Alongside the usual touring equipment, the late rock star Lemmy took something unusual on the road, a Slot Machine...from Germany. A video with a bit of a mystery, a bit of history and a bit of a demo. EXPAND THIS TEXT BOX TO READ PLENTY MORE - INCLUDING A ***FAULT UPDATE*** 00:00 Intro 02:33 German Machines 03:20 International slot variances 06:25 The Allwins 09:30 Playing hard to get 11:04 The Lemmy connection 12:30 Why pick these? 13:09 Hernia time 14:02 A closer look 17:03 A look inside 18:39 Where there’s smoke 21:11 Is that it? 22:20 Virtually finished 28:00 The end +++++++++++++++UPDATE +++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++ The fault with my machine +++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Since shooting the video I have replaced the components that blew. However this did not resolve the fault. Also refilling the coin tubes doesn’t resolve the issue (a few suggested the machine might be indicating to an attendant that it had run out of money ). However if you look through the early comments you’ll see one from zapro-dk who mentions that his father had a machine from the same company and they discovered that if the battery dies it forgets its databank which effectively means it can’t work again, but there’s also a comment from TheNWDigital who has found a suggestion on a German forum as to how to reset this fault by bridging some pins on a connector. I went ahead and tried this and whilst it did reset the machine and *stop the light from flashing* (which was great) - the components I'd only just replaced immediately went up in smoke again - so there's still another different issue elsewhere. Fortunately I've done all I needed to do with this one now, the machine was bought to use as a prop in a video. My original intention was to give it away after the video was finished. That’s not changed and I’ve been contacted by someone who still wants the machine even in its broken state. So trying to get it work