It's not you. I have never won the top prizes either. Most ever was $800 on .50 Triple Play VP with full coins in. The machine offered double up and when I would win a medium hit, say 3 of a kind, I would double up till it was a couple hundred credits. Then I was DEALT 4 of a kind. Kept them and won 750 credits. After the $375 hand pay I kept playing a little till I had 2(big buckets) at The Orleans, full of half dollars and cashed out for another $400.

Also hit a dollar (I think it was) 5x machine my first hour in LV once for $500. bar7 5x 5x

But, to get back on topic, sort of, I was showing a friend, (he had never been to a casino before) how to play "Reel Em In" and was telling how they were such a rip off. I put a $5 in the machine and was showing how even though they are constantly paying off you are actually loosing because they will pay 25 credits and you are putting in 45. Then I hit the three lures and got the bonus round. Not only did I have a decent payline payout but I picked the fisherman with a 45x payoff. I got 1500 nickles. ($75) What a lesson for my friend to stay away from them.