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Taking money off a progressive meter....

#1

A $1 video poker progressive in Nevada was at $7,000. A slot tech crew game by and opened one of the machines and said to the people playing that “the meter went up too fast so we are going to take $1,000 off” and so they adjusted the meter down to $6,000. ($4,000 is reset when hit)

A day later the meter was back up to $6800 and the slot crew came in again and told all players to cash out as they needed to check the machines. After 3 hours, no changes were made and machines were opened back up with meter at $6800.

A player later hit the royal for $7200. Should the player who hit the royal contact the gaming commission to see if she is entitled to the $1,000 they took off the meter?

#2

tomskilv@yahoo.com wrote:

A $1 video poker progressive in Nevada was at $7,000. A slot tech crew game by and opened one of the machines and said to the people playing that "the meter went up too fast so we are going to take $1,000 off" and so they adjusted the meter down to $6,000. ($4,000 is reset when hit)

A day later the meter was back up to $6800 and the slot crew came in again and told all players to cash out as they needed to check the machines. After 3 hours, no changes were made and machines were opened back up with meter at $6800.

A player later hit the royal for $7200. Should the player who hit the royal contact the gaming commission to see if she is entitled to the $1,000 they took off the meter?

Yes. It's a free roll. I've been awarded money for similar
occurrences at least twice and I'm confident that if I had pursued it
on another occasion, I would have won.

#3

The player in question should also consider if by calling gaming they may either cause video poker game to be downgraded or their ability to play in the casino be taken away (no mailed or 86’d). Always a tricky proposition when dealing with a casino as an advantage player. If play is still good I would just let it go as long as you are still allowed to play.

#4

luckylucyano9@yahoo.com wrote:

The player in question should also consider if by calling gaming they may either cause video poker game to be downgraded or their ability to play in the casino be taken away (no mailed or 86'd). Always a tricky proposition when dealing with a casino as an advantage player. If play is still good I would just let it go as long as you are still allowed to play.

This is theoretically possible, but I've gone to the Gaming Commission
many times and never noticed any such repercussions. If anything,
I've been treated with more respect by people at the casino.

#5

007 wrote: This is theoretically possible, but I’ve gone to the Gaming Commission

many times and never noticed any such repercussions. If anything,

I’ve been treated with more respect by people at the casino.

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I don’t know 007 (so far as I know), but I suspect that if he hasn’t had problems with casinos not liking him after going to Gaming, then that’s a sign that he’s considered a valuable customer to the casino — i.e. they think he is a losing player.

If they thought he was a winning player, his experience would likely be different. My assumption about myself is casinos are always looking for a good excuse to remove me and that I’m always on camera. Obviously this isn’t true 100% of the time, but if I always act like it is, then I’m protected when I am on camera

Again, I don’t know him personally and am speaking of the situation in general rather than 007 specifically.

Bob

#6

007 wrote: This is theoretically possible, but I've gone to the Gaming Commission

many times and never noticed any such repercussions. If anything,

I've been treated with more respect by people at the casino.

I don't know 007 (so far as I know), but I suspect that if he hasn't had problems with casinos not liking him after going to Gaming, then that's a sign that he's considered a valuable customer to the casino --- i.e. they think he is a losing player.

If they thought he was a winning player, his experience would likely be different. My assumption about myself is casinos are always looking for a good excuse to remove me and that I'm always on camera. Obviously this isn't true 100% of the time, but if I always act like it is, then I'm protected when I am on camera

Again, I don't know him personally and am speaking of the situation in general rather than 007 specifically.

Bob

I agree with the theory that "making waves" will meet with disapproval
from the casino and I don't know why my experience has been different,
but, at least in 2 cases, unless there was extreme
compartmentalization in the left hand not knowing what the right hand
was doing, it wasn't due to the casino thinking that I'm a losing
player. I was no-mailed at Stations years ago, after which I hit a
jackpot there after seeing that some machines on the progressive
weren't adding to the meter. I talked to Gaming about it and I was
awarded a significant addition to my jackpot. I happened to go to the
Santa Fe Station on March 31 of this year, when I inadvertently
discovered that they were having a point challenge that ended that
day. It said that players had to be invited, which I wasn't, but I
went to the booth and, with a little persistence, got their rules. In
spite of my interpretation of the rules making me lean toward
believing that I wasn't eligible, I was told that I could play it and,
since they posted the scores of the leaders, I could see that it
wouldn't take much play to win the challenge. I played enough to do
so and came back the next day to collect my top prize. My name wasn't
included in the list of winners. I e-mailed Gaming and asked if I
shouldn't be able to rely on what I was told. A manager at the Santa
Fe Station very graciously and promptly contacted me, said it was
their mistake, and that they'd pay me the top prize, which I'm sure
they also paid to the player other than me with the most points. I've
played at many Stations since with no problems except still being
no-mailed.