Quote Originally Posted by frufrugirl View Post
Ahhhhh I see. Maybe you are playing for the social life too?
you can say that! i love to see kids and teens reach out to these machines and play like it was for real, i cheer them when they win big and i sometimes get carried away by shouting "no, dont do this, do that instead, it will pay you off in the end".... "yes, keep doubling, that machine is hot!"... "no, dont gamble that, please". its funny to see them bet with the "at least let me win something" approach, but most of them know how to play and reach nice returns in no time, i've seen kids like 7-8 y.o turn 5 coins into 40 just by playing double or nothing (which is a built in standalone feature in the formula1 machine mentioned earlier).... i even witnessed a kid which was like 7-8 as well that came in with 30 coins and ended with a whoopin' 1300 coins, again by doubling, this little fella has bigger balls than all the hardcore gamblers here put together, i wish i could reach that sum even just to enjoy the feeling of winning a load of coins and ofcourse play it all back to the machine if luck happens to run out.

speaking of luck, the owner of the place was in the same highschool and class as me, so i got the privilage of getting some free coins, well, free as in no money, but because a buisnessplace is a buisnessplace, i made a deal with him that i will help him tape back the prize tickets that some machines give, clean the kiddy rides since the place is in a mall, and do other general stuff like buying him stuff (with his money) while he was busy with the kids or fixing the broken machines (which i applause him for being a multitalent), in return, he would give me a handful of coins that would reach around 30, one time, i helped him to move all the machines in the aracade itself, and i mean huge machines that you would only see in fairs and carnavals, and wash the floor which was dustier than most of your attics, for that he gave me 300 coins which i lost in about 20 minutes, the funny thing is, later he gave me a handful which was like 20, and guess what.... i gave him all the lost 300 back plus another 200, which drove me crazy since i had to reset the machine (instead of dropping the coins in the cashout tray which would save him a big refill) because i wanted to pay him his coins back instead of gambling it off, which was painful as i wanted to keep playing anyway, but i knew it was a noble thing to do ...


this post has part 2 as well, since its 1:18 AM right now, i will continue later, cya