hand pay

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Noun

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hand pay (plural hand pays)

  1. The situation when a slot attendant or cage gives the player a cash payout, rather than the actual slot machine paying out from the printer with ticket voucher or coin hopper.
    • 2003, Bob Dancer, Million Dollar Video Poker, page 231:
      If you could get 30 or more hands an hour (the low number is due to the frequent hand-pays), the hourly return exceeded $1,000!