BUGS-MILL VEST POCKET

[sm1116]

Does anyone know if there were bugs, payout enhancer etc made for Mills Vest Pocket. Currently at 68% payout. They would be put on lemons on second reel and would be visible. Might not be possible
Has anyone fashioned one?

[TheFatman]

I have reel strips and have found 3 different variations on the second reel. Cherry Lemon Cherry Lemon Plum Cherry and Cherry Lemon Cherry Lemon Plum Lemon and Cherry Orange Cherry Lemon Plum Lemon.
Those are the starting symbols of the 3 I have found over the years.
Dave F

[jmac]

I recently picked up a Vest Pocket with Fruit Symbols, got it working and checked the payoffs. It is correct except it has an extra mystery payoff for a Cherry-Lemon-X. Looking at some strips for sale on ebay, I noticed mine has a lemon on the middle strip where others have a cherry. My strips look original (but I cant be sure). My question is, did mills produce these as a mystery payout or did someone put the wrong middle strip on sometime long ago? Is there a way to identify original strips?

Vest Pocket reel strip variation

[SLOT DYNASTY]

Those reel strips are not marked correctly. Reel #1 should be the top one, with the most cherries,
and the bottom one is reel #3. If they are mounted the way they are marked, the machine will never
pay out as it should.
This is also a problem with the clown that sells copies of another persons "Vest Pocket" strips on eBay.
He is only selling one set, and not the extras needed for different payout combinations. Guess he never
took the time to find out what was right before offering them. He also pulled a similar stunt, with my
"Imp" strips, that he purchased, and recopied to sell on eBay, and sells at a higher price, plus postage.
I sell mine at $10 per set ppd. Then to top it all off, he takes the same Imp cigarette strips, and changes
the Imp name at the bottom of each strip to read CUB, which is pure stupidity, because original Cub strips
have some different cigarette packs on them, so they are not correct for your machine. But he has no idea
what is right or wrong, or doesn't care. Wonder how many people got snookered with those? So, you see,
the Vegas Butcher isn't the only one that is screwing fellow collectors on a daily basis. All it boils down to,
is the almighty dollar, and GREED.

[JHSS-1944]

Well , to answer the actual question..... no doubt bugs were made for these machines, quietly / unofficially Mills did sell them for their slot machines.
Rare to find any mention of them in their "operator manuals", but it's mentioned in Some of the parts list with price.

many casinos also made their own (if needed).
I removed 2 so far, one on a Mills, other on a Aristocrat.
correct , found on the center reel star. both were brass (I think) & just clamped on.
no clue what one would look like on a small IMP machine.

O.K. , who are you trying to take advantage of ???? yourself ?? "I love this slot, happy I bought it but, how do I get it to pay Me out less....." = ???
also a weight can be added to the actual reel.... to include just a heavy bolt & nut . don't recall which machine I saw this on.
jeff H.