Who wants to be a millionaire... pub quiz
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Fishsta
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Yeah, once got up to the 500,000 with a few friends (took the money lol) on the 50p/£20 version, watched a bloke get the JP from that, and also watched someone get one of the big prizes off the 4-way linked Jackpot versions you find in arcades (£500 or so, it was).
This machine cheats, though... there are times when it gives no correct answer to choose or says you're wrong even though you are right.
And in case anyone's thinking we got it wrong, my mate was so certain about the answer, we went and looked it up on the internet. We were correct. (It was some football transfer thing, as if THAT'S general knowledge!)
Any gambling machine in a pub or arcade is there to seperate you from your money. End of.
Actually, the odds on SWPs like this are around the 50% mark, much lower than the legal limit on AWPs at 70%. And we all know how robbing they are.
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This machine cheats, though... there are times when it gives no correct answer to choose or says you're wrong even though you are right.
And in case anyone's thinking we got it wrong, my mate was so certain about the answer, we went and looked it up on the internet. We were correct. (It was some football transfer thing, as if THAT'S general knowledge!)
Any gambling machine in a pub or arcade is there to seperate you from your money. End of.
Actually, the odds on SWPs like this are around the 50% mark, much lower than the legal limit on AWPs at 70%. And we all know how robbing they are.
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Dave Euph
Member
Wow, talk about about turning a thread into a personal rant very quickly! But I see your point, I've read articles on the 'fairness' of pub/arcade gambling machines and there is evidence to suggest they are fixed - generally why I avoid them.
Oh, and I might have got £1000 once, but that was with help!
Oh, and I might have got £1000 once, but that was with help!
manx_yessir
Member
I've never seen the jackpot won on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire machine, yet either. (Or on Weakest Link m/c). As an Engineer who fixes, sorry, repairs(!) these machines, I can tell you that they do pay out but, in general, only the very small amounts. Fishta is right when he say's these quiz machines (SWP's) are usually set to around 50% payout. This is usually decided by the brewery that owns the pub/club where the machines are sited so don't have a go at me!
Personally I don't tend to play AWP's (Fruit Machines) at all. If I did that I might as well just hand my wages straight back to my boss! :roll: I'll throw an odd quid in SWPs but that's just out of boredom.
Personally I don't tend to play AWP's (Fruit Machines) at all. If I did that I might as well just hand my wages straight back to my boss! :roll: I'll throw an odd quid in SWPs but that's just out of boredom.
ploughboy
Active Member
I've done it. The machine was in the Northern Snooker Center in Leeds, It was the one where the Cash Jackpot goes up a few pence everytime someone puts a quid in. There was two of us, we did all the way including the million points question and won.......................£990!!!!! Pretty cool
just to keep the musical site happy! I did spend most of my half on Percussion gear!!
just to keep the musical site happy! I did spend most of my half on Percussion gear!!
