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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 28, No. 11. 1965.

P.O. Fruit Machine

P.O. Fruit Machine

A Salient reporter who recently spent a few days in Auckland was Impressed with the gambling facilities provided by the Post Office there. In one telephone booth he inserted three pennies, pressed button B, and got back two pennies. The next time he tried to use a public telephone he put in threepence, pressed button B, and hit the jackpot. Out flowed 1.2 worth of pennies.