Hi Janice, You are definitely right about the Flamingo and it's "policy"! The last time I played at the Flamingo I also won "old" strikes from the machine that was displaying "current" new strikes. Since I am not an "easy" person to be "moved" when I'm being "screwed over" I held my "ground" through 3 different floor supervisors until the "head" floor boss finally showed up. Seeing that he could'nt find any "reason" to have Security remove me from the casino, he opened the strike machine "reluctantly" and exchanged the "old" strikes for current ones! The "theme" here is HOLD YOUR GROUND until you get what you are paying for at the Vegas Flamingo!..........Dick Maheu in New Mexico