hey there guys and welcome to another edition of inside the arcade so today
we're going to be going through our 10p pusher or it'll be exactly the same with
quarters in the states if you're watching from over the states and
the 10ps are pretty much exactly the same as a quarter now I'm gonna go
through all the ins and outs of a coin pusher and how they work how you can
maximize the profitability of the game and make sure that you get the best
value return possible from the machine that you play
so what you'll notice with the coin pusher is that there is a lip at the
front which actually changes the amount that the coin pusher pays out now to put
this into perspective you need to watch the lip at the front so at the moment
it's set to the lowest possible height that the coin pusher can be set at and
you'll see that that there is sitting at about ten degrees elevation now in order
for the operator to make a greater profit which is something that you want
to watch out for you want to make sure that the the lip on the machine isn't
set too high because now that elevation on the coin is much greater now in order
for you to actually push a coin off from the coin pusher it needs to get over the
last lip that is on the front of the all the coins that are stacked up now I've
moved all the coins from the lip just to show you exactly how different the coin
pusher can be in terms of payout percentages now this is actually on the
lowest possible setting and you'll notice that if I was to push the coin and give
it a little bit of force from behind it does actually travel up the lip okay so
we can actually push this along with another coin okay and then when you get
a stack of coins at the front if the coins can travel over this lip this edge
here if the coins can travel up then you can actually push that back to a point
which will give you a greater payoff now what most arcade operators will do is
set the lip to at least 50% okay so now there is actually a stop there and
although it is still possible to push the coin up it is a lot harder
because obviously the force of gravity the force of friction is actually
greater now that the coins have to travel up a further lip okay and now
that one is stuck now what you've got to remember here is that there will be a
lot of coins on top as well so obviously where you can just push a single coin up
like that by pushing from behind when you have lots of coins on top it is
still there is still a little bit of friction there to create a stop there
for the coins now with very greedy operators they will actually set the
payout percentage to its lowest level now you can see that there is a much
greater wall there for the coins to travel and in actual fact you'll notice
that no matter how much you try the bottom coin is actually incapable of
going up the lip so how does that affect your chances of winning
so another reason that you may be losing on a coin pusher is exactly how the
arcade operator has set their gutter trays so on the left and the right hand
side there are gutter trays inside these gutter trays are literal gutters
inside the gutter trays there is a hole where the 10ps or quarters can be
pushed this slider here can be moved to allow the hole to be greater or smaller
to allow a greater or higher or lower percentage when the hole is obviously
bigger the more 10ps can fall down there so when you push the coins
literally half of the force goes towards
the gutters
now these are on both sides and again they can be set from anywhere to the
biggest opening which is obviously less payout for the player or a smaller
opening which means that more force will be coming forward towards the player and
the exit hole
now something you'll need to watch out for when it comes to notes in coin
pushers is that you need to make sure that the note is actually win-able now
in the UK you'll find a lot of notes that are drooped over the side like this
and this gives the impression to people that the note is actually ready to pay
out it's almost over the edge and you're thinking wow that is an easy win now
what you won't ever realize is that all the coins over the top here will always
cover up what is hidden underneath so there may be tape underneath holding the
notes on there it may just be the force of the coins as well
that will hold the note in place but you'll probably find that any notes that
are left like this will be unwinnable and they're there for decoration and to
entice the player okay so what I want to talk about next is rolled-up banknotes
now this can obviously be in the shape of a dollar bill five dollar bill or UK
currency as you can see in the video now now unfortunately I haven't got a
suitable metal object in the sort of shape and weight that would normally be
used in a rolled-up banknote but I'm hopeful the pen should have enough
weight to it to give the desired effect now you can guarantee that the payout
percentage when a rolled-up banknote is put on to the shelf the percentage or
the lip will be as high as possible again this is because the arcade
operator is there to make money and they literally do not want to be just giving
their profits away so I'm going to lay out some coins speed things up a bit
rather than actually playing and hopefully you'll see what happens
with this Bank note now already you may be able to notice it's actually rotating
with the forward momentum of the coins so although it's hard enough to get the
coins on the edge you will find it's going to be ten times harder to get this
Bank note over. You can see clearly there is rotating and this is because as the
movement of the top layer is moving forward the weight of the note is going
backwards down the slope that is created with this lip here and is literally
acting as a roller although the coins are moving forward
going down the sides they're not coming our way
so I've lowered the payouts percentage slightly to allow us to actually move
the note along the playfield and hopefully you'll see what the second
scam is with the pusher so youll notice it's moving forward ever so
slightly now which is really good and again the lift on this right here is
enough to send the note backwards it's moving forwards and then it gets to a
point and it will roll backwards, there it goes
now there's never to say that notes in coin pushers are impossible to win they
have just been you can guarantee though that they've been designed to maximize
the profits to the arcade rather than maximize the opportunity for
you to walk away with a decent sum of money so in actual facts rather than
moving forward you'll probably find that
you send it further back so we've had some wonderful pushes here right now but
we're getting no further winning this banknote because it is literally going
around in circles so that's another scam you definitely want to watch out for
so there's one last thing I want to talk about in regards to coin pushers and
this is the appearance of cards that appear to be making quite a big comeback
in the coin pushers now the the ones that seem to be the most popular at the
moment our spongebob we've got Marvel and Batman Superman Star Trek
to name a few now these encourage you to collect cards in exchange for tickets
now you'll all probably know that obviously in these card packages are
rare cards now it with the spongebob it's the Gary's with the chase the ghost
it's the blinky ones here the red ghost is the rarest one in order to win them
you have to be lucky and get the card drops to shoot the cards onto the play
field now the next thing I want to talk about is how to win the cards what's the
easiest way of winning cards which cards to go for and also one of the common
occurrences that seem to haven't quite a lot is the floating card where it
appears that the card is ready to be paid out when in actual fact it still
takes quite a little bit of time before it actually pays the card out
now the good thing with the spongebob coin pushers is that it doesn't have the
side cutters so any coins that are pushed alongside literally come out from
the side then you know they don't disappear into the gutter this means
that all the coins that go through the coin pusher do eventually come out at
the bottom and towards the platter so you don't get trouble you don't get paid
a coin it's paid in tokens or tickets and therefore the only way that you can
get any real sort of profit out of the coin pushers and the cards is by winning
the cards themselves now every so often I'll see a video where the floating card
happens and this is purely down to a weight ratio difference where the card
can literally be pushed along the coin pusher and the coins at the back of the
coin the back of the card literally creates it to float now that is almost
over the edge and it's not unheard of to see Koyuk cards like this it's not being
held up at all there and yes so it's literally floating in mid it's only when
these coins are either removed or the weight is literally too great of the
card actually coming down itself is outweighs the weight of the coins itself
so what you really want to be doing is going for the cards that don't have any
coins on top now obviously this is easier said than done because once a
court does have coins on the top it's very hard to change that obviously if
you have a card this here where it first drops down and you get coins drop on top
of it like that then you are leading to trouble but obviously it doesn't stop
the cards from being paid out it just makes it a tiny bit slower
when I see cards being played for on the internet I do notice that sometimes
people seem to go for the side cards now I don't quite understand how this is
quite possible to be the best tactic as the sideward ratio of coin forward
movement is going to be much greater in the middle section so if you can imagine
now there are three cards on the playfield okay and you want to win at
least one of those coins guaranteed you that if he was playing a three slot not
necessarily this slot because this pusher is a little bit more random where
the coins land but if he was playing a Star Trek or a Wizard of Oz then you
would be better off sticking your cursor straight down the middle because the
coins in the middle will move a lot faster down the middle then it will do
down the sides and this is again because the forward movement of each coin onto
each coin will be greater this way then it will be this way as it will also be
pushing coins to the left or to the right
so obviously don't not go for the coins especially if it's a rare card that you
want but don't make a big habit of it especially if you notice that a load of
cards that are all dot it up like that on the left or the right because you'll
notice that they're there for a reason and they've been there for quite a while
so your best bet is to go four cards in the middle and this applies to any
machine the spongebob one is a little bit different because obviously you have
your cards coming down from the left-hand side and you have your hopper
coming out from the right now in order to win the cards you need the forward
momentum and you always get a get the cut of the coins that drop out from the
hopper on the right there always seem to land either the middle
or this sort of space here and this is because as they're shot out from the
hopper they tend to fall to the middle of the tray so again especially when
playing spongebob if you notice lots of cards on the right or on the left just
play cautiously and if they don't seem to be moving make sure they're the cards
that you want otherwise you could be wasting your money oh I think guys well
I really hope you got a lot of helpful hints and tips from this video hopefully
I've shown you how the coin pusher actually works and held the sight
gutters work he'll the percentages work obviously I haven't gone into much
detail about the security flaps there's like tilt sensors or whatnot because
they're just common sense really if you tilt the alarm if you're knock the
Machine it will alarm and it will set the tilt sensor off and it will send the
pay out flap closed which means you won't get any coins out or any prizes
but yes hopefully you won't get caught in the trap of notes or cards or payout
percentages where the odds are not in your favor but obviously use this with a
pinch of salt you can make the decision as to whether or not you're playing the
coin pusher correctly or not of course these are helpful hints and
tips that I have found useful over the years but of course everyone has their
own play tactics so I really hope you enjoyed the video and I really really
wish you the best of luck in the Oh next arcade journey
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