tikithecat wrote:
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>Why do some, but not all, slot attendants request that you "play it off"-meaning your winning hand on the screen, after you have received a hand pay?
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>Have any of you refused to do so? Any repercussions?
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>Sometimes, after I have hit a progressive, it is not worthwhile to put any more $ through the machine. Or I want to cash out because I need a restroom break or am tired and want to go home. It is not because "the machine is now cold" – although many slot attendants are crazy superstitious and, I suspect, would accept that as an explanation.
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>I am thinking that this isn't any sort of gaming regulation, or even consistent policy within a company, as I sometimes have had different experiences at the same casino. Certainly, this can't be to prove that the machine is malfunctioning- I'd already been paid.
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>BTW, I'm grateful to need to ask about this "problem"!
Many progressive meters won't display the current jackpot amount until
past jackpots have been played off and, when it's a hand that pays
something without locking up the machine, such as, say, a promotion on
a 4 of a kind, they want to avoid the possibility of someone else
trying to claim it. I've seen casino personnel playing off jackpots,
so some players either refuse to or aren't asked. I've never refused.
