one tho.

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:39 am

Had a JPM on test, 10p payout, 50p payout, token payout, jackpot music then back to 10p looping ad infinitum.

ps Suzie Dent has confirmed the following three entries to be added to the OED next year

Pogishness - the chance of three rainbows

Ultragranny - the unassuming blue-rinsed octagenarian who is a secret fruitpro. Not in the super skillstop mould, but knows the setups to prime the "ultra" streaks on lo-techs.

Unpieable - when you get a £20 win, long odds on that it goes to £25, but just f**ks you over for the sake of it, whilst £100 in and only 2 50p wins to note.

BFK · Post by **BFK** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:21 am

Had a jackpot 7's project dump the entire hopper when collecting a £3 bank. It was audit day so was a nice 125!! But the staff see it so I was honest!! They gave me £20 tho.

I did think about writing them out a docket note and telling them to come back next week!!!

Mr McStreak · Post by **Mr McStreak** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:31 am

Project machines from that era were notorious for emptying themselves for no reason. A friend had it happen on 3 steps to heaven. She was honest and handed the money in, and recieved a packet of biscuits as a reward, much to everyone's amusement. A few weeks later a couple were playing the same machine and it did it again, they looked around sheepishly, I told them to fill their boots but they said they wouldn't take what wasn't theirs.

I'd already got most of it into my pocket by the time they had finished their sentence.

Me and my brother were playing a £5 excalibur and somehow it ended up on test. I thought fuck it, might as well dump the hopper, as my brother looked on disapprovingly. Sadly though the blue rinse behing the cash desk sensed something was amiss, and I ended up handing some of it over. I asked her how she knew and she said she'd never seen the machine pay out over a tenner, but the real giveaway being the fact the cash box door was literally hanging off, and the machine was less than a yard from the cash desk.

I was playing snooker late one night and afterwards got chatting to a lad who worked up there as he closed up. He went to switch the machines off, but doubled back to grab a glass and some paper and a pen. I asked him why he needed them and he said that one of the machines 'had a strange habit' of spitting out several pound coins when it was switched on or off, and invited me to see for myself as he switched it off and on again. The machine in question was Fields of Gold by Global. As it reset pound coins started to trickle out, until it had completed initialised. He counted the coins and wrote down how many there was on some paper, and put it all in the glass behind the bar.

Interesting.

A conversation ensued, mainly smalltalk about snooker and football, but he also bemoaned the fact he had to open up the following day on his own because they were short staffed, and that he had a huge beer delivery coming in the morning and it would take him ages rearranging the cellar to fit it all in. "Who'd be a barman eh?" I said as I left.

Guess where I was the following morning....

pickareel · Post by **pickareel** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:07 pm

went into a pub in hemsby for a round the bend,in the same pub there was a spotted dick re-glass by global,my mate starts rowing it,i said there's no changer mate if your gonna get involved atleast let me key it 1st (wasnt a playing friend) keyed it and it come up press start to dump hopper or press cancel to exit (something along those lines anyway) my mate looked at me and i looked back at him,he tried to stop me pressing start but he was too sloooooooow lol 11o coins come thudding out and seems like it takes a total age,went back next week and did it again,then next time it was disabled

Captain.Tattybojangles · Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:33 pm

Haha...Sounds like the Hopper Dump was stuck down somehow. You woulda thought it would have caught on to this if the bottom door wasn't shut.

pound · Post by **pound** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:37 am

Some lucky folk here

Best for me was,Arcade owner was checking a 500 party slotto.
I aint a clue what he was doing,I dont think he refilled it.
anyway he leaves it,about 5 mins later,It spits out pound coins.
He was only 2 machines away,I kept looking and in the end i chucked a pound in it,And took the pounds out of tray. There was about 20 quid

Pity it never emptied the lot.

badders2 · Post by **badders2** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:53 am

had it once when we had a lighting storm it was up n over

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:04 pm

Good old beachcomber, that spotted Dick was there for donkeys!

blackmogu · Post by **blackmogu** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:11 pm

Had a Pharoah's Gold £250 in Stanleys, Bristol that was pulsing it's lights strangely one day. The machine still worked, but something was up with it.

Whilst playing something else in the room, the Pharoah's Gold randomly spit out about 30 coins. Result ! No-one else was in the slots room to notice, so I wandered over and played it for a bit, and sure enough, another handful of coins came out.

Kept on doing this until empty.