Jamieson Mini Golf/Bowl/Match, Royal Flush, Bingo etc.

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Jamieson Mini Golf/Bowl/Match, Royal Flush, Bingo etc.

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Not my sort of thing but looks interesting. Is it a common machine?

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Re: Electric, allwin-type German machine on ebay

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Looks similar to two machines in the upcoming auction.
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According to Ian Jamieson's fascinating three part history of his father's company in the MMM:
The Mini-Match in the auction on Sunday was produced in the "early '70s" - the first of a new line in electronic, printed circuit board machines.
Jamiesons produced these non-payout, amusement-only machines and started to explore export markets in response to the 1968 Betting and Gaming Act (which came into force in 1969).
They were exhibited in Vienna in 1970 and attracted great interest from the Danes and Swiss.
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The strikingly similar German NSM-Löwen Super-Match was introduced in 1968. What was the story, I wonder?

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Re: Electric, allwin-type German machine on ebay

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Two of the earlier versions from Germany, the second in a sorry old state but the first fully working although the balls being replaced by marbles which is currently rather noisy. For the etymologists among you marbles were referred to as "glass alleys" when I was a lad, not an expression I've heard lately.
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Re: NSM and Jamieson electric allwins

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I have had one of the German units and spiffing good fun to play it was too.

However, when I open a machine and find sheets of plastic with Licorice Allsorts and plastic bobbly bits glued to it I get the heeby jeebies.

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Jamiesons' machines (Bingo)

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Hi,
Anyone out there know what year this machine was made? Has anyone got gold trim for sale for around the top Bingo decal or any reproduction or original flyers for the machine?
Thanks.
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Hi, They made at least 3 different models of the Bingo & a mini Bingo over the years, which one have you got?? :D
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Jamiesons' machines (Bingo)

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Hi,
I have an electro mechanical Bingo machine. I'm looking for a set of the white? plastic balls for it. Can anyone help?
The machine is Jamiesons' Bingo.
Also anyone know how to tighten the ball kicker spring or have any for sale?

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Bingo machine on ebay

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Has anyone seen that Bingo machine on ebay? It's floor-standing and looks like Jamesons at 250 quid. It's a bit far for me now as I have disciplined myself and not spending silly amounts on collecting. He also has a Basketball on 2p. What is your opinion on this machine? I made an offer to allow for collection but was turned down. I would like to know the maker, as I thought all Jamesons' were wall-mounted.
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glittering-prize67 wrote:I would like to know the maker, as I thought all Jamesons' were wall mounted
You can find info on Jamiesons and others here... http://www.slotmachines.bravehost.com/page11.html !!JUNK!!
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Bingo machine the same cabinet as Roulette and Darts, floor standing. I've had a few of these. They look quite heavy, yet you can easily put both arms around them and lift them off the ground - deceptively light.
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Is it the one with really dark pictures
If so it's only 200
If it's not and it's the bigger bingo machine
Like the one on the jamiesons pictures slotalot as put up
Were you fire pinballs on to the play field
Then 250 is cheap by my reckoning

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2 of them machines are mine
Who gave him the rights to use them
Cheek of it,,I may get the police !SHOOT! !SHOOT!
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Lousy pictures, but if it's working as advertised, £200 Buy-It-Now seems very fair. Still, it's been on for a while now but nobody's gone for it. !PUZZLED!
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slotalot wrote:You can find info on Jamiesons and others here... http://www.slotmachines.bravehost.com/page11.html
Some super pictures there Slotalot. CoNgRaTs

The Jaleco Basket Bull looks a decent game with coin payout (more commonly ticket redemption on these), but probably too modern for the likes of us: 1993 arcade flyer.
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Jamieson Mini Golf/Bowl/Match, Royal Flush etc.

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The Jamiesons "Royal Flush" I bought from the John Morley auction arrived today thanks to Steve's £10 delivery service and I'm very pleased with it. As I bought it through an absentee bid this is the first time I've seen it in the flesh so to speak. Considering the state of most of the machines in that auction this is in remarkable condition. A fairly modern machine it's true, but the case is near perfect (if a little dirty) and the glass and playfield are A1. It even has its original little red ball.


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I know this is not a popular machine and as a '70s machine (I think) it's a bit modern but it is interesting and unusual in many ways so I thought I'd give everyone a tour round it.

I guess it qualifies as an allwin-type machine, although in fact it is a no win machine, as the best you can get is a free go. Insert a coin and a timer starts (adjustable by the operator); you then repeatedly fire the ball allwin-fashion in an attempt to light ALL the playing cards in the given time For this you get a free go. Not the most appealing game I've ever seen.

The works are complete. I know this because I found an instruction manual and wiring diagram still in its original factory packet in the coin box. The instruction book is very interesting as it details each part of the cycle and which components operate each function and in what sequence.

The machine is not quite working yet (I was not surprised at this) but it's close. All the lights work and all the many many switches and solenoids look fine, but the timer is locked up somehow so it's hard to tell if it will work or not.

I'm no good at electrics and play very careful around them, so I'm going to need help sorting this out, but in truth it's very simple inside (although a little long winded for what it does). There is a very small and simple components board inside (not a circuit board as such - just two capacitors, I think) and four what look like transformers, all linked up in a line. The meat of the electrics are over 20 micro switches and more than a dozen solenoids.


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The coin hits a switch and starts the timer. All the timer seems to do is release the ball and hold the solenoid in during the time span. Each time the ball falls through a new card slot, the light comes on and a solenoid trips on the back board. If all the solenoids trip during the time span, the free play button goes live and you can start the cycle over again.

I think the switches and solenoids are OK. The lights and bulbs are OK. I need to test the component board, timer and transformer, but don't know how to go about it, so help please.


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Externally, this machine will come up like new. This is what I'm good at, and I'm looking forward to doing it. The electrics look, to me, to be very simple and I'll be happy to spend some money on replacement parts if needed, but I don't have the expertise to attempt it so, once again, help please.

One of the most unusual features is the lock. When I first got it, the key was in and appeared to just turn round and round doing nothing, I nearly drilled it out. Then I vaguely remembered seeing a lock once that was simply a screw bolt that screws into the rear door holding it shut, but you can only unscrew the bolt with the key in the lock. Sure enough, this is the case. You just keep turning the key till the door falls open. The plus side of this type of lock is that when you close the door you can tighten it right up with no play in the door gap.


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An interesting machine and one that is rare in that it represents the very end of of the era. There is much about it that highlights why this type of machine died out. The makers didn't seem to know which way to go to save the situation and their demise was, like this machine, on the cards!
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Hi Paul. Looks like you had a lucky buy with this one :cool:
I have a couple of other Jamieson machines in my workshop right now, they were brought to me for repair by a collector who got them from the same auction, sadly not as good condition as yours due to bad storage, but they will be fine and dandy once finished.. !SAINT!
Any chance you can post a copy of the wiring diagram and manual and I will see if I can help with some " distance healing" on this one :oops:
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Will definitely put the wiring diagram in to Resources but it can't happen for three weeks I'm travelling in the USA till then. Thanks for the offer to help, I really need it.
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I know I said distance healing, but you didn't have to go that far away !PUZZLED! .......... !!USA!! ....................................................... /\UK/\
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coppinpr wrote: Thu May 21, 2015 1:07 pm ...can't happen for three weeks I'm travelling in the USA till then.
I see you are still struggling to come to terms with retirement then! :lol:
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G'day from Brisbane

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Hi All

I just picked up a Jamieson Mini Golf wall machine which has lead me here. I don't see these often in Australia and not my usual thing but it looks cool. I have a small collection of 80s and 90s pinballs and arcades and a Rockola jukebox. I probably enjoy the hunt and restoration more than actually playing so its not often I buy a working machine.

Will start looking through the forum and will post a few questions soon about the Mini Golf game.

!!CHEERS!!
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Re: G'day from Brisbane

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There was a series of Jamieson's electro-mech wall games dating early 1970s similiar to and including your Golf, that were definitely exported here to Australia in some numbers because we were operator/dealers and purchased quite a few straight from operators in the '80s and early '90s. And I've seen others around Aust so somebody was acting as an agent here.
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