One trick that I've picked up on this wonderful message group is - if you
must be distracted from your VP machine briefly, for whatever reason, leave it in
the middle of a hand. After the deal, before the draw. The machine will not
print a cashout slip until the hand is concluded and this will slow down
anyone trying to make a quick grab of a paper ticket. I do this 100% of the time
when turning to get a drink from (and digging out a tip for) the waitstaff.
- Brian in MI
In a message dated 2/10/2006 3:34:50 AM Eastern Standard Time,
misscraps@aol.com writes:
With buckets or trays of coins, keep them close at hand, don't leave them
where they could be grabbed if one person in a team distracts you. With
cashout slips - don't leave your machine with money in it - not even for a
few
seconds. Watch out for any sort of distraction ploy - someone dropping
coins on
the floor behind you -- you turn to look and someone else cashes out your
coins. Never ask a stranger to "watch your machine" with coins in it --
take
the cashout slip. Be aware of people at the end of a row "playing" who
don't
cash out and leave a cashout slip hanging in the slot. You go to look at
it,
and meanwhile someone else cashes out your machine.
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