I think we agree. Read my note again, I put no blame on the re-sellers or the casinos. Nothing wrong with making a profit.

Many people would like to be able to win the strikes like you did, but hours after they are issued, all the strikes are gone. What's the fun in just buying one, when the exciting part is working for one. You earned it.

How many people will come and play the machines, aside from the teams, when they can't win a premium token? So it's not playing to win, like you did, but sit back and buy one.

I work for my paycheck (which doesn't exist in reality) and sometimes work for nothing, that's what volunteer work is for. So are you saying that people are making their living, supporting their family and that their job is selling casino tokens? If not, it's not a fair comparison.

But if you say it's income and a business, then I don't want to hear one of them tell us what a favor they are doing by making the tokens available. Either way, I hope re-sellers make a fair profit for their investment and hours of work.

I keep wondering how people come up with the numbers for how much it takes to win a strike. I remember someone claiming they looked at the markings on the reels. Pretty funny, since the reels could be blank and still payout the same. It's a computer with a RNG, the reels are just for show.

I also agree with you about having a cold streak. I remember trying to get the last of a set of four, and kept getting duplicates, and putting in about $40 and getting nothing. But I walked past in the morning, fed the machine 75c and won two, so it would take an accurate survey, with documentation, to find out a hypothetical payout average. Not something from memory.

The buyers are the ultimate factor in the prices and the hoarding. If people didn't pay the outrageous prices, we could all walk in to the casino and play to win a big strike. The way it is now, no one can play for and win the $200 strikes, they can only stand in line or buy one.