The opposite of the Pay cycle. According to Pay/Take, a pay cycle is followed by a take cycle, in which you might win a smidgen, but the machine will win a lot.

This is the opposite of the pay cycle where the slot machine will not payout until it has taken a certain number of coins.

This is the opposite of the pay cycle. If you subscribe to the pay/take philosophy then you believe that a pay cycle is followed by a take cycle, whereby you may get the odd small hit but essentially it's feeding time for the slot.

the opposite of the pay cycle on the slot machines. If a player subscribes to the pay/take philosophy, then he believes that a pay cycle is followed by a take cycle, whereby he may get the odd small hit. The reality, in fact, is that it's feeding time for the slot

If a machine has just paid out, many believe that the machine will follow this with a 'take cycle', where a machine will hold onto coins until another jackpot, small or large, is due. This is not true of online slots due to the Random Number Generator (RNG).