'REGATES'

Acheté à une vente aux encheres publiques dans les années 50
De marque francaise MAGISTER (Paris)


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Specialty: Payout Machine
Notable Features:
10 balls for 25 centimes of franc.
After inserting the coin, pushing the knob beneath the coin slot releases the balls for play.
Each playfield boat pivots when hit by the ball but is pulled back into place by a small spring attaching the feathered end of the arrow to the playfield.
A ball landing in the winning hole allows the player to pull a knob on the right side of the cabinet to deliver a token into the cup beneath it.
The tokens are loaded by the operator into the game at the rear of the cabinet, where a protruding special lock covers the tube that contains them.
The operator can measure how many tokens are left in the game by inserting the appropriate tool into a hole in the center of this lock.
The tokens are marked as redeemable for equivalent values of 25, 50, or 75 centimes.
Luck determines which value of token is awarded, with the 50c tokens fewer in number than the 25c ones, and the 75c ones being the fewest of all.
Typically the tokens would be redeemed for drinks or cigarettes where the game was located, although after 1934 these games were against the law in France except in registered casinos, and so reportedly the regular bar owners did not want to have them.
The art déco paint on the cabinet and legs is typical of French games of the 1930's.
One piece on the web has a paper instruction card or a metal instruction card.
It is possible to found a second version, but no photo.
JCC research found only that a brand name MAGISTER was registered in Paris in 1928 by Louis Wolf, a phonograph manufacturer.
Game measures 115 cm long, 55 cm wide, 97 cm high in front, 103 cm high in back.
Detachable legs.

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