It took something like 170,000 hands but I finally got a royal flush Saturday night at Harrah's Rincon. I was dealt three to the royal, Ten, Jack, King of hearts with a pair of tens playing 8/5 Bonus. Dropping the pair of tens to hold three to the royal wasn't even worth a thought as a pair of tens is a non-paying hand.
Royals are supposed to hit about one out of 42,000 hands playing this game -- so I am way, way behind. As I was waiting for my check I thought "why didn't I get this in December when I had a lot of losses to offset it for taxes?"
Earlier in the session I was dealt four to the royal twice. Later, on a different machine after a break, I hit quad aces again playing Bonus-- and that was my first quad aces in about four trips. I was dealt two aces, and on the draw got two more aces plus a deuce. Of course I have to wonder if I would have gotten the same cards had I been playing double double bonus on that machine and not bonus?