Expert: Rodger Knutson - 1/1/2010

Question
I have a 1982 Bally slot machine and there is a little plate on the side that says E2270-111 and there is a number 3 under that on the plate. I'm trying to figure out what this means and if I have anything special.

Answer
YES! It's 2010 everyone, my best wishes for all of you this year!

Hi Ryan,

I have no access to any of these machines, records, as far as location history, and I doubt there is any history available. It's like most all products, you just can't track there life and ownership information easily. It is amazing to me that I have even been able to acquire the information that I have as it's marked "CONFIDENTIAL", on different modes. These were never public type of ownership machines, but locked tight and protected in Nevada gaming records, (IF that is where it was sold) that you or I don't have access to. I feel that your hoping to have some rare Bally machines, but sad to say, no. The model E-2270, now that I have seen a photo of it, is a fairly common machine and I myself have had a couple cross my path in past years. Your other model the E-2405 is also a common type machine, but it's interesting as it has an aftermarket game kit in it. Kit maybe being made by Sunkist graphics or another company in Nevada for a special order type of look for some Casino after they bought the machines. This is common, most casino have the belly glass changed, to personalized it, and to add their casino name on all of them. Some Casino Owners have the complete glass and reel strips changed, (game kit), to look like something they want to match their décor, or thyme. Your E-2405 is a game like this, as this is not standard Bally Manufacturing glass. You might even locate the kit makers name on the glass or reel strips, as sometimes they put their brand name the edge of the glass or reel strips they make, another company in Nevada who does this sort of thing is Tripp Plastics. Your machine are over a quarter century old now, over 25 years, that is a long time in the gaming industry an Bally E Series haven't been used by them for many-many years now. As for the single number under the model number, this is where you would see the machines serial number, being it is a one or just a 3, I would have to guess that it was labeled that way by the owners, as maybe machine number one, and machine number three. Most machines from Nevada have serial numbers at this location, so it is possible these were used somewhere else, maybe not in Nevada, maybe not in the U.S.A. for that matter, I just don't know and there is no way that I know about to find this information for you. If I did, I would be happy and interested in finding it for you.
I hope this has brought you up to speed and answered your questions about them, if not or you have some more, just drop me a line, as always I am more than happy to help you. Please remember to post feedback for me here at allexperts, feedback is my total reward for doing this, it's my dog bone.

HAPPY NEW YEAR to you, as my first answer in 2010! Thank You
Sincerely
Rodger Knutson
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Hi Ryan,

I can tell you some about your machine right now. Your Model Number of Bally E-2270 I have found and located it in a Ballys July 16, 1968 "CONFIDENTIAL" Series E2000 Price list! Your machine was offered for sale brand new in this report. The Casino List price on it was $4,895.00 and the Special Discount price list in this report was $3,995.00 and the header on the report was from Bally Casino Slot Machines Export Sales. I have also located your exact model & Game type of Bally E-2270-111 in some other information. Game type would be the (-111) part of you model number. This information shows your reel strip numbers located on the bottom of each reel strip as being, first reel (left as you are looking at the reels) first strip number is a M-231-0339, and 2nd strip number M-231-0340 and third strip number as being M-231-0420. It also shows your personally EPROM, the slot machine program located in a eprom on the MPU board as being 583586. The last two numbers in Ballys programs numbers are the percentage of the game, so your machine pays back 86 percent. It shows your game as a two coin play machine, meaning you can play with up to 2 coins for maximum. One thing I don't understand is the reel symbol code for this machine, if say it had fruit symbols on the reel strips, the code would be "FRT", but your code listed on this machine is "LG", and I am checking on this now, but maybe you can tell me, what kind of symbols do you have on your reel strips? As for the "3" your asking about located under the Model Number, I have no idea, is this located where the serial number should be stamped in the tag? I would like to see a photo of the tag and machine as well, as this would help, and if you have some photo's you can email them to me at Jackpot7@q.com

As for it maybe being something Special? do you mean like being worth a lot more money then any other bally E-2000, or do you mean unusual? I don't know what the reel symbols are on yours, or what the machine looks like, so I don't know yet if it is unusual. As for value, I don't think this machine would be worth much more then any other Bally E series machine. For the machines that were valued more on model specific, I would look back to the 700 Thu 1000 series like the mustang or circus or quick draw models, these three are worth way more then all the others in the same model line between Models 700 and 1,000.

Thank you!

Sincerely

Rodger Knutson
http://www.coinslots.com