Just to add another point of view to the discussion. I too have had multiple Royals on the same machine. My best are 8 Royals in 24 hours on the same 10 play machine, and 4 Royals within 1 hour on the same 10 play machine.
This proves only one thing, and that is, that it is foolish to quit a machine just because it has hit a Royal. No argument from me. I have had other machines that have kept hitting for many hours as well.
Now let's look at the other side of the coin, being on the machine that seems to be stuck on Hoover mode. The question is should you quit this machine after losing a specific amount of money.
The negative side of this argument states that it is a waste of precious playing time and because almost all machines are random and therefore honest, nothing will be accomplished in doing so. In my mind I believe this.
The positive side of this argument states that if the machine is on a bad run of hands, the switching of machines may put you onto a machine that will go onto a good run of hands.
We know that in true randomness you will hit runs of both good and bad. Sometimes these runs can be quite long. Unfortunately we only know the results after the fact.
The benefits and problems with switching are all in our poor little minds. If you switch machines and some Bozo sits down at the machine you were playing and uses it as an ATM for a few hours, you will not usually be pleased with your choice of moving. If on the other hand you sit down at another machine and it acts like an ATM you will be pleased with the move.
Sometimes I stick with one machine when it is losing, sometimes I will switch. I believe that if switching makes you feel better than it is the proper thing to do. The time lost is inconsequential, and if switching makes you feel better you will be less prone to making mistakes.
Only the true pros can play machines in Hoover mode hour after hour without being affected emotionally. The rest of us need to switch machines on occasion.
Regards
A.P.
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