Does Double Pay Lock Up?

[mikeymic]

Last year I had my one and only dealt royal. I couldn't mess it up, because the machine locked up before I could press any buttons.

Now, on to my question.

Double Pay is a game that pays you for the hand you are dealt as well as what you draw.

There are Double Pay Spin machines at the Mirage and Venetian, among other places. The options at both those Strip properties are too short-pay for most vpFREE members to consider.

In the Double Pay Spin game you actually see what was dealt on all three lines. But you then only hold or discard from the center line as in any Spin machine. So I'm wondering what happens when there is a dealt royal and it isn't on the center line.

A dealt royal on $1 Double Pay Spin pays $60,000 and far exceeds any drawn royal paying $4000. Most machines "lock up" if a royal is dealt. But if the dealt royal were on anything but the center line, what would the machine do? If there is no lockup and you then proceed to draw based on the center line you could conceivably get no paying hands. But then an attendant arrives at a machine seeing no winning hands, yet a "JACKPOT $60,000" flashes on the screen.

I know this is a rarity, but there might be one of you who could share his/her experience. I'm just wondering when the mechanic is called over to verify the jackpot if the casino staff is a bit confused. Perhaps the mechanic would be able to put the screen back to see the original dealt hands?

Anybody know?

[eecounter]

Not a dealt Royal, but I have gotten dealt quad 2s on a dollar deuces wild Double Pay game, not on the bottom line, for a $2500 deal payout. The machine did not lock up until I finished the hand. I hit maybe one five coin hand on the draw. The slot attendant was definitely confused when he saw the $2505 hand pay notice, with nothing at all worthwhile showing on the screen. I had to explain what happened, and showed him the pay table from an adjacent machine so that he could see there was a "deal" table and a "draw" table. I'm not sure he completely understood the concept of the game, but I was paid with no further hassle.

So to answer your question, yes you can expect some confusion from the casino personnel if you hit a Royal or other big jackpot hand on the deal (not on the bottom line) in Double Pay, unless they are already familiar with how Double Pay works.

EE

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[Guru_Perf1]

Hi Mikey,

I have never played that machine, but if I hit a $60,000 winner on the deal, I would NOT hit the deal button to draw. I would call an attendant, request they call over the slot manager on duty, point out the dealt winner, and then only hit the deal button after they understood what was going on and agreed on the $60,000 payout. I would not take the chance that they could claim "machine malfunction" because it did not hold the royal, or some other bogus excuse not to pay me. It might all get sorted out in the end, but why take the chance? After all, $60 K would probably get me almost even for the day.

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From: mikeymic <mikeymic@yahoo.com>
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 2:11:38 PM
Subject: [vpFREE] Does Double Pay Lock Up?

Last year I had my one and only dealt royal. I couldn't mess it up, because the machine locked up before I could press any buttons.

Now, on to my question.

Double Pay is a game that pays you for the hand you are dealt as well as what you draw.

There are Double Pay Spin machines at the Mirage and Venetian, among other places. The options at both those Strip properties are too short-pay for most vpFREE members to consider.

In the Double Pay Spin game you actually see what was dealt on all three lines. But you then only hold or discard from the center line as in any Spin machine. So I'm wondering what happens when there is a dealt royal and it isn't on the center line.

A dealt royal on $1 Double Pay Spin pays $60,000 and far exceeds any drawn royal paying $4000. Most machines "lock up" if a royal is dealt. But if the dealt royal were on anything but the center line, what would the machine do? If there is no lockup and you then proceed to draw based on the center line you could conceivably get no paying hands. But then an attendant arrives at a machine seeing no winning hands, yet a "JACKPOT $60,000" flashes on the screen.

I know this is a rarity, but there might be one of you who could share his/her experience. I'm just wondering when the mechanic is called over to verify the jackpot if the casino staff is a bit confused. Perhaps the mechanic would be able to put the screen back to see the original dealt hands?

Anybody know?

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