FLASH1296 said:
The rate of the A S M s jamming is greatly minimized by placing a specially made small rectangular weight made to fit on top of the stack of cards.
My (most) regular store started using them and the change has been impressive.
Agreed, the plastic thing improves their performance, and the places I play have them for a while.
Seemed improved today in store, but in another store, for a couple days almost all the ASMs were offline this week. Asked about it and dealer was honest and said not sure.
In a another incident a few weeks back, the PC told me they were running low on cards, which is in all likelihood complete BS, but good for a laugh.
Humidity has probably been higher then normal in NE, with on again off again rain. Plus in conjunction temperature around room temp (so air conditioning or heat does not get turned on) might account for it.