Unless the mint bought silver prior to the prices going up, the mint is taking a bath producing strikes for a loss.I would love to see what the contract between the mint and IGT said after IGT pulled the plug. The people that should be commended here is shaun and the mint......if it wasn't for the way he ran the program, there would be any silver strike programs left in vegas. the machines wouldn't do house average and the machines would have to be pulled off of the casino floor. If the content is changed in each strike we may see more casinos start the strike program up again.its hard writting this stuff on a blackberry