A slot machine operated by pulling a long handle at the side.
‘The reality is simply that much of the money these trusts disperse to charities comes from gambling - from one-armed bandits and slot machines, etc.’
‘Instead, the one-armed bandit operated stock scams said to have helped establish the fortunes of many of today's local social elite.’
‘Players who fancy the thrill of the one-armed bandits will also find ample entertainment with 10 games to choose from including Lucky Seven, Sphinx Hijinx, Safe Cracker and Forbidden Fruit.’
‘It's got gold-plated ceramic tiles and a thousand one-armed bandits.’
‘Unable to comprehend her and worried by his mother's addiction to the one-armed bandits at the local casino, Paul loses Marie to Albert, her boss.’
‘The boys generally enjoyed the game; like the one-armed bandit of any casino, there is entertainment value in the game itself, regardless of losing the points one had previously earned.’
‘An ordinary gambling machine, otherwise known as a fruit machine or one-armed bandit, is designed in such a way that when you put in a coin, a causal mechanism operates, and you do or do not get coins out, a pay-out.’
‘I feel a little like I'm sitting in front of a one-armed bandit with three jackpot symbols showing and the final wheel still spinning.’
‘We stood there, row after row of blank-faced benefactors, feeding coins in to what are now called fruit machines, but were once known more accurately as one-armed bandits.’
‘Playing from their own homes, they are becoming addicted to poker, blackjack, one-armed bandits and betting on events such as the Oscars.’
‘If even an amateur gambler wins more than $600 on a one-armed bandit - the traditional type of slot machine - that person has to produce two legitimate forms of identification before receiving the payout.’
‘Walking back to his room, he passed a bank of slot machines, and three cherries rang up in his brain: What if he designed an experiment using aroma and one-armed bandits - a totally salesperson-free control group!’
‘If you have one-armed bandits in every bar and restaurant, you're going to lure more people into tempting their limits.’
‘Though his fondness for casinos has abated, he makes an occasional pilgrimage back to the one-armed bandits, and he plays the stock market even after the dot-com crash.’
‘The premise is the following: a band of ordinary Las Vegas tourists are summoned to an eccentric reception by virtue of having each won a golden chip from the one-armed bandits.’
‘They seem to consist of one-armed bandits stacked with impossible odds, cranes that are designed to lift a prize an inch before dumping it, and often a surly individual doling out change.’
‘Bingo continued after the win however, seven nights a week, with £100 spend nightly on one-armed bandits…’
‘The drone of the poker machines, roulette wheels and craps tables is punctuated by the bleeps, trills and occasional rattling of coins from the one-armed bandits.’
‘It cost me more last week to replace my lost 9-iron than my wife spent on her annual communion with one-armed bandits.’
‘The cheapest one-armed bandits are just 25c, which sounds like good value until you're tempted to win bigger amounts by playing three coins at a time.’
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