The third paragraph of my original post states my reasons for not wanting to play it off.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "pumsparky" <dianalnagy@...> wrote:
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> I always wonder why player DON'T play it off? Is that some superstitious thing? One more hand would not break the player who just won a jackpot.
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> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "tikithecat73lakeworth" <fjc73@> 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"!
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