Anyone catch the QoD at lasvegasadvisor.com today? Pretty interesting
that a casino has to have someone sit next to high denomination players
to record $1200 jackpots for W2G's on such hands as a high pair, two
pair and 3 of a kind because of the denomination played. As a player I
think that would be annoying.
Can You Imagine the Headache
Goingforbroke wrote: Pretty interesting
that a casino has to have someone sit next to high denomination players
to record $1200 jackpots for W2G's on such hands as a high pair, two
pair and 3 of a kind because of the denomination played. As a player I
think that would be annoying.
First of all, what you quoted LVA as saying is not true. The employees
do not have to sit next to high denomination players. The employees are
allowed to stand <g>
Second, the players LOVE this, compared to the alternative of the
machine locking up on every hand pay. With an employee sitting there,
you can still play 300 or more hands an hour or so if you want. The
machine never locks up (except for hands higher than a certain amount
--- say $50,000 or $100,000, depending on the casinos) and everything
goes to credit. If the machine locks up on jackpots, you'll get 50 hands
an hour or so --- if the casino is pretty fast at handling jackpots.
When the high limit room is jumping, you might get far fewer hands
played. You then have to feed the money back into the machine. On a
machine with a 3-of-a-kind paying $7,500, it's going to take awhile to
feed in 75 hundred dollar bills, especially when the bill acceptor is
finicky or full (they only take 600-800 bills). If you get 15 credits
instantly, the attendant merely writes down $7,500 and you keep going.
It's MUCH faster.
Bob Dancer
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "going4broke2005" <going4broke2005@...>
wrote:
Anyone catch the QoD at lasvegasadvisor.com today? Pretty
interesting that a casino has to have someone sit next to
high denomination players to record $1200 jackpots for W2G's
on such hands as a high pair, two pair and 3 of a kind because
of the denomination played. As a player I think that would be
annoying.
If I can magically have the bankroll to play at that
level, I'll endure it. 
want.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I was once sitting next to a lady playing a $5 Spin Poker game (playing
9/6 Double Double Bonus), and this machine was right on the edge of
really needing a casino employee to stand there and record all of the
W2-Gs, but it wasn't set that way. It locked up for every $1200+ hit.
I'm guessing that this player probably had two dozen W2-G events in the
relatively short time that she was there. At least they would reset
the machine so she could continue to play while they prepared the
paperwork, but sometimes she would lock up the game again before the
slot attendants even made it back to the cashier's cage. What a pain
in the @## this must have been. Any quad, any straight flush, and any
dealt flush or better was a lock-up.
Oh, did I mention that this was in Louisiana, a state where you can't
claim your itemized deductions on the state tax return? So in addition
to the huge expected losses to the game itself, she would have to pay
state taxes on her tremendous amount of so-called "winnings" with no
practical way to offset this with losses. Ouch.
EE
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Dancer" <bob.dancer@...> wrote:
Second, the players LOVE this, compared to the alternative of the
machine locking up on every hand pay. With an employee sitting there,
you can still play 300 or more hands an hour or so if you