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When I bought my Jennings Governor Tic Tac Toe machine I would guess that it had about 10 bucks worth of dimes in it. I have now added $30 more worth of dimes. I did ad 15 bucks to the jackpot box. I ran about 15 worth through the machine through the slot. I notice that none of the coins are falling into the coin box. I presume they are all going to fill the mini awards banks? The question is when do the coins start making their way to the coin box?
Is there a rule of thumb that indicates how many coins are required to fill a machine??

Randy

it depends on the length of the coin tube and the slides first.
then, the jackpot must fill (if machine has a jackpot), then, the overflow will fall into the cash box...on many machines.
on others, once the coin tube and slides are full, there may be some type of metering / separating system to decide how many coins go where.
this is a simple way to explain it, and will generally apply to many of the machines out there.
the ones with metered or separating systems would have to be described individually, as there are several different ones.
hope this helps.

Randy:
There is really no 'Rule of Thumb' when it comes to how many coins a machine will hold, as
most models vary greatly. Just an average machine with a jackpot, works as such: First, the
payout slides & coin tube will fill. The overflow from the full tube, will then start filling the
main jackpot & reserve jackpot. When those are full, then the excess will go into the coin-box.
If you have a machine that pays out more often than not, it will take longer to fill everything.
As for your Jennings "Governor" Tic-Tac-Toe, they have a humongous coin-box, that will hold
more coins than I care to count. Especially with yours being dime play, you may need a forklift
to remove a full box from the machine!
I kept a penny one in the garage for years, for my Kids, and their friends to play, and I don't
ever remember emptying the coin-box, until I sold it.
Just keep pumping those dimes in, and eventually you will start hearing that "plink-plank"
sound, as they start to enter that noisy-tin-coin-box. After the bottom gets covered with a
half inch or so of coins, it will then quiet-down. Happy playing!
Bill

Thanks guys, that helps a lot. I guess I will start filling tubes 8^)

Randy

FYI it takes about $50 worth of dimes to fill a Jennings Governor Tic Tac Toe machine.

Randy

randyjaco wrote:FYI it takes about $50 worth of dimes to fill a Jennings Governor Tic Tac Toe machine.

Randy

OK, Thanks.
Now your next assignment, is to fill the coin-box all the way to the overflow point,
and let us know what that holds. No hurry. By the weekend will be fine.

In case it's pertinent, this note can be found in the "Parts Catalog and Service Manual" for "Your Jennings 'Chief' Machine." I think the total number of dimes indicated here is in substantial agreement with the figure randyjaco came up with for his Governor.

How to determine exact payout tube count:

If you want to know exactly how many coins your payout tube hold here is how to do it. Remove mech and fill the tube with the top 4 coins blacken with a magic marker on both sides. Setting aside my payout I got the last as a cherry 3 payout with all black coins. I knew the next on was a blacken coin. In my case the results on a Jennings Standard Chief (25 cent) was 126 coins or $31.50. Try it, it works
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