Barcrest's Blackjack & Their Failed £5 Jackpot Coup Attempt

This is a NEW VIDEO released under the Harry Headwound brand. Thread at Desert Island Fruits - https://www.desertislandfruits.com/fo... --------------------- 0:00:00 Channel intro 0:00:10 Barcrest's pitch for the £5 jackpot in 1990 ended.... poorly 0:04:22 And as such the £4.80p jackpot stands alone as a weird 'part pound' jackpot value 0:06:23 It's not difficult to see why players weren't impressed with the new 20p/£4.80 proposition 0:12:16 A halfway house of 15p play could have been a consideration 0:13:11 Comparing BFM's Tri Star (£4) with Double Chance (£4.80) 0:14:27 Gameplay commences on the 10p/£4 version of Blackjack 0:19:01 The cashpot maxes out at £2, instead of £2.40, not much of a difference 0:22:58 It's out to Money Maker, and as you you'll see, this can repeat when it wants to! 0:27:04 Moving over to the 20p/£4.80 version of Blackjack 0:28:20 The accelerated rate of loss very quickly makes itself felt 0:29:44 Taking Skill Cash all the way, it maxes out £2 even on the 20p play version! 0:32:25 Doubling the stake on compensated fruit machines has never worked out well 0:34:13 An increase in minimum percentage would have really helped, but was never on the table 0:36:20 This machine will let you collect an empty cashpot and pay.... zero 0:37:08 Fruit machines have always been able to 'cheat' the jackpot anyway, with repeat chances 0:41:23 After a bit of a tussle, it's finally a £2.40 Money Maker 0:48:08 Seeing here how the 20p play version can do quite a bit of damage 0:51:13 Finally collecting Super Blackjack, twist or stick?.... 0:53:13 Taking a look at the session stats so far, not good on the 20p version 0:55:10 A final punt at a £2.40 Money Maker 0:57:16 Unfortunately the lesson the industry took from this, was to lean into more addictive products