"clearing" the machines after a big win

That and no more quarters needed to be put into the machine to pay you off.

I remember when playing at the Sahara in the late 90's, not only did they want you to clear the machine off, but they also put the coins in to help you clear it off. Naturally this is when they used coins instead of TITO's.

My GF got a hand pay for 4 4's at the Caravan Lounge, and she asked me to clear it off as she was getting paid. Wouldn't you know it, the machine came back with another 4 4's, and the best part, it was with their money inserted.

Now this wasn't a hand pay mind you, but some person left 4 4's on the machine and cashed out. Low and behold, they hit 4 2's on the machine right next to it....and cashed that out also. A person sat down next to the 4 2's and it bothered him so much, that he put in money and played both off.

There was a time at Harrah's Rincon where the person next to me during a hand pay was being rude and I didn't want to stick around to play another hand. I hit the cash out button for my remaining credits and left. The slot tech then called up to a supervisor I guess and loaded a credit and held all the cards.

I think that the casino strategy is to clear the machines because of the "belief" that when a machine hits, it doesnt hit again.

so many times I have seen players after they hit a jackpot will change machines. this happens a lot on the $5 VP machines at Rincon. What is funny is that there are few of these machines, so as one person gets up to move to another machine, a player from another machine moves to take the one just vacated.

Frankly, I stay at the same machine my entire session. Usually I pick a machine based on its position and whether or not smoke from smokers is blowing in my direction. And I have hit back to back jackpots-- quads.

At Caesars on Tuesday night I had back to back quads in DDB. 9s and then 8s. Both dealt.

slapinfunk forgot to mention that he had just hit quads, got a handpay of 1250, and left the machine without playing another hand. thats when the slot attendant "cleared the machine."

I do the same thing at a craps table. As soon as a shooter makes a point, I color up and leave. I know that table won't hit again.

I like to leave a winning hand on the VP when I walk away. It proves I'm a good player. Good enough to get a good hand and smart enough to walk away. Also, I do the same thing at the blood pressure machine at my local pharmacies. 118/78. Beat that!

For a guy with shifty eyes, you have a very good blood pressure number.

I use the home monitor, you don't have to travel to take your bp.

My bp bounces all over the place. One pharmacy it's 140/90 and I go to the doc the next day and it's 118/70.

On the home monitor it states that your BP will bounce alot depending upon what your doing. That's why you should measure it at different times of the day so you can get an average.

If I stay between 120 - 135 /70 - 85, I know I'm doing ok and that my meds are working.