Everything I see & hear is to try to get MORE people to play the SS macines & collect silver strikes. NOT get LESS people to to do this. Less play on the SS machines is not what is needed to keep the machines in the casino's. Onemadlush pretty much your suggestion would lead to this. Then the eventual loss of all the SS machines and therefore what most everyone wants NEW STRIKE RELEASES. Then the ONLY thing that will be able to be found is SS from the past. With the cost of silver going up even these are slowly disappearing.

My stand is basely to try to keep the cost of SS as close to what is is now as possible. People/collectors have only so much money to spend on SS. They do not have the DEEP pockets like you. If the chip is changed to make it more costly a collector or SS machine player will lose interest. Because it is costing to much they will stop and go find somewhere else to spend their money. A new possible collector would try the machines decide it's not worth it, then they will go somewhere else with their spending money. It's sometimes like this now with possible new collectors. Think what would happen if the cost of getting SS would go up even more.

Onemadlush in the 15 years or so I have been collecting SS AND PLAYING the SS machines. In Las Vegas casino's, other Nevada casino's, as well as other casino's with SS machines in other parts of the good O"L USA. I have NEVER NEVER put $500 in a SS machine and got "not 1 silver strike" as you have. I know when it's time to leave a SS machine and come back later or find another SS machine.
Dan