I keep meaning to do that....
and then another summer passes....
ALL the machines I "researched" have been long gone, and the modern ones have almost NO element of strategy. You either win crap, or the Jackpot.
Maybe an ill-spent summer on the Motorway network might help me update the site, which was intended to be a list of all the machines at most of the main motorway rest stops in the UK, along with some guidance as to strategy.
I have been thinking of ways to expand the appeal, beyond machine players, and into strategies that might help visitors get better value from these places, renowned for being a "rip-off".
One example I have is that ALL the "free" ATM machines were ripped out, and charging ones put in their place. This was nothing to do with what banks have been telling the authorities, which is that charging ATM machines are to supply the service to places that were not covered by the main free network.
Last weekend, my eldest niece added to my research, the *&^%$ers now charge 2 for a withdrawal

- it used to be 1-50

(she only wanted 10 - what a %$" rip-off


)
I know (at least I did), that at some of these locations, the FREE ATM still exists, but it is well hidden, and they don't advertise it (they can then get rid of it because "no-one uses it").