brumar_lv wrote:
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Bill Coleman <vphobby2@...> wrote:
If you believe this then you should not play in any casino,
anywhere.
If regulators do not do their jobs in one instance they may not in
any.
If you have any evidence of your assertion, please document it. If
not, please do not present opinion as fact.At 06:44 AM 2/13/2006, you wrote:
I will, however, contend that regulations are
enforced enough to prevent gaffed machines with
very occasional rogue operators trying something
just like in Nevada.There is absolutely no indpendently verifiable basis whatsoever
for any
of these assertions. There haven't been for years.
There is probably just as much reason to trust Washington Indian
casinos as Nevada casinos ... maybe more so. That's because the
Washington casinos use linked machines controlled by a central
server. There's no need to check the return percentage of every
machine. Instead, all that's needed is to check the server reports.Also, in Washington (until recently), you cannot feed money into a
machine. You must feed it into a device which prints a TITO chit,
which can only be cashed by a cashier who uses a wand to validate the
chit. In other words, no money is floating around to permit
skimming. Monies taken out of these devices must balance to the
server reports. Every dollar in/out is recorded by the central
computer.The "loophole" is this system is that state auditors may be paid to
ignore or revise the reports. That seems unlikely since it would
require colusion by groups of auditors and software programmers.Of course, this is just my opinion. But I've seen how this system
works, and as a former financial systems programmer it's easy to see
how it can be used to monitor casino finances.The exception is the Spokane tribe, which has no compact with the
state. There do not appear to be any controls in their casinos. But
they have real VP, with good pay schedules. It's possible they
are gaffed in some fashion, but I doubt it.
OK, are the reports made public or does anyone release the reports on request?