Mill’s “1947” Hi-top mechanical pull arm 25 Cent Slot Machine
This is a Mill’s “1947” Hi-top mechanical pull arm 25 Cent Slot Machine.
It was among the last Slot Machines manufactured by The Mills Novelty Company in 1947, this Slot Machine is a one of a kind. It has never been in a casino. In my younger days, I worked at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Casino as a slot key man. I repaired Bill’s machines, but nothing like this machine.
The slot machine comes with the original key that was delivered with the machine. Also included are $75 dollars in quarters that are in the pay off tubes and the front panel. I have tested the payouts including the $50 payout, everything works as originally designed. Other slot machines on the market have decals or labels indicating where in the casino they were located, or they have tax stamps indicating where they were used. The only decal on this machine is from Mills.
This machine is a work of art designed to provide entertainment powered by the user, not electricity. In my entire gaming career I have never seen a machine like this. It has a $50 payoff in quarters. There has never been a part in this machine that has been replaced. It is in exactly the same condition it was in when manufactured in Chicago in 1947. There is no rust or defective parts in this machine.
It was part of a specially ordered set of penny, nickel, dime and quarter machines manufactured in 1947 for the owner of a hardware store in Chicago. The owner when he first played a slot machine back then realized he could recover the change that he gave his customers if he brought a slot machine for the hardware store. The store owner contacted Mills and ordered the set. He placed this slot machine with others prominently in front of the store entrance next to the cash register. As expected his customers gambled away their change and brought more change. Because it was a quarter machine in the 50’s it was a very pricey play. As a result it is in mint condition with all the original parts.
The owner of the Hardware store retired claiming that he made more money from the slots than the store. He took the quarter machine with him in 1969 to his retirement home in Malibu Beach, Los Angeles.
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