Has anyone else noticed that the new IGT Silver Strike machines when a "Silver Strike" shows up on the third reel, and a cherry shows up in either the first or second reel AND the machine is out of silver strikes (resulting in the "Reel 4 TILT") and after the machine is refilled - the machine only pays the Silver Strike and not for the Cherries... See the image below - note the "Winner Paid" are shows only 40 credits (and yes it was on the second MAX credit play ...):

This happened to me twice - first at The Bellagio and then at the Four Queens this past weekend...

I talked to the Slot Supervisor at the Four Queens (she was one of the three people that refilled the machine - very nice lady as well!!!) about this - and she as surprised as I was - we both looked at the machine and couldn't find a notice that the machine only pays the highest award - yet both of us couldn't find anything that would indicate this...

My question is - is this normal? If so why? If it isn't normal, what is the next step - IGT???

Regards,

Dick