hand pay

noun

The situation when a slot attendant or cage gives the player a cash payout, rather than the actual slot machine paying out from the printer with ticket voucher or coin hopper.

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Meanings

nounhand pay (plural hand pays)

plural hand pays

  1. The situation when a slot attendant or cage gives the player a cash payout, rather than the actual slot machine paying out from the printer with ticket voucher or coin hopper.

    If you could get 30 or more hands an hour (the low number is due to the frequent hand-pays), the hourly return exceeded $1,000!

    2003, Bob Dancer, Million Dollar Video Poker, page 231
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