So it finally happened, after ignoring hundreds of boards and trying to get higher wins on the win line, and trying to get past £40.00 on the gamble, which this machine clearly does not like doing, ignoring and gambling everything that was not the Jackpot...
In the end all it took was two treble yellow bars on reel 2 and 3, and two nudges on reel one for the other treble yellow bar = £25.00, Gambled to £40.00 with ease, then a miracle happened. I had a gamble that actually after nearly two and a half weeks or more of losing and never hitting the next prize of £100, it gambled to the hundred quid, then to £150.00 and then straight to the £250.
Always lost previously if I tried to gamble past £40.00, a really tight machine with all trails lit less the jackpot symbol, the board was always landing on a ? and always collect prize. I even let the machine timeout by itself for ages spinning the number wheel when the trails were full, to try and hit that +1 on any of the trails to light the jack pot but it never happened. You cannot exchange for a board after a £40.00 gamble, but the board is evidently crap.
This only took nearly 2 weeks or so of on and off play to drop!!!! But it's official. Calamari Club TIGHT BASTARD MACHINE...does in fact pay a jackpot in mfme 3.2. and here is the screen shot to prove it... Only took best part of of £1500 virtual quid clicking to get...ahem!!! 
A good victory for a Boxing Day!!! Gotcha!!!
