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Any Info on: Trade Vendor Roto-Lette ?

Hello Coin Op Collectors!

We have a fun looking Trade Vendor Roto-Lette machine and can't seem to find any historical information or images of it online. Have any of you seen one of these before? Or have any advice where else we should look to find info?

The tag says.
Manufactured by Bally exclusively for Roto Distributing, Las Vegas, Nevada.

It's a 25 cent machine with 3 coin slots and three roulette wheels with 3 slots for tickets to come out of at the bottom.
It's a wood case and stands about 6 feet tall.

Thanks in advance for any help or info!

Photos attached...

never seen or heard of one, but, there are some of those coin entries for sale on ebay.
i wondered what they were for.

CaliGurl:
I have seen this machine before, but did not find out anything about it at the time.
A little more info may help the search. If there is any paper glued, or tags stapled
inside the case, it may have a mfr. date. Also, what is the serial number, on the
front plate? Bill
BTW - Those coin entries were used on other Bally machines as well.
Just how many, I dunt know!

SLOT DYNASTY wrote:CaliGurl:

BTW - Those coin entries were used on other Bally machines as well.
Just how many, I dunt know!

BTW, Again. Here's a few examples.
Bally "Draw Bell", "Deluxe Draw Bell", "High-Boy", "Reserve Bell", "Wild Lemon".

Also used on their one ball horse race machines like Trophy and the other non payout models.
Dave F

Go I love this place and what it does for folks ..... thanks again guys

Thanks for the replies.
Unfortunately there is no additional info in the box
The number on the front tag is 1165.

Here's a few pictures of the messy innards.

So I guess its kinda like the pull tabs where certain numbers in the bundle pay and others dont. They figure a percentage and place that book in the dispenser. Hell we didnt need to go that far in the Moose and Elks and Eagles, we just sold the tickets straight out and the bartender took care of the winners. God I loved those days... Would really like to see pics of the mech here the disks rotate with the motors.
dave

Ahhhhhhhhhhh, the joy of reminiscing

Hi All,

While digging around on the internet, i discovered that the Clark County Heritage Museum in Henderson, NV had a machine that looked similar to this roto-lette of mine. . I sent an inquiry out to the museum to see if they had any more info on it. This is the reply i receiced:

"We do still have the machine in question in the museum collection, but have not found much on its manufacturer. We do know that they were used in the El Rancho Vegas in 1949, and that they were a post-World War II design."

Here is the nugget i found that led me to the Heritage Museum:
http://digitalcollections.mypubliclibra ... 2/1/10.pdf

Just sharin'
Thanks
caliGurl

Here's a picture of the machine at the Clark County Heritage Museum.