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Slot machines

  • 06-04-2019 11:17PM
    #1
    Stephen15
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,905 ✭✭✭


    Why are they something that's just never really taken off here in Ireland widespread as they're only really in certain locations such as in seaside places like Bray and Tramore or a few casinos here and there such as on O'Connell Street and the likes they're not really that common in Ireland to the same extent as other countries. The UK for example where nearly every pub and bookies shop has one and even some chip shops and the likes also on the continent they seem quite popular in bars and cafes. What's the reason they're not so popular here?


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  • #2
    tea and coffee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,964 ✭✭✭tea and coffee


    They're more or less illegal here under gambling laws.


  • #3
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,419 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    I think the place that had them in Tramore is long gone.

    Fun memories using one as a child, forget that whole having to be 18 thing.

    Is it usual for real slot machines to operate on 2 pence coins?


  • #4
    Stephen15
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,905 ✭✭✭Stephen15


    tea and coffee wrote: »
    They're more or less illegal here under gambling laws.

    But then how come you still get them in the likes of Bray, Bundoran and Tramore. If so why are our gambling laws so strict compared to other countries surely there'd be a gap in the market if the laws were relaxed and they would bring in revenue for the state.


  • #5
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    There's no sport in them.


  • #6
    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,371 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    There are just not enough thickos around in this country who'll throw their money into a vending machine that doesn't sell anything


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  • #7
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,777 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    I'm really glad our pubs over here do not have them. Hate to see them when drinking in UK pubs

    Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue



  • #8
    Stephen15
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,905 ✭✭✭Stephen15


    Ubbquittious wrote: »
    There are just not enough thickos around in this country who'll throw their money into a vending machine that doesn't sell anything

    You could say that about the lotto which you're effectively just buying a piece of paper as the chances of winning are so slim.


  • #9
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,519 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Remember was over in UK a while back and 3 yokes came in. They pretended to be playing the machine but were really actually cons and managed to clean out around £80.


  • #10
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,419 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Remember was over in UK a while back and 3 yokes came in. They pretended to be playing the machine but were really actually cons and managed to clean out around £80.

    How did they do that?


  • #11
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,519 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    ToddyDoody wrote: »
    How did they do that?

    They were fiddling at it for a good 10 minutes.

    I believe they plugged something in and got the machine to return takings.


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  • #12
    Hal3000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 818 ✭✭✭Hal3000


    I won 250 sheets on the slots in Salthill. I blew 200 of it on those fortune tellers in the booths on the prom. The other 50 went behind the bookies counter.


  • #13
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,519 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Hal3000 wrote: »
    I won 250 sheets on the slots in Salthill. I blew 200 of it on those fortune tellers in the booths on the prom. The other 50 went behind the bookies counter.

    These like in the film BIG


  • #14
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,419 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    They were fiddling at it for a good 10 minutes.

    I believe they plugged something in and got the machine to return takings.

    Jesus. Skin you alive they would.


  • #15
    Hal3000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 818 ✭✭✭Hal3000


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    These like in the film BIG

    Shimmy shimmy Cocoa pop...


  • #16
    Snotty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Snotty


    In the late 90s I worked in a not very busy bar in the UK and they had one machine and it would take in £700 per week, I would have been earning £150 a week, so that machine paid for all the staffs wages for the owner.


  • #17
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,208 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    Ubbquittious wrote: »
    There are just not enough thickos around in this country who'll throw their money into a vending machine that doesn't sell anything

    But there's 2 or 3 bookies on every main street


  • #18
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,419 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    Cienciano wrote: »
    But there's 2 or 3 bookies on every main street

    Errrrr...

    'So what?'

    :D


  • #19
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,519 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Cienciano wrote: »
    But there's 2 or 3 bookies on every main street

    Cleaning up.....

    Where does people think most of the file money goes.... Oh and bars...


  • #20
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,419 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Cleaning up.....

    Where does people think most of the file money goes.... Oh and bars...

    What's file money?


  • #21
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,310 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Stephen15 wrote: »
    You could say that about the lotto which you're effectively just buying a piece of paper as the chances of winning are so slim.
    The lotto funds charities. The machines fund the pubs.

    The machines are usually programmed to only let a low percentage of players win, so chance may not always favour the bold.


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  • #22
    janfebmar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭janfebmar


    Its great that they are not more popular here. Gambling is an awful addiction for some unfortunate people, and can have devastating effects on their families.


  • #23
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,547 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    the_syco wrote: »
    The lotto funds charities. The machines fund the pubs.

    The machines are usually programmed to only let a low percentage of players win, so chance may not always favour the bold.

    It's all gambling, don't buy into the placating platitudes of the government backed variety.

    Charity begins at home, not by buying a lotto ticket.


  • #24
    pure.conya
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 904 ✭✭✭pure.conya


    Ubbquittious wrote: »
    There are just not enough thickos around in this country who'll throw their money into a vending machine that doesn't sell anything

    i wouldnt bet on that


  • #25
    The Highwayman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,227 ✭✭✭The Highwayman


    In Germany they are everywhere

    Spielhalle, they are especially prevalent in poor areas. Losers in there all day and night, very depressing.


  • #26
    Coillte_Bhoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,983 ✭✭✭Coillte_Bhoy


    I cant understand why they are not banned outright, an utter cancer on society.


  • #27
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,519 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    ToddyDoody wrote: »
    What's file money?

    Dole, dang autocorrect


  • #28
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,779 ✭✭✭Pinch Flat


    Bray and trampre were special economic zones set up in the 1960s. Only in them could you have a slot machine legally.


  • #29
    rex-x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,892 ✭✭✭rex-x


    ToddyDoody wrote: »
    I think the place that had them in Tramore is long gone.

    Fun memories using one as a child, forget that whole having to be 18 thing.

    Is it usual for real slot machines to operate on 2 pence coins?

    Tramore has more slots than ever!


  • #30
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,639 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    rex-x wrote: »
    Tramore has more slots than ever!



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  • #31
    skooterblue2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    the_syco wrote: »
    The lotto funds charities. The machines fund the pubs.

    The machines are usually programmed to only let a low percentage of players win, so chance may not always favour the bold.

    The lotto is a direct tax on stupidity and it is proportional. I worked for a subcontractor. For every ticket sold I estimate it was an eight of the prize money, that is based on the person only buying two lines. So if it was a roll over ...... they got to keep the money and more tickets were sold again.

    Once the ticket sales plateaued the jackpot would be won and it would start again.


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