RETURNED TO SAM'S TOWN LAST NIGHT. MET WITH TIM RAMBO, DIRECTOR OF SLOT OPERATIONS. THEY CANNOT EXCHANGE OLD STRIKES FOR NEW NOR CAN THEY GO TO THE VAULT OR CASHIER TO GET STRIKES. INFORMED TIM THAT ONLY ONE NEW STRIKE WAS IN ONE OF THE MACHINES. HE WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS FACT. TOLD ME THE PERSON WHO LOADS THE MACHINE HAS NO SET FORMULA FOR PUTTING THEM INTO THE MACHINE. I TOLD HIM HE WOULD GET MORE PLAY IF MORE NEW ONES WERE PUT IN. STRIKERS DO NOT WANT OLD STRIKES WHEN NEW ONES ARE DISPLAYED IN THE DISPLAY BOX. HE AGREED TO LOAD THE MACHINES PROPERLY. I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT ONLY 2 NEW STRIKES WERE ORDERED IN THE AMOUNT OF 2,000 EACH OF THE WOLF & GRIZZLY BEAR. THE OTHER STRIKES IN THE SET WILL BE ORDERED AFTER THESE ARE GONE. TIM WAS NOT THRILLED ABOUT THE BLUE CAPS OR 1 POUNDERS, BUT HE DID SHOW INTEREST IN RED CAPS. HE THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT IDEA. SO LOOK FORWARD TO THE POSSILBILTY OF THIS OCCURING IN THE FUTURE. BY THE WAY, THE STRIKES AVERAGED $ 15 EACH. THESE CAME OUT OF ONLY 1 MACHINE. THE ONE LOCATED NEXT TO THE BLAZING 7'S 25 CENT MACHINES. I DID GET 3 OLD STRIKES FROM THIS MACHINE . THE OTHER MACHINE IS FULL BUT NO NEW ONES ARE IN IT SO DON'T PLAY IT.