I had an issue with gene spitting the balls down the middle the majority of the time. Even with the ball save it just got annoying. I took a small piece of gasket material and cut it into a mini ramp shape and stuck it on the right side of gene's tongue. No more STDM. They all now either hit the left slingshot or flipper. The piece of gasket is barely noticeable while playing and has stayed in position for months.

I owned a premium a couple years ago and sold it. I just recently grabbed a NIB LE. It’s not the most robust ruleset, but it’s a blast to play. Both of my copies had gene spitting the ball sdtm. I took a small piece of foam gasket with adhesive on one side and cut it into a small ramp like shape. I then stuck it on genes tongue so it diverts the ball to the left flipper. It’s hard to notice the gasket piece and the ball never goes SDTM. It makes a huge difference and I love the game.