Who was the 1st ever player???

thecannonball89 · Post by **thecannonball89** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:13 pm

Somone must know who the 1st ever fruitmachine player was?

Im saying brighton/blackpool local??

Mr Move It · Post by **Mr Move It** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:18 pm

My bet's on an insider in the gaming industry, perhaps one of the coders? This is of course long before companies started clamping down with strict rules for employees, disciplinary action, garden leave and tribunals that are enforced now.

ScottyNorth192 · Post by **ScottyNorth192** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:25 pm

My bet is someone from Las Vegas in the early 1920's!

AMK · Post by **AMK** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:36 pm

Haha dunno. There's quite a few old timers on here now.

You want me to fetch your slippers and pipe Lee?

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:58 pm

lol ,,,,,,,, there's a few of us old school players on here ,,,,,,,, im 38 and have been at this since i was around 15

martin is 41 i think , and has been at it as long as me

glendale and betch are practically oap's

but im putting my money on northerner butch as being the oldest known pro player

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:59 pm

there were players who won on one armed bandits by pulling the handle at a certain speed so would guess at the 1920s

quizard · Post by **quizard** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:02 am

Could you making a decent living out of it in the 4.80 token days?

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 1:05 am

Everyone will remember when they first heard of someone who knew the score, but i doubt they were the first.

betchrider · Post by **betchrider** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 1:56 am

Remember seeing my first “player" on minder.He was a school boy who was sharking fruit in Winchester club and got it with 50p!

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 3:26 am

quizard wrote:Could you making a decent living out of it in the 4.80 token days?

i never did ,,,,,,, if truth be told i was generally potless back then , with the occasional good week ,,,,,,,,

never started making any decent money until the £10 cash days ushered in.

Captain.Tattybojangles · Fri Jan 07, 2011 5:03 am

Antony from a thriving university town in Oxfordshire.

Some say that behind Chuck Norris's beard there isn't a chin, there's just another fist. Behind this guy's is just another sack of £s

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:39 am

I was making regular money before it went to 10 pound cash,it wasn't 100% consistent though and it would be fair to say that I had an unfair advantage a lot of the time as I was able to obtain sizeable quantities of machine tokens by various means.

I first player I knew of was an old chap we called the professor .he was known to me about the time of 4 pound token jpts but already had a reputation amongst other locals in my area,he used to travel and was doing early quizzers as well as fruits.

He must have been in his late fifties or early sixties back in the mid 80's.

streakseims · Post by **streakseims** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:27 am

was Tony from Oxford

oldskool · Post by **oldskool** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:47 pm

quizard wrote:Could you making a decent living out of it in the 4.80 token days?

barcode, every ace machine, cash zone, card cash. I did ok. Think i did best out of £6 & £8ers.

Glendale · Post by **Glendale** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 7:28 pm

oldskool wrote:
quizard wrote:Could you making a decent living out of it in the 4.80 token days?
barcode, every ace machine, cash zone, card cash. I did ok. Think i did best out of £6 & £8ers.

I thought of you when this was posted! How many years ago did you start?