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fruit machines in DUBLIN

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  • 14-07-2008 3:44pm
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    Cardshark9
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    HI can any 1 let me know if Dublin pubs/bookmakers has fruit machines in them??
    I would appreciate any information/assistance regarding this!!

    Regards,

    ROB (SCOTLAND) :)


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    shrapnel222
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    you won't find any in pubs/bookmakers here. just in a few casino/arcades dotted around the city.


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    Cardshark9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭Cardshark9


    so how many arcades are there roughly around the south/soutwest of ireland then mate! i mean like galway/dublin/etc etc! any help would be greatly appreciated mate!

    Thanks again mate,

    Regards,

    ROB(Scotland) :)


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    Fratton Fred
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    Most towns have an arcade and towns like Bray have loads. I can't recall seeing one in a pub though.

    You seem obsessed with Fruit Machines, not in the trade by any chance?


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    Honey-ec
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    Oh God, I really, genuinely hope that the fruit-machine-in-pub craze doesn't start over here...


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    Cardshark9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭Cardshark9


    m8 its not an obsession,its easy ££££ thats all lol...
    Bray u say m8, i will have to check that out then m8 thx 4 that!!
    I have done it for 10 years so im used 2 it mate!!

    Thanks again,

    Regards,
    Scottish ROB!!! :)


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    raheny red
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    AFAIK they are illegal to be on bookmakers premises but that could be changing in the near future....


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    vektarman
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    :confused: These are machines that sell fruit that we're talking about??


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    whiskeyman
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    vektarman wrote: »
    :confused: These are machines that sell fruit that we're talking about??

    That's what I thought at first!!
    Wonder how'd they keep it fresh....


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    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    raheny red wrote: »
    AFAIK they are illegal to be on bookmakers premises but that could be changing in the near future....

    heaven forbid someone would gamble in a bookmakers.:eek:

    waste of money imho. they have a payout of about 60%, the only people who make money out of them are the owners.


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    Aspiration
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    Cardshark9 wrote: »
    so how many arcades are there roughly around the south/soutwest of ireland then mate! i mean like galway/dublin/etc etc! any help would be greatly appreciated mate!

    Thanks again mate,

    Regards,

    ROB(Scotland) :)

    Galway's on the west of Ireland... But if you're over that direction, there's bound to be somewhere in Salthill you'd find them machines.

    Also, Tramore in Waterford (southwest) may have a few places.

    There's a casino type place (not sure if you'd call it a casino) on O'Connell Street in Dub... Same side as the GPO, a few doors up from Spar I think. Check that out too...


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    pedro ferio-vti
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    Think this guy wants free Market Research tbh


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    loyatemu
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    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    Most towns have an arcade and towns like Bray have loads.

    a lot of the arcades in bray have closed down in recent years. there's one on the albert walk, not sure if there's any left on the seafront (Dawsons closed recently).


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    shrapnel222
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    big difference also, as the ones you see here are the casino type machines and not the same ones you have in UK pubs and bookies, ie not machines with feature runs and going red etc... they're like the arcade ones with just bar, doble bar, triple bar etc... and the new casino ones.

    But anyway, for the moment they are for all intents and purposes illegal, although this might change in the future (but only for casinos iirc)


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