There are two MS machines at the Peppermill. One is listed in the database as JOB, the other as NSUD. One is located just outside one of the entrances to the Fish Bar, against the wall. The other is midway between the Island Buffet and the cashiers cage, not far from the Cube Bar.
BEWARE if you play either of them.
As I recall, here are things I noticed this visit that I hadn't seen before.
JoB on both of them looks like a standard 9/6 pay table - except that the Royal payout has been slashed from 4000 coins to 1200.
Deuces:
Island Buffet-cage machine - standard NSUD table.
Fish Bar machine - paytable was not as good as NSUD before and now it has been slashed to 1200 for the royal on top of that.
Expected returns with reductions in RF from 4000 to 1200:
for JOB from 99.54% to 98.37%
for NSUD from 99.73% to 98.48%
I used to always check both 1-coin and 5-coin payouts before starting to play any machine. Lately I've gotten lazy in checking 5-coin paytables, especially on machines I've played in the past, and since I've never hit a royal on either of those machines on either game, I don't know how long the machines have been that way - but it appears that it's time for renewed caution.
If these changes are confirmed, the database may need to be updated.
Bob in San Antonio