This is getting redundant but I think what everyone should keep in mind is that these casinos primary function is to make money. They placed these strike machines to make money. If they don’t make the money needed they remove the strike machines and replace them with another slot machine or something else that will make them more money. Don’t for one minute think that they placed these machines in play with enough inventory of strikes to have them available for your occasional visit.

Look at this list of casinos. Tell me why they no longer have strike machines if they placed them there with the collector’s interest in mind.
Redundancy again but these casinos had the inventory needed to have strikes available for the average collector’s infrequent visit to Vegas.

Boulder Station (extinct)
Circus Circus (extinct)
Excalibur (extinct)
Fiesta (extinct)
Fitzgerald’s (extinct)
Fremont (extinct)
Golden Gate (extinct)
Hard Rock (extinct)
Harrah’s LV (extinct)
Horseshoe (extinct)
Luxor (extinct)
MGM Grand (extinct)
Mandalay Bay (extinct)
Opera House (extinct)
Palace Station (extinct)
Rio (extinct)
Riviera (extinct)
Sam’s Town (extinct)
Silver Nugget (extinct)
Stardust (extinct)
Suncoast (extinct)
Tropicana (extinct)

None of these casinos had deliberate short runs or chaser strikes.

You might notice that the Four Queens would have been on this list but due to their new program they are back in action. Why not leave them alone and allow them to continue a successful strike program.