More and more this makes me think of the Twilight Zone episode "Nick of Time."
Rather than it just being a "Mystic Seer" machine, it's Watchtower Corporation. Rather than just taking a few coins, WT will take all your money. And rather than letting you just walk out of the Busy Bee Cafe, WT will persecute anyone who dares to walk out of a Kingdumb Hell. WT can't tell the future any more than a cheap penny fortune machine. But woe to those who believe WT, they'll wind up like the poor miserable couple at the very end of the episode. They were ready to obey, even thought it wasn't reasonable.