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Atlantis "Instant Fortune" jackpots

#1

We have confirmation that the mini jackpots do in fact hit on Atlantis' new "Instant Fortune" promotion (their version of the Stations casinos Jumbo Jackpots). We managed to hit one for $19.32 (which actually added $20 to our Xtra Play).

Apparently it doesn't hit often, as we didn't know what happened when it hit. We were playing away, and all of the sudden none of the buttons on the machine would do anything. The machine was between hands, but it wasn't flashing "Play 5 coins" across the center, or lighting up the touch screen areas for "Deal" or other button functions. The service light button did work, and we called a slot attendant over and he banged on the machine a couple times (which we had done too, machine closure is the usual symptom here), and the buttons still weren't doing anything, and he said he'd call a tech over while he was dealing with someone else's problem.

Then we noticed the slot club screen said we'd won a jackpot of $19.32, and we needed to touch a button on the screen to add it to our Xtra Play. When we did this, of course, the machine started working fine again, and we told the slot attendant what we'd found out. He'd never seen one of the mini jackpots before, so for a while it looks like they will create a lot of confusion until people get used to them and the staff there knows what's going on when someone hits one.

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#2

Thanks for confirming this. In two trips there since the promotion
started, I had not seen the "mini-jackpots" happen to me or anyone
else. Did you get a free T-shirt when you hit it? I saw a giant
stack of "Instant Fortune" T-shirts at the booth and was told they
are given out to "mini-jackpot" winners, but I guess only if someone
knows they should ask when they hit one, since they don't advertise
this fact.

Interesting the slot tech didn't know what was going on when you hit
your mini-jackpot, would have thought they'd have done better
training and preparation for this, oh well. I definitely miss the VP
card of the day, seems I used to hit those much more often than these
mini-jackpots are occurring. (seems that way anyway). Thanks again
for the info.

PS To close the loop on a previous post, the Atlantis machine I had
discovered that displayed card points has now been "fixed" and no
longer displays card points, forcing one to wait in line at the booth
to find out your tier-level point totals. (Usually no line in late
hours especially after midnight).

Cheers, Craig from bay area

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wrote:

We have confirmation that the mini jackpots do in fact hit on

Atlantis' new

"Instant Fortune" promotion (their version of the Stations casinos

Jumbo

Jackpots). We managed to hit one for $19.32 (which actually added

$20 to

our Xtra Play).

Apparently it doesn't hit often, as we didn't know what happened

when it

hit. We were playing away, and all of the sudden none of the

buttons on the

machine would do anything. The machine was between hands, but it

wasn't

flashing "Play 5 coins" across the center, or lighting up the touch

screen

areas for "Deal" or other button functions. The service light

button did

work, and we called a slot attendant over and he banged on the

machine a

couple times (which we had done too, machine closure is the usual

symptom

here), and the buttons still weren't doing anything, and he said

he'd call a

tech over while he was dealing with someone else's problem.

Then we noticed the slot club screen said we'd won a jackpot of

$19.32, and

we needed to touch a button on the screen to add it to our Xtra

Play. When

we did this, of course, the machine started working fine again, and

we told

the slot attendant what we'd found out. He'd never seen one of the

mini

jackpots before, so for a while it looks like they will create a

lot of

confusion until people get used to them and the staff there knows

what's

going on when someone hits one.

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