An old machine which allowed you to
gamble wins on the feature wheel. If it let you get to GRAPE PICKER or DOUBLE
BAR PICKER regularly you could bet there was a jackpot gamble in it. These
machines are still about and are worth a go. Not much advice to give on these,
just make sure the money is falling to the bottom and gamble everything. I used
to gamble £10 x3 x3 x1½ = £135.
There was one
amusing little trick a mate of mine used to do. When collecting DOUBLE BAR
PICKER you will get either 3 or 4 bars. Usually you will get just 3 worth
£10. Sometimes if you gamble this on red you will lose and the losing
number will be on the fourth double bar (the hi-lo reel is the the fourth
reel). He then used to go to the bar and show them that there is a hundred
pound win on the line but the machine had not paid out. The beauty of this was
that he would get his money and be able to carry on gambling. This only worked
because this machine did not say lose anywhere when the gamble lost.
