Forgive me if I'm off topic. First, a quick story. Then a question. I was sitting at a machine a couple of Saturdays ago because there was one particular game I was interested in watching and that seat gave me the perfect view. Cocktail waitress comes up, I order a beer, tip her a buck. She comes back and says "if you want you're next drink free, you're going to have to play the machine." So I put in a $20. Got down to my last $4.58 and figured "what the hell, I just paid $20 for this beer." Well, it hits and I'm hoping I get my $20 back, then by the time it stopped, the math for the credits done quickly in my head indicated I'd more that doubled my investment with a $45 return. Then I realize ticket read $450 and was happier than a pig in poop.

So I have another beer, tip the waitress $20, and goes cash my ticket. When I come back, there is a couple looking at the machine. We had a brief convo and they said they go around looking at machines that have just paid off. But I didn't think too ask them so I'll ask you guys. Is a machine that just paid big a good thing or a bad thing?