You misunderstand me, we keep a certain amount of merchandise items to give, we had regular players and when our inventory was getting low we would ask them for ideas on stuff they wanted from us when they won. That's when they would help us decide what to order, so they could have something there people would actually want when they won instead of crap no one uses. That is the only reason we were able to do business. No one ever had to wait on getting merchandise, as that would be illegal. As far as jackpots, we would give the same amount in items or gold.
As far as the other stores done, yes they alleged we coached them. Which is highly doubtful, but I cannot account for other peoples actions. We hired an accountant to go explain the rules to them, she will testify for us. One of the store owners had actually gotten caught years back for paying out cash so he should have known anyway. They obviously caught them paying out cash, but instead of convicting them they left them go as long as they answered the questions the 'right way' As I mentioned earlier the one store owner that told the truth they arrested his wife. Others got 0 charges.

