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[Chris_010292]

Has anybody wodered why we get Fruit Machines at all different prices of play for example one may be 25p a go another may be 50p a go and in the end why cant there just be one simple price of play because we all know that all fruit machines eventually pay out their 70% legal percentage, so why?

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[Gazeyre1966]

Maybe because some people can't afford 50p a spin? I know I can't and I'm earning a good wage. 5p a go for me now. When I do play.

[nails]

the only thing ive ever wondered, is who the hell plays fruit machines on 5p play.

i wonder how long it will be before some bright spark put a £35 jp machine out on 5p play.

[Bencrest]

Has anybody wodered why we get Fruit Machines at all different prices of play for example one may be 25p a go another may be 50p a go and in the end why cant there just be one simple price of play because we all know that all fruit machines eventually pay out their 70% legal percentage, so why?

Most recent AWPs (if not all of them) up the percentage by 6% (typically from 78% > 84%) when played at the higher 50p/play instead of the usual 25 or 30p/play.

However I've had a couple of shots on the new 50p/£35 machines in local pubs and they've played like utter crap on the 50p - enough to make me not tocuh one ever again.

[Bencrest]

the only thing ive ever wondered, is who the hell plays fruit machines on 5p play.

i wonder how long it will be before some bright spark put a £35 jp machine out on 5p play.

Theres a QPS machine I played recently on MFME, could have been Cops N Robbers. Anyway, theres definately a 10p/£25 on there, so 5p/£35 seems slightly more realistic, albeit a bit mad.

Mind you, I'd play a Club machine on 5p/£75 if there were one sited locally, no questions asked, and I used to have loads of success on 10p/£25 multi-stake BFMs - like Bullseye, Hill Billionaire, e.t.c.

[mrmystery83]

It would mean getting rid of some of the classics that are only available on lower JP's. It's good fun hunting those ones out when you go in a new arcade. As has already been said sometimes you don't want to spend a fortune when you play the machines, just a few quid. So the lower JP machines are ideal. Plus they're good for beginners to learn the ropes at a good price

[serviceenginner]

the only thing ive ever wondered, is who the hell plays fruit machines on 5p play.

i wonder how long it will be before some bright spark put a £35 jp machine out on 5p play.

try playing a 5p £100 then

[nails]

ive played 30p £5, damn good streaks involved there..

[CrAzYbAr]

Most I sis was a 25p £5 vivid...Good play from that and doesn't cost much for a fair board

[Chris_010292]

It's weird, as all machines pay out the same in the end, correct me if i'm wrong, no matter what the price of play, they still play the same, you can put £5 in a 10p machine and win £2 and put £5 in a 30p machine and win £2, so why are machines set at all different types of prices per go?

[jamesb99_1999]

I think the best ones are £5 a play £5 jackpot - I keep coming out £1.25 down each spin? Don't know what that's about

[Chris_010292]

Maybe it's because the 10p ones save up for higher wins from top features and 25p ones streak more often?

[Gazeyre1966]

You work it out Minimotochris.

It's not hard. Lots of other people, not as rich as yourself, like to play fruities..and that means a lower stake.

[bri365]

the only thing ive ever wondered, is who the hell plays fruit machines on 5p play.

i wonder how long it will be before some bright spark put a £35 jp machine out on 5p play.

At work we have club cluedo. 5p play, £100 jackpot. It's been there about six months now and I've jacked it five times. jackpot comes out about once every two weeks.

[impact]

try 50p or £1 ago on £1000 i gave up lossed about £50 on a wild dragon if you think sec16/21 are bad try one of these babes eat money like pac man to the power pill old as the hills these are

[RegularPlayer]

I think a universal stake/prize would be a very boreing thing!

Stakes/prizes in my are not oppinion played about with nearly enough by opperators.
But then again I think we are all filled with brilliant idea's of what we would do if we owned our own arcade!

I remember when one of my locals changed a couple of its old JPM's to 2p play £2 JP... this was done because they were not getting much action and someone decided to have a play with them before replaceing them with new machines.... But supprise supprise even if they had wanted to have replace them they would have had trouble finding a time when they wernt being punted. They ended up takeing more than any of the 5p play machines in the arcade.

Did the locals punt them? Did they f*** - They were a £2 JP - variation is the key.

in the same sence.

Offering a club machine on a 5p play £75 - £100 JP would offer great value to the player - but the liscene on a club machine is pretty high - and when put in the situation to make the choice most oppertaos will take the the more proftable choice.

Low stake - High Jackpot also means SLOOOOOOW play... £10 worth of 5p spins without a feature or significant win is dull dull dull.

[Jamesbond_007838]

Offering a club machine on a 5p play £75 - £100 JP would offer great value to the player - but the liscene on a club machine is pretty high - and when put in the situation to make the choice most oppertaos will take the the more proftable choice.

Low stake - High Jackpot also means SLOOOOOOW play... £10 worth of 5p spins without a feature or significant win is dull dull dull.

5p/£75 costs the same in license fees as a £25 AWP, £7xx.

10p/£100 and up costs £1800+

[Chris_010292]

It's really strange, because why are all the new £35 Jackpots on 50p a go, yet if they were on 10p a go they would still end up paying out the same amount of money in the end, this is where I don't understand why they have to be 50p a go and why their cannot be a fixed universal stake of something like 10p a go if they all pay out the same in the end! You don't win more from 25p a go instead of 10p a go, so why are machines put out on 25p a go instead of 10p in cases???

[VampUK]

It's really strange, because why are all the new £35 Jackpots on 50p a go, yet if they were on 10p a go they would still end up paying out the same amount of money in the end, this is where I don't understand why they have to be 50p a go and why their cannot be a fixed universal stake of something like 10p a go if they all pay out the same in the end! You don't win more from 25p a go instead of 10p a go, so why are machines put out on 25p a go instead of 10p in cases???

Simple economics innit, you put your cash through at 50p a spin quicker than at 10p, that way the machine gets more punters on it per day therefore more profitt.