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WAS: PICTURE: $5,000 - 25c Dealt (5 Play) Royal/ NOW: Pick 'em; Handpay

The worst place I found was playing recently at the Gold Dust West in
Reno. This place is kind of a dump, and anything over $100 is a handpay
on the plentiful coin machines. I did find some full pay Pick'em though.

What denomination Pick 'em do they have at Gold Dust West?

(Speaking of Pick 'em...and as an FYI for the database...it seems like the
multidenominational Pick 'em that's listed for the Cal-Neva are either gone or
moved to someplace that I couldn't find. There's also a fairly good
selection of .25 and $ Pick 'em at the "Winner's Casino" in Winnemucca.)

In reference to hand pays, you'll notice that many machines (older) have the
note that they only pay out in coins up to 1000 credits. A recent humorous
(or is it pathetic) example of "mandatory hand pays" is at the Stockmen's
Casino here in Elko- their coin counting machine won't count dimes anymore, so
ANY payout on their .10 machines is a hand pay. (Just as well: even when it
was working, it always shorted the count by at least ten coins, as well as
often counting the occasional dime as a penny.) It's funny to watch the
reactions when somebody tries to cash out two or three dollars and the first thing
they get is the machine playing "We're in the Money" and the "call attendant"
message flashing on the screen.

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A few quarters and two dollar machines. The last I heard the card
readers on the dollars were taped up.

Gold Dust West does not like sharp players. About five yers ago I got
away with running action on the pickem for awhile. But eventually had
to start sandwiching the pickem with hi-lo royal and 9/7 DB on triple
point days.

The card was worth .33% CB with triple points on Tuesdays. Comp
was .5% The drawings on Saturday nights were huge.

I made money on the drawings but knew it wouldn't last because of the
heat myself and other players were taking. I quit the play without
losing my card but most players didn't.

I don't care much for GDW. The bulk of their inventory is twice as
horrendous as any other Reno casino. Their game is to fleece the local
suckers as fast as they can. Lots of people would come in on drawing
nights without money to gamble with. They just hung around until the
drawing was over.

But if a couple of pickem players did well they got highly upset.

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What denomination Pick 'em do they have at Gold Dust West?