I think you are right Rick. I've just started playing VP seriously
and wanted to get my feet wet on the toy machines ($.05) before
comitting to the higher denominations. We'll probably continue to
visit AmeriStar simply because my wife gets constant free food, room
and cash offers (she's Blackcard from slot play). Me, well, I'm a BJ
junky trying to get on the waggon and find an alternative. Guess
I'll have to plug less than optimum VP and hope for the quads and
Royals.
We do make frequent trips to casinos around Newkirk, Oklahoma and
Redrock (Paradise). Wouldn't recommend JOB (only game I've checked
out) at KAW. It's tied to Bingo but has 9/6 paytables at the quarter
level..25/50/1.00). "Little Paradise" (gas station just south of
OK/KS border on 77) has quarter full pay JOB that doesn't appear to
be tied to Bingo. Their nickel machines are 20-credit with max Royal
pays only at max play. Very "less than FP" paytables too. All of
the machines that I've seen at "Native Lights" are short pay. I do
think that the original Paradise down north of Redrock has a few full
pay machines or at least some full pay games. It's been a while
since I've been all the way down there though.
I will relate an experience I had in Vegas the middle of January at
the California Club (Fremont St). I had played all over the place
over the 4 days I was out there including out lying Locals casinos .
We had just returned from Silverton I think around midnight and I was
still chompin at the gills to get some good play in. We were staying
at Las Vegas Club (comped rooms for a slot tournament that I had no
desire to play in!). Thought I'd head over to Main Street Station
where I knew there was one (ONE and only ONE) nickel full pay DDB
machine. Kind of funny, there was a bank of probably 6 machines and
this ONE machine was the only one that was 10/6. Anyway, as I
entered the California Club on my way to MSS, I checked VP machines
for paytables on the way from the entrance to the Escalater to get to
the Skywalk across Main Street. When I got to the top of the
Escalater, two Security Guards accosted me demanding my ID. Having
done nothing (I wasn't speeding on the escalator and wasn't walking
while under the influence) I went ahead and gave them my DL from
Kansas. One guard glared at me while the other talked into a black
knot on his shoulder while watching me out of the corner of his eye.
This went on for a good 15 minutes with no explanations as to why
they had detained me. Finally, and somewhat reluctantly, the big bad
Security Guard handed me my DL and said that I looked "suspicious"
going to machine after machine, pushing buttons but never sitting and
playing. I just told him I was checking paytables. He looked as
though he had never heard of a "Paytable"...and very likely he
hadn't. I didn't play the machines becasue every darn one I checked
was short pay!
A rather embarrasing situation for me as they detained me at the top
of the escalator and if you are familiar with that area, it is the
route everyone takes when going from Fremont St to MSS. Anyway, that
was the first time I've been "detained" for checking VP machines. I
know I'm not on their list for BJ because I've never played at any of
the Boyd properties (poor table rules and poor pen.)
--- In vpFREE_KC@yahoogroups.com, "Rick & Lucky Lucy"
<luckylucy39@...> wrote:
The VP situation in KC is looking grim. Hard to find good machines
at
the 25 cent level and practically nothing at the 5 cent level.
I haven't been in Isle of Capri for a few months but the last visit
revealed several full pay machines. They have (had) the only full
pay
All American in KC. They also had a few 9/6 Job. Harrah's and
Ameristar have almost nothing playable. Argosy has a few machines
at
$1 and above.
This seems to be a trend all over, may have to find something else
to
···
amuse ourselves. 
Rick