I finally had **that unbelievable session** on my recent trip to Reno.
I was in Reno for the USBC Nationals Bowling Tournament and stayed at Harrah's. I dropped into Circus Circus to gamble here and there because I just don't feel lucky at Harrah's anymore. Also, bonus reward credits on slots and video poker were lacking at Harrah's Reno. Some VP gave no bonus RC and others were 1 to 4. Slots were about 1 to 2 for bonus RC to base credit ratio.
On Saturday, I hit a $1650 $0.25 DDB progressive at Circus Circus. That was unexpected and nice for the first day. I held JAQT of spades and filled in the K.
On Monday, I headed back to Circus Circus at about 4:00 p.m. to try my luck before meeting my friends for dinner at 6 p.m. I sat down at a slant top with $.05 to $2 (?) denominations and 1 to 20 coins. I played 8/5 BP at the $0.50 level. Within about 20 minutes (at 4:18 p.m.), I held AK of hearts and in came the QTJ. $2000 jackpot! I was excited because I had never had a 2-royal trip before and now had broken that record.
After my payout was complete (approx. 15 minutes?), I started playing again on the same machine, held the QTA of spades and in came the KJ for another $2000! This happened at 4:50 p.m. So now I not only had a 3-royal trip, but I had two within 30 minutes of each other (about 10 minutes of play), and only a few hands in between.
After my payout was complete (approx. 10 minutes because they knew me this time) I began playing, but I switched to 10 coins because I was up quite a bit. Guess what, I held QKTA of spades and in came the J! $4000 jackpot! This happened at 5:07 p.m. I had only put 66 points on my card since the last royal (132 hands). I was beside myself and almost passed out! Now I had a 4-royal trip and 3 of them happened within 50 minutes of each other on a single-line machine!
This is truly one for the record books! I know this is highly unlikely to happen again to me in the future, but I will have a story to tell for the rest of my life! I couldn't sleep that night because I was so excited. It was truly unbelievable!!! I'm still excited today to think about it.
When I hit the second royal of the three, I couldn't get a slot attendant to come over for a few minutes. I asked the cocktail waitress to call one over if she saw one. I caught the slot attendant myself shortly after she left and got paid. I hit the final royal a few minutes later and the cocktail waitress came up to me and stated, "I called them 20 minutes ago, they haven't shown up yet???" I explained to her that yes, they had shown up and this was in fact another royal. We were both beside ourselves.