TheKITC
Cancelled
As Knavey has pointed out, we are talking about whales in terms of pokies, not people who are in the mahogany room at crown (although there are crossovers, as gamblers love to gamble) betting tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands at a time. The limits in terms of max bets, minimum spin revolution times and in house policies such as one machine per customer at a time when playing pokies in this state outside of casinos, stops this type of extremely high limit betting, but they money still comes. The new wave of high limit pokies play is when people win a large sum, either in free spins, features or otherwise, and use the 'gamble' feature, which for those unfamiliar with it is the option to gamble any 'win' amount by choosing a colour
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~ 2-1) or individual suit hearts:, , . 
~ 4-1). Players have started scoping out people who are winning large amounts and paying them for their machine / seat the amount the machine is currently in credit for and placing a gamble bet for that big risk feeling. I've seen someone gamble a $1500 credit win on a 4-1 shot. Scary.Saying there are no gamblers who put significant money through the pokies is simply incorrect. You couldn't be more incorrect actually, although I guess it depends on your version of 'significant money'. One mans $500 is another mans loose change so to speak.
I've got to be careful with privacy, but i've worked at venues where the difference between a good day in terms of money taken and an unbelievable (it truly is unbelievable until your the one who counts the money in the morning) day can depend on a handful, maybe even one or two customers coming in or not. If you get multiple big punters in or even syndicates, who play in groups or as an individual representing a group that scope out venues targetting jackpots which are considered 'close', look out. You've got millionaire widows who couldn't care less about $15-50k a week, but they love a young male gaming attendant holding their hand and doting on them whilst they play. You've got the middle age super rich guy going through a divorce who is trying to punish his wife by spending as much as he can and having a whale of a time doing it. You've got the people who have a huge inheritance and now have the cash to play 'high limit pokies' 4 times a week now instead of 1. These are all real and let's say common situations across a lot of venues. If these guys are all in your venue at once and you have a reasonably full room for a lot of the day, It would make people's eyes bulge IMO to know how much is going in these machines...
