Ye olde horsse game
December 3rd, 2022 at 9:04:24 PM
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Was watching "The Raven" with Boris Karlof and Bela Lugosi and saw an old mechanical horse game. Spun like a roulette wheel but with horses. So looked up the movie to see if I could find anything similar.
Found this: not the same as the one in the movie, but similar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ragEZiT_4
Found this: not the same as the one in the movie, but similar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ragEZiT_4
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December 4th, 2022 at 4:03:54 AM
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Quote: rxwineWas watching "The Raven" with Boris Karlof and Bela Lugosi and saw an old mechanical horse game. Spun like a roulette wheel but with horses. So looked up the movie to see if I could find anything similar.
Found this: not the same as the one in the movie, but similar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ragEZiT_4
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You can find those for sale on occasion at Ebay.
At my age, a "Life In Prison" sentence is not much of a deterrent.
December 4th, 2022 at 4:48:13 AM
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There was a Stephen King book where one plotline involved such a horse racing game that worked to predict real races (or did it?).
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
December 4th, 2022 at 7:41:43 AM
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In the comedy "Dave" Kevin Kline plays a similar machine
December 4th, 2022 at 8:03:14 AM
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I just sold two replica games like that. I can't think of the company name but it is something like Shulco and they made magnificent old style games starting in the late 1980s.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
