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   I only play full pay JoB (9/6) . Most of the time I play 25 cent machine and only play a few times a year in a casino but have start playing more lately... I take $100 all in $10 dollar bills to the casino with me. I only put $10 in at a time and when or if I double my $10 I hit the cash out button wich prints out a slip and then put my next $10 bill in. I keep doing this process until I go through all my $10 bills. Then I count my slips and head for the cashier. I find I limit my loses this way if it's "just not my night" ... I realize this stadegy dosn't help me "win" but it seems like if I put in $50 or whatever,  then I just sit there keep playing until I lose it all... It is just a way to gauge my playing time and keep my loses to a min. if I have a bad night.....
   Only thing is I do not know if this hurts my "comps" by cashing out so often?

  Only thing is I do not know if this hurts my "comps" by cashing out so often?
 
Most casinos figure comps based on coin-in. That is, the total number of bets times the number of credits bet. So, cashing out will not effect comps. 

Thanks, Shadowman for the response.  

I basically do something similar.  One tip I use - before I leave the last machine I insert all the vouchers and cash out to put everything on 1.Plus this total gives you the hopefully good news as to where you stand. 

[QUOTE=s46516]  Only thing is I do not know if this hurts my "comps" by cashing out so often?
 
Most casinos figure comps based on coin-in. That is, the total number of bets times the number of credits bet. So, cashing out will not effect comps. [/QUOTE]Interesting that Coast figures it on cash out.  One always hopes that willbe an advantage.  And at .3 cashback with no penalty for positive machines.Most places cut you down to almost nothing. 

Yes, the Coasts are one of the "coin-out" casinos (if not the only one). The CB is good (esp. on double points days) but they had removed ALL the positive machines at one time. Have they put any back in?
When South Coast was sold and became South Point they changed to coin-in and also have the .3% CB. They do not have ANY positive machines the last time I was there and were even removing  some of the best machines they had (like SDB).

  Gold Coast and Suncoast have FPDW.  See http://members.cox.net/vpfree/LV.htm    

I played a little at the Orleans last year when they had their one month full pay experiment. I knew about the Suncoast from Vpfree but it is a bit too far from my home. I may try the Gold Coast this winter.

   If the Gold Coast ain't treating you right you can hop across the street to Palms and their FPDW progressives.  I played recently but the progressive bonus was $2!  Guess it doesn't ever get built up much.

I've avoided the Palms. I have several other plays that have kept me busy but a couple of them are now gone. Tuscany removed their SDB just like South Point and hard rock removed their FPDW. So, I will probably be looking for some new plays this winter.