lost/stolen purchase tickets

[Rob_Reid]

I once had a ticket swiped out from under my nose at the Palms (a nogoodnick came by and hit the cashout button when I was a few feet away but not looking--you really can't be too careful btw). Anyway, I reported the theft immediately to security. They pulled up the machine, got the ticket number, voided it and actually caught the person trying to cash the voided ticket.

So I would say that your chances of potential recovery increase with the timeliness of your report.

rob

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--- On Sun, 5/10/09, fivespot <fivespot55@gmail.com> wrote:

From: fivespot <fivespot55@gmail.com>
Subject: [vpFREE] lost/stolen purchase tickets
To: "vpfree" <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009, 10:36 PM

sometimes i leave casinos carrying purchase tickets for large amounts.
if i'm going to come back tomorrow, it seems more convenient not to
cash the tickets and then feed the bills back in the next day. it also
seems potentially safer to carry a ticket than a big ol' wad of
hundreds.

it occurs to me that if the ticket *were* stolen - or lost, i suppose
- there's no real reason why the casino couldn't pay me anyway.
immediately go to them and report the lost ticket, have them verify
that i was sitting there playing with my card in at such-and-such time
and cashed out for such-and-such amount, void the existing ticket,
issue a new one. same as you'd do with a lost or stolen check, except
even easier.

however, because the casino *can* do this, doesn't mean that they
*would* do this. does anyone on this board have experience trying to
get paid on a large cashout when you don't have the ticket anymore?
did you have any success?

i'm also wondering whether it might be a good idea to take five
seconds to snap a cameraphone picture of my ticket before i leave -
that way i have more information to present. "hi, i got a ticket for
$X, validation number ABCXYZ, issued by machine EFG. i don't have the
scrap of paper, but that's all the info, pay me." but maybe that would
just confuse them.

cheers,

five

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[mikeymic]

An incident at the Treasure Island leaves me thinking that we are often being watched but unaware of it.

My mother was playing and spotted a machine at the end of the row she wanted to try. I moved her over (in a wheelchair) so she would get the machine she wanted before someone else sat down. By the time I got back to where she had been playing (no more tham 15 seconds) a man was already cashing out her old machine. I am very observant and had never spotted him anywhere nearby. Naturally, he ran off (with her money) when confronted.

The casino was actually nice enough to reimburse my mother ($80 or so) since the payoff amount was still on the screen. However, this was before the new T.I. owners took over, so it might not be handled that way now. Still, it was a nice resolution to an awful incident.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Rob Reid <rreid0859@...> wrote:

I once had a ticket swiped out from under my nose at the Palms (a nogoodnick came by and hit the cashout button when I was a few feet away but not looking--you really can't be too careful btw).