Walt, I was told the reason that they stopped on some tubes more than others was to accommodate the $40's that they had in the first machine like the El Cortez.

The only two places that I have seen them match up the picture strike to the tube is the Hard Rock and the Las Vegas Club. The rest just put the clear in any old way and split up the chase strikes. The Hard Rock and the Palms are the most employee friendly to strikers in my opinion.
I am sure there are some good people at all of them. The Slots-A-Fun people are nice put terrible the way they load a strike machine.