Has anyone here ever bought or rented their own IGT video poker machine? I heard somewhere that they cost only a few thousand dollars each (around $3-4 thousand, I think). Just on a few occasions have I actually seen a user-defined game parameter menu being used by a slot attendant. Years ago I observed an attendant use a "degaussing machine" (I think that's what she told me it was) where it even changed the background color of a Bally Gamemaker VP machine, or maybe it cleared the screen itself of static.

At a major Caesar's property I once saw a bank of machines with the full complement of ALL denomination levels active (except $100) at a casino bar being renovated, but not open to the public at the time. It had all the levels from 1c/5c/10c/25c/50c/$1/$2/$5/$10/$25...It looked like management was in the middle of trying to decide which denominations to make available at the bar at the time before opening the bar itself.

If I remember correctly I think this is how John Kane himself discovered that double-up software bug he used to make almost $500K on Game King machines (by thoroughly exploring a working copy of his own IGT Game King machine). If you recall Mr. Kane and his partner Andre Nestor were exonerated of federal fraud charges for the glitch they exploited.

Is it possible for the general public to buy and rent casino-quality IGT VP machines in Nevada?

If I really wanted to do so, could I take pictures of realistic-looking jackpots on such machines complete with a "JACKPOT CALL ATTENDANT" sign?

I know very little here, but this stuff piques my curiosity.