Bally : Big Show

Big Show

Triple-deck advancing scores was a cute way of saying that there were three sets of odds values on the machine - one set for each of the red, yellow and green colored lines. These odds sets stepped up independently of each other, and in addition, scored separately. If you got 3-in-line on a red line and 3-in-line on a yellow line, you got paid the corrsponding odds for both of them. Almost all previous games just paid the highest of the two.

So why was this game almost a high scorer? Scoring didn't start until you shot the 5th ball, at which time you couldn't move the numbers anymore. Generally you shot four balls, arrange the numbers in whatever combination would pay the most, and then shot the 5th ball to start the scoring. If you were lucky, the 5th ball might turn a 3-in-line into a 4-in-line, a 4-in-line into a 5-in-line, or maybe give you a 3-in-line in another color, but that's about it.

Big money opportunities didn't start until the next two games - Key West and Show-Time.

The Ballyhole awarded the first extra ball, and the corners of the main card scored the green 5-in-line odds.

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