Norm Said Jan 26th

The average strike cost approxiamately $14 or 7 strikes for $100 ($14.28). I base this average cost on about $50,000 run thru the machines. So you can figure you pay about $280-285 for a $200 strike.

I couldn't find the message where you justified the $340 starting price.

About the closed casinos, are you going to stick with your original claim or keep changing and waffling?

Those casinos that have high mintage do not get enough support from those collectors who want high mintage. Some examples are the Golden Nugget, Golden Gate(extinct), Mirage, Luxor(extinct) Boulder Station(extinct), Suncoast(extinct), Barbary Coast, Gold Coast, Silver Nugget(extinct) Excalibur(extinct), MGM(extinct) and numerous other casinos that have high numbers that will become extinct.

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.

So you wrote that because they didn't have deliberate short runs or chaser strikes, they no longer have strike machines. You blame the availability of strikes, for the loss of machines. You blame the collectors for not playing enough. The world doesn't revolve around collectors.

It isn't so. Sometimes there is a machine with better profits. A machine that doesn't need as much worker involvment. A machine that doesn't have hopper jams as a regular "feature". A machine that doesn't need special order tokens to be ordered and re-filled. A machine that doesn't have people taking up time at the cage cashing them in, or trying to buy them, or trying to swap for a complete set. A machine that doesn't create a hassel for cage people, floor people, managers and security.

Many others have posted messages which point out why some of the casinos removed the machines, but you won't listen.

Last of all, I have NEVER written anything against casino profits, dealer profits or allowing the highest bidder to set their own value for strikes. I have tried to speak out against controlled and manipulated issues, where insiders get a special deal, where a casino employee gets inside information and chips or tokens, and where a small group controls and manipulates the prices to milk honest collectors.