I raised an issue at Fiesta Rancho regarding the Double Jackpot Mondays promotion. The promo as distributed by post card reads, "Hit A Top-Award Jackpot on any Video Reel Machine And We Will DOUBLE Your Jackpot up to $2500!" The issue is what is a Video Reel Machine (if there's a standard definition then the issue is moot.) But if you look at each word: Video (the word is clear without ambiguity) Reel (the appearance of reels because the game is Video) and Machine is all too obvious to consider any further. Given the three words and the direct meaning of each word - isn't IGT's Spin Poker a Video Reel Machine? The IGT game meets all the criteria of the clear meaning of each word in Video Reel Machine. If you've played the game you are very aware that it is based on five reels with payment based on the number of lines played. Not so says Brent Arena, Director of Slot Operations, who initially was willing to put said opinion in writing and later recanted saying such a release would have to come from corporate.
My question to the group is two-fold, one if there is a standard definition of a Video Reel Machine, in line with the Fiesta's interpretation the matter is dead. Two absent such a standard is my opinion (given there own term Video Reel Machine) logical enough to pursue with the Gaming Commission? At issue is only two hundred dollars because I hit a Royal, "Top Award Jackpot" and was denied double payment because I was not playing a Video Reel Machine.
Thanks in advance for any input.