Finally visited Mohawk Casino and the Tuesday night crowd surprised me
Wait, cheques at the cage?? That's wild 😅 I've only ever walked out with bills in hand, never seen a line of people getting paper cheques printed. Was it big win amounts or just everyone? Now I kind of want to make the drive just to see that with my own eyes lol
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Cheques at the cage usually means one thing: the win was big enough the cage didn't want that much cash walking out the door. Could be their internal policy above a certain amount, could be them protecting themselves. I'd ask one of those players in the cheque line whether the money actually cleared, because a paper cheque from a casino is worth exactly nothing until it does.
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cheques at the cage, now that takes me back 😄 turned 50 into 5k once at an old floor in the 90s and they paid me a cheque too, had to wait for the bank Monday morning like an idiot, wandering around with the slip in my jacket pocket feeling like a millionaire who couldn't buy a pint. so aye, RTPTracker's got it right, big wins go out on paper more often than not, cage doesn't fancy emptying the drawer. the odd bit is seeing a steady line of them on a tuesday, usually you'd see one poor sod, not a queue.
wildwin, don't make the drive just for the cheques mate, they'll be mostly bills for the rest of us grinders. go for the floor itself - a busy tuesday is always a good sign, machines paying, tables lively, staff not bored stiff. and if you do catch the cheque line, join it 😉
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The cheque line makes sense from the cage's perspective, above a certain threshold most floors would rather cut paper than count out a stack of bills on a busy Tuesday, but VancouverLocal's story is the exact reason I always ask before I play: if you win big on a weeknight, you're banking that cheque Monday like everyone else. On a small spin sample a floor this size can feel loose or dead either way, so I'd judge it on a second visit. The cage policy is worth knowing before you sit down, that's my only real takeaway here.
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Maybe I'm being dumb here but when they cut you a cheque at the cage, can you actually cash it right there or do you have to take it to your bank like VancouverLocal did? 😅 Only ever walked out with bills myself, so this whole cheque line thing is new to me. Does the cage tell you the threshold before you play, or do you find out after you hit big?
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Not a dumb question at all, kid, the cheque's just a piece of paper promising you money, so no, you can't cash it right there. You take it to your own bank and wait for it to clear, which is exactly what VancouverLocal was stuck doing on that Monday morning 😄 that's why some of us old-timers prefer the bills or ask the cage to pay out in cash up to their limit and cheque the rest, if they'll even do it.
I remember the old slots first-hand.
So the cage just trusts you to show up at the bank with a paper slip? That'd stress me out way more than carrying bills home 😅
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Ha, stress you out? Try losing a cheque in your jacket pocket for a week like I did once - turned 50 into 5k on the old slots that night and then nearly into nothing at the bottom of a laundry basket 😄 paper's safer than bills, kid, believe me. Though I'll admit a line of folks queuing for printed slips on a Tuesday does feel like the bank took over the cage.
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cashed a cheque at mohawk once myself, years back on one of those old-school grinders when they still had the really paying reels... only to have the bank sit on it like it was radioactive for days. paper's only safer if your bank moves faster than a slot attendant on a dead floor, and between the two of us, sam's laundry basket is starting to sound more reliable than some tellers i've met 😄
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The bank hold part would kill me, that's days of worrying 😅 I'd probably just cash it at the cage counter in smaller bills and leave the rest to luck. Total noob here though, what do I know lol
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Honestly the cheque thing would make me nervous too, maybe I'm being dumb but I'd take bills over waiting on a bank hold any day 😅 Still, sounds like a fun floor!
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@BigWin_Max bills over a bank hold, same here. Never been to Mohawk myself, is the table minimum decent on a Tuesday? 😅
@BigWin_Max nah you're not dumb, bills in the pocket just hits different 😅 I get sketchy about holds too. But honestly if I ever landed a big one there I'd probably take the cheque anyway, less temptation to dump it all back on the floor same night lol 🎰
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Same, cashing at the cage sounds way less stressful than waiting on a bank 😅 I've only been playing a couple months so never been out to Mohawk myself, but the busy Tuesday crowd thing kind of surprises me. Is the crowd mostly regulars or is there room for newbies like me to just wander in? 🎰
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Honestly the cheque thing would make me nervous too, maybe I'm being dumb but I'd take bills over waiting on a bank hold any day 😅 Still, sounds like a fun floor!
OMG BigWin_Max, I totally get you on this one. Waiting around for some bank hold is just so stressful, you've earned that money! I'd snag that cheque instantly if it clears fast, honestly, getting the cash in my hand just feels right after a huge win ngl. Gotta keep the momentum going on the floor and start spending it immediately! 🤩💰
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