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Hi, I happened across a slot machine on ebay that I'm considering making an offer on. It is a Mills High Top Bell-O-Matic 5c slot machine (item number:161053846574). First of all, I am not a "collector" of slots machines, but am one of those who has "always wanted to own one". If anyone could take a peek at the machine in question and offer some suggestions, I would greatly appreciate that. Thanks.

Joe:

First of all, welcome to the forum. You will find lots of folks willing to help here.

You are wise to ask before you buy because there are a LOT of misrepresented slot machines on eBay.

The machine you are looking at is a very late model machine. I would guess it is from the early 60s. I think, but I am not positive, that the machine you are looking at was actually built by a company by the name of Sega which was a Japanese company.

There is no way it is from the 40s like the seller states.

In addition, from looking at the photo is appears the machine has a fake jackpot. That is, the coins in the middle jackpot will never dump. They are only for display.

The starting bid of $1,199 plus $200 shipping seems high to me. You could get a nice restored Castle Front for about the same amount.

Here are photos of the machine you are asking about in case anyone else in the forum wants to chime in.

Dave,
Thanks for the help. Joe