Wendell,
I have mixed feelings about the tickets. But in Bally's case at AC it's the only way to go for them. I've personally waited over an hour for a fill at a machine already, and that's just too long.
I do agree I like handeling the coins. It makes you relize it's real money, not just some credit number on a machine. Now, here is where I falter on my stand against the machines. Those bar top machines. The coin tray is either filled with ashes, or sticky/slimy from drinks being spilled in them. Or worse a combination of all of the above. So, yes I like the ticket idea for the bartops! Here is the catch 22 however. The bartenders hate them! It reduces hand pays at the bar, and no longer can you drop a hand full of dollars in a tip jar after a good win, to a good bartender for his efforts. More often then not, when the customer walks away with that ticket to the change booth, he doesn't return to the bar and tip a little extra. I returned after a goldcoast win, to tip the bartender a little more and he said he was very greatful and that the machines have cut into his tips. I was the first one today to return to tip, and his shift was over in 2 hrs. That's not to say he wasn't making regular tips, just not getting the bonanza he used to get with the coin machines.
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