Are there any websites that keep jackpot payout statistics by casino? Particularly jackpots in the million-plus range?

We've seen a number of progressive slot machines in Nevada where the casino limits the jackpot to a certain amount. For example a 2 $1 Ten Times machine where the jackpot which started at $20,000 stopped increasing when it hit $85,000 and a $100 Red White & Blue machine where the jackpot which started at $100,000 stopped increasing when it hit $300,000. Is there a reason for this other than casino greed?

An article in the business section of the R-J on Saturday, October 1, about the grand opening of the American headquarters of the Australian slot manufacturing company Ainsworth, called its founder Len Ainsworth "the father of video poker." I was under the impression that that title belonged to Si Redd of IGT. Please explain the discrepancy.

This is a question for your legal department. First the scenerio: My wife and her brother were in a Michigan casino (Soaring Eagle). My wife, who never plays the slots, sat down at a machine next to her brother, put her card in, put in a twenty, and began playing. She was winning, finally looked at her credits and saw she had $110. She cashed out. Now comes a casino employee with two security guards. They did not identify themselves, were very rude, and accused her of stealing $98 from an old man who was playing that machine and left the credits on it. My wife did not notice the credits and asked to see the man. Now comes another employee with two more security guards. They threatened prosecution. They produced a printout of the machine’s activity from the office and said they had the proof. My wife, 68, has cancer, is very timid, paid the money, and they went away. She never did see the old man. Is this normal procedure? Does this happen in Vegas casinos? Is it legal?

Is there still a "Griffin book" that casinos use to identify known card counters? What is the history of the book and how do I find out if I'm listed in it?

Is it me or has the M tightened up its slots and video poker machines? The last half- dozen times I have played there (over 6-8 months), my money has evaporated a lot faster than in the past. Is there any way that the state of Nevada can check on the validity of casinos claim on payouts?

What is the difference between the Nevada Gaming Control Board and the Nevada Gaming Commission?

Any update since April 2016 on the Phil Ivey cases?

I was looking at some Vegas pictures from the ’50s and ’60s and there were no seats at any of the slots. When were seats put on the casino floor for slot players? Which casino was the first to do so?

About your Question of the Day on Sept 1s regarding Indian gaming … if one goes north on I-15 from Las Vegas and gets off at the exit for Valley of Fire State Park, there is (was???), I thought, a truck stop and small casino there that had some connection to Native Americans.