Coin payout hopper teardown
Added 2021-10-11 05:09:00 +0000 UTCTaking apart the coin payout hopper mech from a gaming machine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeuasdDRXJc
The communication protocol it uses is quite interesting. CCtalk - a single wire bidirectional serial link that can address several bits of coin handling equipment.
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So that means we should burgle Wednesday to guarantee a good haul!!
Stephen Eyles
2021-10-11 22:02:36 +0000 UTCI recall there was always ‘secret knowledge’ or exploits with regards to certain fruit machines. One I used regularly was that if you could not get a win with a set if ‘nudges’, but could get a pair, you must never hold if immediately given the option, as this would always pay out on three of that pair on the next spin. I’d also heard that turning machines on and off increase payout chances, but never tried that one. A video that talks about exploits would be very interesting. A side note: I was a cash control clerk for a bingo hall at one point and we emptied 43 fruit machines every Thursday. Two of those generally had 50-70% more cash in them than the others. Those two were known favourites with customers. The bingo hall made twice the amount of profit from fruit machines than actual bingo.
Simon York
2021-10-11 21:18:12 +0000 UTCUntil the first one snags in the mechanism and you end up with a warm chocolate slurry!
Circuitmike
2021-10-11 16:49:18 +0000 UTCI wonder if chocolate coins would dispense?
mj
2021-10-11 14:45:51 +0000 UTCI have often wondered about how they worked- and now I know. Very interesting. Cheers Clive.
Mike Hughes
2021-10-11 12:39:04 +0000 UTCMy best guess is £100 in nice new shiny pound coins?
Paul Kemp
2021-10-11 12:07:43 +0000 UTCFascinating to see they are using DES with this...
Rik Kershaw-Moore
2021-10-11 10:00:10 +0000 UTCNo greater disappointment than an empty tube style hopper when winning a hold after win.
Andrew Donaldson
2021-10-11 09:41:45 +0000 UTCBetter get it back to the pub quickly, before they notice it's missing!
Ymir the Frost Giant
2021-10-11 07:14:04 +0000 UTC
