A Friday night at Imperial Casino: my take on the floor and crowd
Good to hear the floor had a proper buzz on a Friday, that's half the experience gone from some venues these days. I keep my own notes on the pokies I play and honestly the live atmosphere changes how long a session feels, dead quiet floor and the variance seems crueler somehow. The quick cage cash-out around 10pm with no queue is the detail I care about most, waiting in line after a losing stretch is the worst part of any night out. Did you find the table minimums reasonable or were you mostly on the machines?
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Rob, you're right about a quiet floor making variance feel nastier. It's all in your head of course, the machine doesn't care if there's fifty people around you, but try telling your brain that at 11pm on a dead Tuesday 😄
Funny thing is my Friday night there went the other way, floor was buzzing and still the pokies gave me nothing worth writing home about. Turned 50 into about 5k once years back on an old-school grind machine, those days feel a long way off now. What I did appreciate was walking up to the cage around 10 with a modest win and no queue at all, bloke behind the glass was cheerful too. Quick cash-out after a decent night, that's the whole experience wrapped up properly. You should give the place a Friday go, see if the buzz works for you like it didn't quite for me 😉
No queue at the cage at 10pm on a Friday? That's the real headline here, better than any jackpot story. When I front up I usually want to see someone else cashing out first before I trust a payout claim. Quick and friendly service is good, though a photo of the ticket and the cash in hand would seal it for me.
Hype isn't a payout.
Paul, same here honestly, I walked up around 10pm and the cage had no queue at all, sorted in a couple minutes 😅 Whole night just felt easy.
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Quick question 😅 what do you mean by "cage receipt"? Like a printed slip from the checkout? Maybe I'm being dumb but I've never asked for one 🙄
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Nah not dumb at all mate, it's just the printed slip the cage gives you when you cash out chips or tickets, shows the amount and time. Handy if anyone queries the payout later, like Sam wanting proof of that 10pm no-queue story. I've got a few tucked in an old wallet from nights that went better than expected, ah well, we grind on 😄
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Sam, a 10pm lull at the cage is believable from my own notes. Friday crowds bleed off after the dinner rush, big table punters have already settled up by then.
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Fair point from NeonMaster, but a lull at 10pm Friday still smells tidy. OP, got a cage slip with a timestamp or just memory?
Cashout screenshot or it didn't happen.
A 9pm queue and a dead cage at 10, described by two different accounts that line up suspiciously well. Convenient how everyone's "notes" land on the same tidy curve. I've been through that cage a few times myself and it's never once been empty at that hour, but fine, maybe I just pick busy Fridays.
Slip with a timestamp or it didn't happen, that's my whole position. Half a minute at the cage would settle it, yet nobody in this thread has produced one. Sam, you still got the slip? Post it and I'll happily eat my words. Long-run the floor takes everyone's money anyway, quick cash-out just decides how fast you hand it over.
RTP doesn't lie, win screenshots do.
🤣 the "suspiciously tidy curve" line has me gone Nick, we're out here doing forensics on a Friday cage queue. For what it's worth I got cashed out there pretty sharp one night too, lady at the counter even cracked a joke while she counted. Maybe we're all just lucky, maybe WinLive works there 😂
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WinLive works there 😂 mate that's gold. Honestly who cares, cage was quick for me too, got paid and straight back on the pokies 🔥💰
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WinLive works there 😂 mate that's gold. Honestly who cares, cage was quick for me too, got paid and straight back on the pokies 🔥💰
@AllInEveryTime_Mode mate you can't just drop a name like that and walk off 😏 who's your source then, eh? word on my end is the Friday floor's been running warm on a couple of the machines, got a contact at the club who says the same. those who know, know 🤫
Cage speed's never been the issue there anyway, they're sweet as most nights. Save this post though, going back this weekend myself.
Those who know, know.
Came off the pokies at like 9:45, walked straight up to the cage, lady paid me out no fuss and I was back spinning before my drink went warm 🔥 don't need forensics for that Nick, some Fridays are just quiet. Quick cage plus a bit of floor buzz, solid night ngl 🤑
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@OneMoreSpin_Nation2012 that drink still being warm is the real review right there 😂 I've only been to Imperial a couple of times since my first visit and honestly the cage speed is the thing that sold me too. First time I cashed out I was nervous as anything, stood there like a munter expecting paperwork, and the lady just counted it out and said enjoy your night. Maybe I'm being dumb but those little things matter when you're new to it all.
Quiet Fridays suit me fine as well, easier to get on a machine you actually like instead of circling the floor waiting. Good luck if you're back this weekend 🤞
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