I LOVE LUCY CHOCOLATE FACTORY

The nickel version of the I LOVE LUCY video slot machine came out a couple of years ago. I do remember the Showboat in Atlantic City having a showroom affiliated with the TV Land channel that featured recreations of the Lucy set and some cool stage memorabilia. The tie was actually for the I LOVE LUCY 3 reel quarter slot machine; one does not see too many of those machine around anymore. The video slot game came out a bit later; it was similar to other TV based games like the 3 STOOGES and THE HONEYMOONERS because it had bonus rounds that featured actual clips of the shows. Well, all of these machines have quietly slipped away from the majority of the casinos, most likely the novelty attraction that had us playing the game in the first place soon wore off. If one continues to have constant losing sessions on a type of machine, there is not much to do but move on. I recently read a letter in Strictly Slots magazine that I have to disagree with. The reader asked about payout percentages for name brands LUCY, HONEYMOONERS, 3 STOOGES compared to slots without any licensing fees associated with them, Money Storm, Cleopatra, Unicorn.There answer was that all machines are available in the same percentages and that while a licensing fee must be paid to the estate or owner of the name brands, that the machines are all available with the same payout chip options. Now, what they did not say, and what I believe the reader was implying was that do the casinos take into account the licensing fee and thus order name machines with lower pay percentages. I believe they do, maybe not for solely the extra fee but in addition for the fact that a name brand will bring in players by the brand name and it does not need to attract an audience. A casual player will likely be drawn to the familiarity of the name brand quicker than say a game like Nurses Follies. Ok, maybe you will get more nurses to play that game, but the general feel is that casinos will have the lower base and still profit on the novelty play. To stake my claim, walk around any casino and compare the titles mentioned above and take note of how many of each machine you will find.
Back to the I LOVE LUCY game, the machine is a 12 line 5 coin, 60 credit max bet game that has the standard black and white video clips and the usual bonus rounds. I have had a few good hits on the machine, but they were actually on the base game and nothing too great on the bonus games. I feel the bigger hits were luck as the base game had that all too painful high hit low pay style, and a $20 would not get you too close to the bonus especially if playing max coin. I still see a couple of the games around, if you want give it a shot at 12 lines but stick to 1 or2 credits per line at the most. The game is fun and was designed for Lucy fans to enjoy and they will not be disappointed as long as they have fun and do not expect to win anything above a few bucks. 2 chocolates