£1,500 - £2,000
A Bryans Payramid oak skill travelling arcade ball catching game, penny slot machine, designed c.1934, 82 x 37 x 23cm.
There is no doubt that the Payramid is one of the greatest slot machines ever invented, designed by William Bryan in 1934 and was still being made 40 years later. It is Bryans most popular ball-catching game, and no penny arcade in Britain would have been complete without at least one of these frustrating games! The playfield holds eight balls, which all drop to the bottom upon the insertion of a coin. As the player winds the handle on the left, each ball is raised in turn and is fired out at the top of the playfield. The idea is to catch as many balls as possible between the moving fingers by manipulation of the knob on the right-hand side of the machine. If five balls are caught the machine pays out 2 coins, six balls pays out 4, and seven balls pays out 6. If you catch all eight balls you get a payout of 8 coins, the visible jackpot opens, and you also get a free ball, which delivers a further 2 coins each time it is caught.
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