Gold Rush Fruit Machine

Nice win of a £1. Feel the Power of the Gold Rush! From the looks of it Gold Rush appears to be a basic online slot machine that looks like the fruit machines of old, but as has been said a thousand times before you should never judge a book by its cover. Proving to be a real surprise package, this game is a fun little slot machine that you shouldn't let slip.

Another interesting aspect of the machine are the name(s), handwritten in pencil on the inside of the machine. It looks like “Chas Drebe [Lon?] Otto Berger”. But we have not been able to find any record in the history of this (or these) individuals, so we are not yet sure what his connection to the machine was. Maybe he was the one who made the modifications to it, and then proudly signed his handiwork, like so many artists.
One of the most fun aspects of the machine is figuring out how it worked. With the help of our friends over in maintenance again, we began to figure out some of the details about how it worked. The wheel is divided into 138 sections, each in one of seven colors that corresponds to a pay-out value of 10 cents (red and black), 25 cents (green), 50 cents (cream), $1.00 (pink), $2.50 (yellow), or $5.00 (blue). A player would insert a nickel, turn the first handle, and the nickel would drop down into the appropriate color track below.

The player could then turn the big handle to start the wheel spinning. If the wheel did not stop on the same color as the bet, the coin was collected in the bag that we see inside the machine on the back. But, if you were one of those lucky individuals who happened to guess right, the pegs at the bottom half of the machine would release the right number of nickels and you could get your “pay-out” in the cup on the side. The machine also appears to have been able to re-load itself, since there is a “bridge” that can be raised and lowered to add more nickels into the track.

Willing to take a chance? Well, it might not be all luck. We figured out the system of wiring on the back of the wheel, which tells the machine what value it has landed on and activates the whole sequence of money (the wires in the slits farthest from the center of the wheel correspond to a lower value). But one peg is blocked by a piece of wood, which makes us think the machine could have been rigged. So miners would place their bets on blue, never knowing that the object itself, and not bad luck, were behind the failure to get the big $5.00 pay-out. Overall, the machine survived the past and came down to us through history in good shape. It was dusty and dirty, but with careful cleaning, I was able to get it back to its old but clean state. I also made a top for it out of archival materials, to prevent dust from getting in the machine when it goes on display in the museum.

It had another type of accumulation too- paint splatter from being in a room that was painted without covering up the objects first. Using a paint that has the special property of being removable if someone wants to take it off the machine in the future (an important consideration in doing conservation work), I painted over the splatter. Some of the other work done on the machine involved using different glues (which are also removable) to secure loose pieces. An example of this was in the case of fixing a previous repair, to the slot where a nickel would go to place a bet on red. The bottom of the slot had broken, and at some point in the past, someone had repaired it with tape.Tape turns yellow and brittle with time, and eventually loses its ability to hold things together, as anyone who has an old scrapbook knows. So I removed the tape and applied a glue that will last a lot longer. Another example is the beading that was applied around the decorative panel on the front. You can see how it has started to pop off. This happens because wood shrinks and expands when the humidity and temperature change. We can therefore conclude that this gaming machine was probably in an unstable environment before it came to the National Park Service. As the panel beneath shrank, the beading had less space and so it came off. This shows how one of the best things you can do to care for old objects, especially wood furniture, is to keep them in places in your house where the humidity does not change as much. This will reduce the chances of the wood warping and cracking, and we will have these beautiful and functional pieces for years to come.

Gold Rush 4 Player Sit Down Fruit Machine Barcrest. Condition is Used. Collection in person only. Machine was all working a few months back, how ever needs some work doing to it.Plastic bits need screwing or glueing back on, and needs few bulbs. Needs a good clean inside and out.Has been updated to take new £1 coins. Comes with 4 chairs,Missing a couple of. Gold Rush 4 Player Sit Down Fruit Machine Barcrest. Condition is Used. Collection in person only. Machine was all working a few months back, how ever needs some work doing to it. Plastic bits need screwing or glueing back on, and needs few bulbs. Needs a good clean inside and out. Has been updated to take new £1 coins. Comes with 4 chairs.

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For those that don't know, fruit machine games are a very popular variation of slots machines. They are fairly common in the UK. Typically found in UK pubs and clubs. As well as fish and chip shops, seaside arcades, Snooker Halls, Bingo Halls etc. They are sometimes referred to as a 'Pub Fruity'. You can play our free fruit machines and win real money prizes. Scroll down further if you'd like to read more information about the history of fruit machines. As well as tips on how to play them.

The origins of Fruit machines lay in American one-armed bandit games. So-called after original slot machines operated by one lever on the side of the machines.
From the 1980s onwards Fruit Machine manufacturers took advantage of advances in electronics and computing. To make their fruit machines more sophisticated in terms of looks and features. However, today's modern fruit machines are still clearly related to their one-armed bandit ancestors. With the original symbols of fruits. Typically lemons, cherries, melons, grapes, oranges, BARs, Lucky number 7s Bells etc still being used to this day.

There are a few differences between a standard slots machine and a fruit machine game. The main difference is the slots bonus games. On a typical fruit machine, you will find that there are features which include Nudge buttons, Hold buttons and Repeat buttons. Nudge and Hold features give players strategic choices. Which you will generally not get with slots games. Some fruit machine players believe that using these features can give skilled players an edge.
Dedicated fruit machine players may have in-depth knowledge of particular fruit machines. There are even websites and forums where 'professional' fruit machine players gather to exchange tips and strategy.
Fruit machines are a popular type of slots machine and there is an ever growing number of them at online casinos. We have had a look at the best fruit machines available online.
Other features that make a fruit machine different from a slots machine include cash pots, cash ladders, and bonus trails.

How To Play Fruit Machines

If you've played slot machines before you should have no problem grasping the basics of fruit machine games. Playing fruit machines is similar to slots. But as mentioned above, there are a few differences. Understanding the key features of a fruit machine, as detailed below, is the key to success!

Cash Ladder

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Cash ladders are found on all fruit machine games. They are simple to understand and are a key part of the fruit machine experience. With the potential to win ever larger sums of money as you move up a cash ladder towards the jackpot payout. In the U.K. the maximum jackpot is actually governed by British gaming laws.
Typically, on standard cash ladders, players get the opportunity to stop a light flashing as it moves up and down the cash ladder at rapid speed. If you can stop it on a cash prize then you win that amount. You can see a good example of this type of cash ladder in our Spooky Fruity fruit machine.
You can also find games with cash ladders that you move up one step at a time over the course of a game. Moving slowly but surely higher up the cash ladder towards the jackpot. Which keeps players motivated to carry on playing. But all these fruit machines involve an element of chance. There is the risk that you may be sent back one or more spaces on the cash ladder or, even worse, you may be sent right to square one!

Bonus Board

On fruit machines, a bonus board (also known as a bonus trail). Is typically made up of a grid or series of graphics that light up rapidly and at random. Players must press a 'Stop' button to stop the random flashing and win whatever reward is lit up at the time.
The type of bonus players can win varies from game to game. These can include winning cash, winning nudges or winning a gamble game or cash ladder feature etc. Skilled players may boast that they have developed mastery over a particular game and can stop the bonus board wherever they wish.

Hi Lo Bonus

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The Hi-Lo feature on fruit machine games is a fifty-fifty style gamble feature. Players can choose to try to double their winnings by guessing if a number will be higher or lower than a number on display. A wrong guess means the players lose their win and this can lead to a lot of British swear words! An element of strategy may appear to be involved. But remember that, ultimately, what happens after you've pressed 'Hi' or 'Lo' is really up to the computer code at the heart of the fruit machine.

Nudge buttons

Nudge buttons are an integral part of fruit machines and can help you create a winning payline. When you have nudges available. You can press the nudge buttons to move the symbols on the reel(s) of your choice down by one or more steps depending upon the number of nudges you have.
The number of nudges you can have will vary depending upon the game you are playing.

Hold buttons

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Hold buttons are a very useful feature on a fruit machine. They allow you to opt to hold one or more reels and then spin the remainder. This feature is typically employed to hold two of the same symbol in the hope that the next spin will result in the winning payline being completed by a third matching symbol. Some players who claim they know how to beat a particular machine may claim it's possible to memorize the best reel holding strategies.