Slots Q&A Highlights - When was the largest slot jackpot ever?
Here are the highlights from the most recent Q&A with our VP of Slots, Buddy Frank, via our Facebook page. Be sure to tune in and ask your question every other week.
What time of day do the biggest slot jackpots happen?
Almost anytime. The largest was a $38.7M payoff on a $3 bet on MegaBucks at the Excaliber in Las Vegas. A 25-year old software engineer came to watch the NCAA basketball tournament on March 21, 2003 and won $38.7 million at 1:16 p.m. Here at Pechanga, our most recent big wins were also in the early evening; however there have been big hits in the middle of the night. Last month there was an $800K win at 7 a.m. which is not common. It appears that Lady Luck has no consistent pattern and never sleeps.
Why are you taking all the three reel, 3 and 5 line machines off the floor?
Video reels started disapppearing about three years ago with the boom in video reel games. However, the good news is they are making a comeback. We added over 150 this year alone in three, four and five reel games. Our single most poplar model is still a three-reel Bally Bonus Times game. They may be leaving elsewhere, but reel games are alive and well at Pechanga. However, some themes such as Red, White and Blue (which was Number One ten years ago) have just about disappeared.
Why is it always so hard to get some help on a machine?
We apologize about that. I have two suggestions to help: 1. - our change or service buttons are now hooked to an automated system and response should be much faster than years ago. Two, we have a radio dispatch system with operators that standy. Any team member (employee) can call the slot dispatch number for you get a slot attendant there quick.
