Hi all! My first post here, and I am a slot machine beginner.
I am building an artwork that will feature slot machine symbols and odds. (and UV light)
I recently bought a set of reel strips on ebay for a Jennings machine that must have been customised for the Tropicana Casino.
I am trying to learn as much as I can about these strips as I can, I would be grateful for anything you might be able to tell me...
So of the three strips, two are identical - so I assume I do not have a compete set, and I even wonder if this was perhaps a four reel machine?
The marquee sign seems pretty modern and since it calls for $1, I guess the machine is no older than the 70's.
($1 - I assume you need to put in $1 to play, does that mean you had to buy tokens?)
The reel strips are printed in fluorescent inks and even phosphorescent white, which means the symbols glow in UV light and they glow a little in the dark!
Was there a phase of using day glow inks and setting machine up under UV lights?
Ideally I would like to know the reel set up, and the payout for this game. If I can't find out the exact setup for this machine game, are there similar models which would have different symbols but run on the the same machine setup and payout using a general formula?
Any info at all would be most interesting.
Tom in Australia.