[vpFREE] Re: when do YOU request a check?

wow! i've never heard of a casino not issuing a check, if requested. i wonder if state gaming rules allow them to do that. i've never won big in nevada; most of my check requests have been in new jersey, iowa, missouri and florida. i know the casino wants you to continue to play, but it seems to me that NOT issuing a check for four or five or six thousand dollars or more could become a major security issue for them. (there was fairly recently a large cash handpay in atlantic city, followed by a parking garage mugging.)

at the very least, it should be considered horrible customer service!

i generally have had no problems getting checks issued. while i usually request 2K or higher, i won $1600 on a $2 machine at caesars AC once and was on my way out the door that day, so i asked for - and received - a check. a couple of times playing $5 coin, when i was particularly well-bankrolled and the quads seemed endless, i've even requested checks for as little as $1250.

there was one time, however - just a few weeks ago at harrah's AC - when i asked for a 4K check. i had had a particularly good weekend - i was fortunate enough to get 11 handpays (including two royals) at bally's, caesars and harrah's... and i already had a lot of cash, far more than my initial bankroll.

it was around 6AM and the slot attendant kind of shrugged his shoulders and said there was a shift change and the computers were down, but he would see what he could do. personally, i think he just didn't want to wait for the check, so he, of course, brought cash... and i frittered a lot of that away with a run of bad luck and bad choices (which is exactly why i like to ask for checks!)

as for photos, i still take them, but haven't had the time to post them (or familiarize myself with the new VPfree self-posting method). i'll try to post a few of the more interesting ones soon (dealt deuces, quad aces with kicker when holding one ace, royal holding two).

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "jackessiebabe" <jackessiebabe@...> wrote:
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> I find your question most interesting, because I believe that you are stating that you've had no problem with the casino honoring your request. In my own limited experience with larger jackpots, I have on two occasions requested payment by check, for handpays, once In LV and once in Reno. In both instances my request was denied, even though it was made at the time that the slot people came over to verify the jackpot, NOT at the cash was brought to pay me. The reason given, in both instances, was that "The casino will not issue a check for slot payoffs of less than $10K".
>
> Onviously, you have not encountered the same problem.
>
> ~Babe~

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