Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Refill Keys
Im leaving the post about how the machines pay out money for now, until I take some photo's to go with it. For now the subject will be refill keys.
For those who dont know about refill keys, I will give a quick explanation of their use now.
Refill keys are used to operate a electrical switch inside the fruit machine which triggers the machine into "refill mode".
The main use for this is to allow the operators of the machine to top it up with cash when it is running low, to make sure it has enough money in it to cover any wins that may arise. It allows them to simply fill the machine by putting the coins direct into the coin slot - they do not need the rest of the keys to open the machine up.
Sometimes the machine will also display the last win, or the total won since short term counters were reset, and occasionally how much money is available for payout.
The volume of the machine can also be set on some machines, these features are accessible usually through pressing the hold buttons etc on the machine before or after turning the machine (each make of machine differs usually)
You would think that fruit machine refill keys would be secure, at the very least to stop idiots turning the sound level up or down. But in reality, one standard key fits pretty much EVERY machine in the UK. Thats why you will see these keys for sale on ebay, and various fruit machine sites.
In my opinion they are only useful if you own the machine, and need to refill it, or check / set various options. To the "player" they dont offer any advantage whatsoever.
Look at it logically, even if it tells you the amount won in the past, it wont tell you how much cash hsa been put into the machine since then, and it wont tell you HOW LONG AGO the win was........
The figure that comes up, is of no use... Yeah you can probably use them to impress teenagers in bars, but thats about it really.
Think about it, why are the keys ALL the same? Could it be because the manufacturers actually want to create hype and a false sense of security to encourage more gambling?
If the keys were of any use, they would all be keyed differently, but they are not.
So if you own a machine, by all means get a key if you want, but if you just want to play the machines, save the money and get something else more usefull.
For those who dont know about refill keys, I will give a quick explanation of their use now.
Refill keys are used to operate a electrical switch inside the fruit machine which triggers the machine into "refill mode".
The main use for this is to allow the operators of the machine to top it up with cash when it is running low, to make sure it has enough money in it to cover any wins that may arise. It allows them to simply fill the machine by putting the coins direct into the coin slot - they do not need the rest of the keys to open the machine up.
Sometimes the machine will also display the last win, or the total won since short term counters were reset, and occasionally how much money is available for payout.
The volume of the machine can also be set on some machines, these features are accessible usually through pressing the hold buttons etc on the machine before or after turning the machine (each make of machine differs usually)
You would think that fruit machine refill keys would be secure, at the very least to stop idiots turning the sound level up or down. But in reality, one standard key fits pretty much EVERY machine in the UK. Thats why you will see these keys for sale on ebay, and various fruit machine sites.
In my opinion they are only useful if you own the machine, and need to refill it, or check / set various options. To the "player" they dont offer any advantage whatsoever.
Look at it logically, even if it tells you the amount won in the past, it wont tell you how much cash hsa been put into the machine since then, and it wont tell you HOW LONG AGO the win was........
The figure that comes up, is of no use... Yeah you can probably use them to impress teenagers in bars, but thats about it really.
Think about it, why are the keys ALL the same? Could it be because the manufacturers actually want to create hype and a false sense of security to encourage more gambling?
If the keys were of any use, they would all be keyed differently, but they are not.
So if you own a machine, by all means get a key if you want, but if you just want to play the machines, save the money and get something else more usefull.
# posted by fruityarcade @ 11:30 AM 
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Refill Key's are as you rightly say now of little use to gamblers, however if we think back a few years to the likes of "Red Hot Knights" and "Neptunes Treasure" (MPU4 Barcrests), there did offer quite an advantage over other players.
On these machines (and many other of this time) they would display both the last win and the hopper balance, since this is before note changers you'd get an accurate idea of if the machine had just been streaking (ie a machine with less than £100 in the hopper wasn't worth playing).
Unfortunatly Barcrest caught onto this and changed the software on many of there machines so the refill keys wouldn't display this information unless the machine door was also open. You can still use the keys to change the volume, or see the last win, but without the hopper balance this is of little or no use.
Anyone wanting to find out more about refill keys can visit my website Fruit Machine Refill Key Information, which explains how to use a refill key on a selection of machines.
On these machines (and many other of this time) they would display both the last win and the hopper balance, since this is before note changers you'd get an accurate idea of if the machine had just been streaking (ie a machine with less than £100 in the hopper wasn't worth playing).
Unfortunatly Barcrest caught onto this and changed the software on many of there machines so the refill keys wouldn't display this information unless the machine door was also open. You can still use the keys to change the volume, or see the last win, but without the hopper balance this is of little or no use.
Anyone wanting to find out more about refill keys can visit my website Fruit Machine Refill Key Information, which explains how to use a refill key on a selection of machines.
refill keys are also very handy if you empty a machine (deliberately!) and don't want the arcade staff or pub staff to switch it off or call an engineer (better for you to let the punters fill it again so that you can empty it again if you know the relevant tricks to do-so!)
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p.s. nice blog simon.
you can visit the fruit-machine.network
find out about fruit-machine cheats, tips and tricks
p.s. nice blog simon.
RF Manipulators are an absolute Joke!
I once did a background check on a guy selling them on ebay and in 3 months he sold 90 at £39.99 each, all of which he would have bought from maplkin for a couple of quid, but people will keep falling for it, let's just hope they read this first!
The only way to get the upper hand is with a fruit machine refill key, i bought mine from:
http://www.fruitmachinerefillkeys.com/
A much better investment than a 'manipulator'!!!
I once did a background check on a guy selling them on ebay and in 3 months he sold 90 at £39.99 each, all of which he would have bought from maplkin for a couple of quid, but people will keep falling for it, let's just hope they read this first!
The only way to get the upper hand is with a fruit machine refill key, i bought mine from:
http://www.fruitmachinerefillkeys.com/
A much better investment than a 'manipulator'!!!
RF Manipulators are an absolute Joke!
I once did a background check on a guy selling them on ebay and in 3 months he sold 90 at £39.99 each, all of which he would have bought from maplkin for a couple of quid, but people will keep falling for it, let's just hope they read this first!
The only way to get the upper hand is with a fruit machine refill key, i bought mine from:
http://www.fruitmachinerefillkeys.com/
A much better investment than a 'manipulator'!!!
I once did a background check on a guy selling them on ebay and in 3 months he sold 90 at £39.99 each, all of which he would have bought from maplkin for a couple of quid, but people will keep falling for it, let's just hope they read this first!
The only way to get the upper hand is with a fruit machine refill key, i bought mine from:
http://www.fruitmachinerefillkeys.com/
A much better investment than a 'manipulator'!!!
I have to agree, not all that much good these days, especially when so many machines now have the "Dallas Key" or fob type refill switch. Still very useful for your home machine though. I got one from here:
http://www.fruit-machine-sales.co.uk/
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