LAST NIGHT ONLY OLD STRIKES WERE DROPPING OUT OF THE MACHINE & I WAS DISGUSTED SO I CALLED THE SLOT ATTENDANT & ASKED HIM IF THE NEW ONES WERE ACTUALLY IN THE MACHINE. HE ASKED THE SLOT "VAULT GUY" IF THE NEW ONES WERE IN & HE SAID THEY WERE NOT IN YET. JIM MUNDIG SAID HIS FRIEND PLAYED EARLIER & GOT THE NEW ONES. I TOLD HIM THAT WAS ILLEGAL BECAUSE THEY WERE DISPLAYING THE NEW ONES IN THE BEAUTY BOXES BUT WERE, IN FACT, NOT IN THERE. SO JEFF ALEXANDER, THE SLOT MECHANIC, CALLED RUSS DUGAS, THE SLOT MANAGER & WE TOLD HIM OUR SITUATION. HE WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL & UNDERSTOOD OUR PREDICAMENT. HE ADVISED JEFF TO OPEN BOTH MACHINES & LITERALLY GO THROUGH EACH & EVERY STRIKE TO SEE IF NEW ONES WERE IN THERE. HE FOUND 2 WOLVES & 3 BEARS BETWEEN BOTH MACHINES. AMAZING...
JIM WAS STANDING WITH US & ASKED IF HE COULD BUY 1 BEAR & 1 WOLF FROM ME. I SOLD THEM TO HIM & HE LEFT HAPPILY. HE SAID EARLIER HE SPENT $ 200 & ONLY GOT 6 OLD STRIKES & SOLD THEM BACK TO THE CASHIER. LORRAINE & I STILL WAITED FOR JEFF TO FIND OTHER NEW STRIKES. HE OFFERED TO GO TO THE VAULT TO SEE IF HE COULD FIND ANY NEW ONES. HE FOUND 4 MORE FOR US. I SHOWED MY APPRECIATION FOR HIS EFFORTS BY GIVING HIM A $20 TIP TO WHICH HE WAS QUITE RECEPTIVE.
ALSO RUSS DUGAS WANTED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE SILVER STRIKES. WE TOLD HIM THERE WERE RED ONES, BLUE ONES & ALSO $ 200 ONES. HE WAS IN AWE. WE ARE GOING BACK THERE TONIGHT TO SHOW HIM WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. PERHAPS, WITH HIS PULL, THEY WILL GET MORE STRIKES. WILL GIVE A FURTHER UPDATE TOMORROW... HAPPY STRIKING...