bally bingo specials

Sometimes you must be lucky.

Recently we found a Bally Miss Universe.
Not a 20 hole, neither a 25 hole, but a bingo with 18 numbered holes.
In fact we had never played such a machine before and of what we had read about the Miss Universe, we could not made up our mind and make a decision to make room for her. The outside the Miss Universe looks still very well, but the surprise came by opening the backdoor. An entirely new inside, without a track of grease or nicotine attack. The playfield was brand-new, and the played balls did not leave a mark on it. But when we opened the front door, we really had been astonished. The meters of the played games and pay-out were still fitted. Probably the Miss Universe has never been in exploitation because only 743 coins were token and only 27 credits had been paid out. Nevertheless we noticed that the previous owner had had some problems. Problems he did not solve as they were still in the machine. The Tilt relay in the Tripbank had been burned and a diode fitted to the special diode-plate had been broken. This resulted in a strange humming in a relay because the feed of that relay appeared to be only 37 Volt. And although remarkable little was played on, the reset motor of the tripbank was rather stuck. But really this type of problems could be solved in less than no time and after that we played the Miss Universe. And how does such a Universal Lady play in fact? Well then there are only 18 numbered holes and you get just three balls to play, whereas there is no possibility for buying an extra ball. Starting the game get you however a couple of numbers free and by means of extra buying you will get more numbers, so that you can nevertheless score with three balls a five in line. Additionally, a mystery number (red or yellow) can be ratified, and in this way you still have an extra number. However scoring does not appear simple. We started with about 400 credits on the register and experience learned that at an average usage of approximately 30 credits, we could play for several hours, and still had some credits on the register. Obviously the Miss Universe from Bally was something new. We can’t answer the question if we shall make some room for the Miss Universe yet, but anyway it is something very differently than usual.