I sit down at a Bellagio strike machine and "fire" up a cigar (keeps the "rubberneckers") away from you and besides I enjoy a "smoke" now and again and within 2 minutes I win a strike but would'nt you know it, nothing drops out! So I get a Change Gal to call a slot tech and with my "luck" a real "winner" shows up and "wonders" aloud if maybe I'm not trying to "scam" the Bellagio out of $10! I told "Einstein the Dink" to look in my money bucket which held about $90 worth of quarters just to let him know I did'nt "need" the Bellagio's $10 spot that bad! He opens the machine and the strike falls out into the hopper so he has to "concede" on that point! A floor supervisor shows up and we "both" explain what happened. I sensed that the supervisor was'nt completely "satisfied" with my story but figured that was "his" problem. So I go back to playing the machine and in about 3 minutes I win another strike and of course you know the "rest" of the story. This strike did'nt fall out either! This same supervisor shows up at my machine in about 8 seconds! Evidently he was back behind another machine "watching" my activity. Now does'nt that make all you strike collectors feel "good" about the Bellagio! He calls the tech back and of course my strike falls out when "Einstein the Dink" opens the machine again. The supervisor rudely announces that he is "shutting" down this machine and I'll have to go elsewhere for my playing! He did'nt bother to elaborate on this statement so I figured he wanted me to "leave" the casino. Out of courtesy to him I had been backing off "puffing" on my cigar during our conversation but took a real long "drag" off it and made his head "swim" in a nice big cloud of smoke as I said "thank you sir" and departed for the Monorail back to the Monte Carlo! Needless to say, those people at the Bellagio could use an "attitude adjustment"! ......................Dick Maheu