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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 00:49:16 -0000
From: "blaw57" <blaw57@yahoo.com>
Subject: Horseshoe refused to help me with machine credit theft by
another player
Reply: I have two experiences in this situation.
#1 I was playing in a casino's high-limit area and wanted to go to
the restroom. I had $20 credits on the screen. I left my card in
the reader, put a stack of 10 coin buckets on the chair, and left my
glasses, etc. in the hopper. When I reutrned five minutes later,
someone had cashed out or played the 20 coins and departed. I
called security and asked them to play the tape. They came back a
few minutes later and reported that the camera had not been active
[?? in the high-limit slot area??]. OK, lesson learned. Subsequent
TITO technology has eased the restroom dilemma for middle-aged and
older guys.
#2 On another occasion in the same casino, I observed a woman
playing a machine that a casual acquaintance had been playing when
last I looked. He returned from the VIP room and exclaimed that
someone had stolen his credits. He called security. I described
the woman who had been fiddling with "his" machine. About 10
minutes later, they brought me an overhead photo of the woman
cashing in coins at the Main Cashier booth. I identified her.
INCREDIBLY, she was still gambling elsewhere in the casino. When
confronted, she professed to have mistakenly assumed that someone
had abandoned the machine. She returned the money. The casino SAID
that they 86'd her. Who knows? Despite my giving a written
statement and volunteering to testify, neither the casino nor the
victim pressed charges.
BOTTOM LINE: If it's the casino's money, don't touch it. If it's a
customer's money, let your own ethics be your guide because the
worst that can happen is that you won't be able to play there again.
GGMan