Sweet J To The Rescue

[BillyJoe]

[QUOTE=wildman49]Nice hit! Love to see hand pays.

Congrats Butch (and sweet J)......nice hit.As to wildman's quote, handpays are indeed always welcome, but If I myself had a choice or say in the matter (which of course none of us actually do since we cannot predict the future),  I would personally rather have several smaller hits and give up a couple hundred bucks than have to sit there and wait for the whole hand pay process to unfold and be resolved, not to mention avoiding the W-2 and potentially having a tax issue at the end of the year.   even in the best casinos with the best service and employees, you can end up sitting there for anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour (or longer even) waiting for the hand pay(er) to run back and forth betwixt you and the cage with all your personal info and the actuall money and W-2 to be signed.....and woe if you are in a HUGE casino in an area that is FAR FAR FAR away from the actual cage, and you get a elderly or extremely overweight casino worker who travels at the speed of  smell.That is to say, instead of a $2000 hand pay, I'd certainly be happy with a couple $800 hits and perhaps a $200 hit, in the course of any given session of several hours (or longer.)    I'd willingly sacrifice 100 or 200 bucks in winnings if I could avoid a handpay in exchange for several smaller hits that equate roughly to the amount of a single handpay.....Anyone else feel similar or have similar thoughts?     [/QUOTE]
At Caesars in Vegas, the floor slot personnel are measured by their response time to jackpots. They need to arrive (code in at the machine) within two minutes, and the jackpot needs to be paid (the verifier codes in at the machine) within another ten minutes to meet their criteria. At MGM properties, it seems to take a bit longer, sometimes.

I was in Vegas this past weekend, which was VERY busy. I had several handpays, and the Caesars' folks met their criteria each time.