Paces Races - Part 3 Horse Racing Slot Machine

This is part 3 of my Paces Races Restoration

Category:

Entertainment

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• Arcade
• Game
• Pinball
• Slot
• Machine
• Gambling
• Jukebox
• Video
• Coin-Op

[keinert]

No, the 30:1 is not on every position. The spinning of the odds wheel is purely random and not connected to the piano roll. Likewise, there is nothing on the piano roll that determines the stopping position of the odds wheel. However, it is true that the bellows which allows the odds wheel to keep spinning is controlled by the position of horse #7. The slower horse #7 moves, the longer the odds wheel will spin. But even so, the numbers on the wheel are calculated to be in the house's favor. -KK

[5inthehole]

@keinert Kev, What I mean to say is that the makers of the game must not have wanted to many 30-1 odds to hit. How did they prevent it? It seems like 30-1 was on every spin position....was it the piano rolls that stopped it happening that often??

[keinert]

Hi There,

The holes in the piano roll move the horses forward. Each horse has his own spot on the piano roll "tracker bar." A small amount of vacuum gets pulled through a tube when a hole in the paper roll passes over the tracker bar. This vacuum acts as a signal to open a valve that lets a lot of vacuum pressure flow and colapse the bellows that drives the horse "one notch forward." The odds wheel is completely separate from the piano roll and not controlled by it in any way. -- Kevin.

[5inthehole]

Great 3 video's. What you really didnt get into great detail is the piano roll. You said it's notches help move the horses, but are they effected by the odds wheel in any way?