Getting a bogus $100 happened to me - and the only place I could have gotten it
was while I was in Vegas and hit a jackpot - getting handpaid. Upon my return,
went to a casino and tried to cash one my $100 bills at the cashier. You
guessed it, the suits came out of the woodwork! They took me behind closed
doors and asked me many questions - one of which is where did I get my cash
before I came to the casino? After questioning, filled out a form, signed it
and was "let go" without my $100. So that's what happens when you have a bogus
$100 and try to use it at a casino - security said the cash machine or slot
machine would have spit it out and refused it - but when you try to cash it at
the cashier cage - "whoola" - you are "caught". This was not an intentional
"scam" on my part and I think that is what they were looking for - glad I looked
and sounded innocent. B
Beware of $100
the same thing - more or less - happened to me last year.
i tried to exchange a one hundred dollar bill at the cashier's cage at a harrah's-owned casino in the midwest. this was one of those bills that we all get from time to time that was dog-eared and - for whatever reason - would not be recognized or accepted by the optical bill sensors in the machines. it's a routine exchange that i've done dozens of times, either with slot attendants or at the cashier.
when i asked this cashier to exchange the bill, she said "sure," then disappeared. i never saw her again. i was pretty peeved about this... i thought it was incredibly bad customer service.
after about ten minutes, a security officer approached me, then escorted me to a back room where i was detained and interrogated, first by casino personnel and then by the state police.
they told me they had reason to believe that the bill was counterfeit and asked me where i had received it. i told them i only walk around with hundred dollar bills while playing at casinos and i was fairly certain that the bill came from either a bill breaker machine or an ATM at that very casino.
(although it was possible that the bill came from a machine or ATM or hand-paid jackpot at another harrah's-owned casino a few days earlier, that seemed unlikely. whenever i get a bad bill that won't be recognized by the bill acceptor, i usually exchange it on the spot with a slot attendant or at the main cage. i get checks for all large jackpots and often leave the casino with very little actual cash.)
after close to an hour of this ordeal, during which they presumably ran my license (no criminal record) and my total rewards card (seven stars member with heavy and frequent play without incident at that casino), they let me go.
of course, they kept the bogus bill, so i was out the hundred bucks.. until i received a phone call a couple of days later from their director of marketing/player development. she offered me an apology, a suite and a dinner at their fancy pants restaurant, plus a thousand dollars in cash.
i accepted the apology and took the offer.
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, don ross <rossx_98@...> wrote:
Getting a bogus $100 happened to me - and the only place I could have gotten it
was while I was in Vegas and hit a jackpot - getting handpaid. Upon my return,
went to a casino and tried to cash one my $100 bills at the cashier. You
guessed it, the suits came out of the woodwork!...
If the machine wont take the bill, and neither will the change machine - its time for concern !
That's happened to me a few times, and instead of saying to the teller "new bill please" , I always say
please change this into twenties for slots...and they routinely exchange bills for me.
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----- Original Message ----- From: "don ross" <rossx_98@yahoo.com>
To: <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 4:25 PM
Subject: [vpFREE] Beware of $100
And that is a great story with a happy ending 
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "ukstages" <takeme2london@...> wrote:
the same thing - more or less - happened to me last year.
i tried to exchange a one hundred dollar bill at the cashier's cage at a harrah's-owned casino in the midwest. this was one of those bills that we all get from time to time that was dog-eared and - for whatever reason - would not be recognized or accepted by the optical bill sensors in the machines. it's a routine exchange that i've done dozens of times, either with slot attendants or at the cashier.
when i asked this cashier to exchange the bill, she said "sure," then disappeared. i never saw her again. i was pretty peeved about this... i thought it was incredibly bad customer service.
after about ten minutes, a security officer approached me, then escorted me to a back room where i was detained and interrogated, first by casino personnel and then by the state police.
they told me they had reason to believe that the bill was counterfeit and asked me where i had received it. i told them i only walk around with hundred dollar bills while playing at casinos and i was fairly certain that the bill came from either a bill breaker machine or an ATM at that very casino.
(although it was possible that the bill came from a machine or ATM or hand-paid jackpot at another harrah's-owned casino a few days earlier, that seemed unlikely. whenever i get a bad bill that won't be recognized by the bill acceptor, i usually exchange it on the spot with a slot attendant or at the main cage. i get checks for all large jackpots and often leave the casino with very little actual cash.)
after close to an hour of this ordeal, during which they presumably ran my license (no criminal record) and my total rewards card (seven stars member with heavy and frequent play without incident at that casino), they let me go.
of course, they kept the bogus bill, so i was out the hundred bucks.. until i received a phone call a couple of days later from their director of marketing/player development. she offered me an apology, a suite and a dinner at their fancy pants restaurant, plus a thousand dollars in cash.
i accepted the apology and took the offer.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, don ross <rossx_98@> wrote:
>
> Getting a bogus $100 happened to me - and the only place I could have gotten it
> was while I was in Vegas and hit a jackpot - getting handpaid. Upon my return,
> went to a casino and tried to cash one my $100 bills at the cashier. You
> guessed it, the suits came out of the woodwork!...
This year with bill feeders rejecting many 100's (2006's mostly) I've started looking every rejected bill closely. Checking the imbeded security thread, hologram, etc.
Surprisingly I've never had a fake bill as far as I know. That's beating the odds I suppose!
I wonder how it would go down if the shoe were on the other foot? If I checked the bills at the cage and rejected one because it was counterfeit? Should I call 911?
I'd be interested to hear if others have had a situation occur. Many on here routinely play at high stakes and handle enough 100's each year to statistically assure they receive at least one fake.
Any more stories from the pros or high-rolling amateurs?
These are the 9 standard ways to check a US bill. By law, you must surrender any counterfeit bill, and it must be confiscated and handed in by whomever takes it and recognizes it. Usually the casino compensation is zero.
The show "Vegas" had an episode "always faithful" where A monstrous amount of counterfeit $100 bills show up everywhere at the Montecito. Turns out the money machine mechanic was exchanging reals for fakes inside the casino ATM's.
http://www.wikihow.com/Recognize-a-Fake-US-Bill
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----- Original Message ----- From: "casino_camper" <mac_mcclellan@hotmail.com>
To: <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 11:31 PM
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: Beware of $100
This year with bill feeders rejecting many 100's (2006's mostly) I've started looking every rejected bill closely. Checking the imbeded security thread, hologram, etc.
Surprisingly I've never had a fake bill as far as I know. That's beating the odds I suppose!
I wonder how it would go down if the shoe were on the other foot? If I checked the bills at the cage and rejected one because it was counterfeit? Should I call 911?
until i received a phone call a couple of days later from their director of marketing/player development. she offered me an apology, a suite and a dinner at their fancy pants restaurant, plus a thousand dollars in cash.
Wow UK ! Did they treat you well! I keep on re-reading your post . HET in the MidWest certainly knows how to treat their customers !
I had an incident at the Showboat in AC that was similar to yours. After about fifteen minutes of polite questioning( no backroom) I considered it a miracle that they gave me $100 to replace the counterfeit one ! At the time I was a 7 star player and I think that helped my cause.
Larry F.
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "ukstages" <takeme2london@...> wrote:
This has not happened to me, and I find the whole thing quite amusing. They keep changing the hundred dollar bill for this exact reason - to try to keep one step ahead of the counterfeiters. It looks like they are not succeeding.
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, don ross <rossx_98@...> wrote:
Getting a bogus $100 happened to me - and the only place I could have gotten it
was while I was in Vegas and hit a jackpot - getting handpaid. Upon my return,
went to a casino and tried to cash one my $100 bills at the cashier. You
guessed it, the suits came out of the woodwork! They took me behind closed
doors and asked me many questions - one of which is where did I get my cash
before I came to the casino? After questioning, filled out a form, signed it
and was "let go" without my $100. So that's what happens when you have a bogus
$100 and try to use it at a casino - security said the cash machine or slot
machine would have spit it out and refused it - but when you try to cash it at
the cashier cage - "whoola" - you are "caught". This was not an intentional
"scam" on my part and I think that is what they were looking for - glad I looked
and sounded innocent. B