The gamblers! by happypat

The gamblers!

Slot machines on Blackpool Promenade have a strange attraction to the men folk!
Max & Finn each had a bag of 10p & 2p saved up by Cathy & Garth!
A long time was spent feeding these coins into the slots.
Each time you won tickets came out which you fed into a counting machine. It totted up the number of tickets you had won & gave you a token worth so much money.
Well all I can say the establishment were easily in pocket!
Nothing worth picking & they came away with disgusting sweets or lollies as they called them that made their tongues & lips blue!

Never mind it was lots of fun!

1st May & their dads & our youngest son birthday!
Our grandkids like these too. I can remember putting the old penny coins in the slot machines too, so I suppose it’s nothing new.
May 1st, 2023  
A nice candid
May 1st, 2023  
Oh, the magic and the thrill of the slots!
May 1st, 2023  
A great candid - I think we all can remember the seaside trips and the slot machines!
May 1st, 2023  
Kids paradise! They all seem to love it, don’t they?
May 1st, 2023  
It's the thrill of almost winning! Exciting and will be a great memory!
May 1st, 2023  
But what fun! It’s always my experience that the casino is the big winner!
May 1st, 2023  
It's all good fun but what a rip-off. Our daughter told a similar story when she went recently with her boys.
May 1st, 2023  
@busylady @louannwarren @beryl @casablanca @Dawn @essiesue @carole_sandford @maggiemae

It did g matter that it was a rip off as the boys were very satisfied with their loot but it was rather shocking to see middle aged guys wandering around together playing slot machines in the middle of the afternoon. We could tell the holiday makers but these guys were just putting money they looked like they didn’t have into stupid machines….. no job no money I reckon….. it was sad to be honest.
May 1st, 2023  
harry seems to be loving it Pat , I remember playing the slots at Blackpool with a big bag of pennies my grandad saved for us .... I used to love a horse racing game ....the white horse was the long odds , you won a shilling if it came first for your 1d
May 1st, 2023  
I used to have 2 shillings to spend back in my day on the slot machines when we went to Blackpool. Of course, I always came home with nothing but I suppose it was fun at that age. Never been a gambler since.

David lived in North Wales and during his summer leave when he was in the apprentices of the RAF he used to work in an amusement arcade repairing the machines. He discovered very early on that the punters drove rusty Ford Popular cars and the owner of the arcade drove a Rolls Royce. That says it all.
May 1st, 2023  
Nice
May 1st, 2023  
They were around before video games and have always had fans.
May 2nd, 2023  
Great candid. Brings back memories
May 2nd, 2023  
Ha ha, Hours of endless fun.
May 2nd, 2023  
A May Day baby, how lovely! Happy birthday to your lad. Lovely shot of the boys spending those hard saved coins!
May 2nd, 2023  
Beautiful capture. That's what happened to my son, Jean-Pierre, when we passed a day in Blackpool years ago. He couldn't get off the slot machines.
May 2nd, 2023  
Fun shot
May 2nd, 2023  
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