I went to my local amusement arcade last Tuesday. Played the new(ish) Italian Job, and it gave another £45 (3 Jackpots) off the super Crossfire feature. Brill, turning out to be a good 'surprise' feature, this.

Wasn't a good day for two other people though. They got banned from the arcade manager for life. The reason? Playing like professionals. Apparently, they lost a fair bit on Ready, Steady, Go (a Barcrest machine) but more than made up for it on other machines.

What I would like to say is, what a nerve that manager is, chucking out people like that. They should realise that they make a profit in most cases (MTables being the exception). I wonder what he would have did to them if a machine spun a Jackpot win straight in and it held two or three times (I wish). I'd have liked to see his reaction then. I just hope I'm not his next 'victim' as I seem to be getting watched more often. Shouldn't they be fixing dodgy light bulbs and sticky buttons anyway? (There's a Crazy Fruits there that has a non-working exchange button. I've mentioned it twice and it's still f****d!)

Sorry for being away for so long, folks. Nice to be back.