Avoid Getting Burned
Slot machine scams don't just involve players cheating casinos. Sometimes cashiers who work at casinos can scam players too.
I just joined the video poker Yahoo group, and a poster there explained how she went to the cashier with her tickets from her play that day. (She apparently had multiple tickets, and it was one of these fancy new casinos who don't have coins coming out of the hopper, but instead print out tickets for you to cash in at the cashier's section.) This poster explained that she had about $815 in tickets, and the cashier at the casino looked at her, then looked at the tickets, and told her, "Okay, $715."
The lady of course replied firmly, "No. The total is $815."
The cashier reconsidered at this point, and paid her the total of $815.
But had the lady been drunk or easily intimidated, this scamming cashier could have easily pocketed the $100 difference.
The easiest way to avoid this situation is to only cash in one ticket at a time. When you're only cashing in one ticket at a time, the possibility of the cashier "accidentally" mis-totaling your payout is eliminated.
Also, please note that I'm NOT saying that all casino cashiers are crooks or that they're out to scam slot machine players. My point is that in any human undertaking, there are scams and cheats, and if you can avoid being cheated, you should. I'm sure that casino cashiers are no more or less fallible than any of the rest of us.
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