Hello again guys, been working on the pusher some more and will have pics shortly.
I was hoping to get some opinions please. I want to put an alarm on the machine so no one is tempted to tilt it and if they do, the coins will be collected in the cash box and not in the winning tray.
I can handle the sensing with an arduino and my idea is to use a solonoid to immediately lock out the winning tray but I then need to divert the coins to the cash box.
Drawing is really not a strong point, I'm terrible! However, my sketch below shows my idea.
The coins falling off the front edge are winnings and the cash box coins which the machine eats up are through the two holes at the sides but back from the front edge.
My idea is to have a sheet of mdf or Perspex (something low friction) at a very large angle. This has a divider in the middle. Coins falling off the front fall into the front tray and slide down through the trap door to the outlet wining tray. Coins falling through either of the secret holes fall into the back tray, slide down and around the corner through a hole to the cash box.
The idea is that the front winnings tray hole has a hinged flap. If the machine is shook and the alarm signals, a solonoid immediately pulls down the flap and any falling coins go over the flap and down into the cash box hole.
Too complicated? Will it work? Possible problems? Simpler ideas? ....your thoughts are welcome as always!!

Chris