Casino payout procedures usually require that attendants verify the winning combination and amount for a handpay. I remember one time that it took three attendants to figure out why a machine was paying a certain amount in Vegas.

It was a slot machine with different wild, multiplying symbols and it took us about 10 minutes to figure out what the base combination was that being multiplied. I'm not surprised that the attendants were concerned about the combination.

As for the piece of paper, if it was just an ordinary scrap of paper or a blank piece of paper, writing the combination on the paper is strange. On the other hand, the paper might have been some sort of paperwork or a log that the attendants have to fill in for a handpay.

Stop kicking yourself about leaving the credits behind. Every slots player ends up doing that once. I recommend that players look around the area to ensure that they haven't left anything behind before they get up to leave a slot.

Part of my ritual is to check that the coin tray is empty -- I don't have to do that much today -- that I have my slot card and that there aren't any credits left on the slotmachine. Then, in a belt-and-suspenders move, I take another look around after I've gotten up and am about to walk away just to double-check. And I sometimes even turn around and take another quick look after I've walked a few feet away to triple-check.

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