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Sad Story Wih Happy Ending

#1

From time to time, there have been posts here from players who
walked away from a TITO machine without cashing out. Now it's my
turn.

Today at Rampart I was playing on the MGMD 10 play. When I concluded
my session, I entered the results in my notebook and walked away,
leaving $595 in the machine. I joined my visiting friend at a
blackjack table and after about ten minutes, the horrible truth
dawned on me. I rushed back to the machine and had a sickening
feeling when I saw "machine paid $594.12". I hollered for security
and told the guard what happened. He opened the machine and made a
call, and determined that my card was the last one in, but that
someone else had subsequently inserted a ticket for $1.12, played a
hand or two, and cashed out. He also advised that the ticket was not
open, so that presumably it had been cashed. However, he advised me
not to give up hope, and he would see what he could do.

Several minutes later, he returned with the good news. Although the
ticket was not open, it had not been cashed. Apparently, the perp
had gone to the high limit room, inserted the ticket in a different
machine, played a hand or two, and cashed out for $580. However,
this ticket was still open and had not been cashed. I guess he/she
felt that once the ticket was placed in a machine, the new cash out
ticket would be untraceable. Naturally, security put a stop on the
ticket and I was paid $580, which I gratefully accepted. I was told
that if the person tried to cash the ticket at a cage, security
would be called. However, I hung around for a while and nothing ever
happened. I suppose that the genius tried to cash out at a ticket
machine, got a message to see the cashier, and figured out that he
was screwed. I will try to check next time I am there to see if
anything further developed.

We can learn several lessons from this story.

1) Please remember to cash out, before any record keeping or
anything else.

2) Never give up hope. As stupid as you can be, there is always
someone who is more so.

3) If you do steal someone else's money from a machine, cash it
immediately at a ticket machine and head home.

Hask

#2

From time to time, there have been posts here from players who
walked away from a TITO machine without cashing out. Now it's my
turn.

Today at Rampart I was playing on the MGMD 10 play. When I

concluded

my session, I entered the results in my notebook and walked away,
leaving $595 in the machine. I joined my visiting friend at a
blackjack table and after about ten minutes, the horrible truth
dawned on me. I rushed back to the machine and had a sickening
feeling when I saw "machine paid $594.12". I hollered for security
and told the guard what happened. He opened the machine and made

a

call, and determined that my card was the last one in, but that
someone else had subsequently inserted a ticket for $1.12, played a
hand or two, and cashed out. He also advised that the ticket was not
open, so that presumably it had been cashed. However, he advised

me

not to give up hope, and he would see what he could do.

Several minutes later, he returned with the good news. Although the
ticket was not open, it had not been cashed. Apparently, the perp
had gone to the high limit room, inserted the ticket in a different
machine, played a hand or two, and cashed out for $580. However,
this ticket was still open and had not been cashed. I guess he/she
felt that once the ticket was placed in a machine, the new cash out
ticket would be untraceable. Naturally, security put a stop on the
ticket and I was paid $580, which I gratefully accepted. I was told
that if the person tried to cash the ticket at a cage, security
would be called. However, I hung around for a while and nothing ever
happened. I suppose that the genius tried to cash out at a ticket
machine, got a message to see the cashier, and figured out that he
was screwed. I will try to check next time I am there to see if
anything further developed.

We can learn several lessons from this story.

1) Please remember to cash out, before any record keeping or
anything else.

2) Never give up hope. As stupid as you can be, there is always
someone who is more so.

3) If you do steal someone else's money from a machine, cash it
immediately at a ticket machine and head home.

Hask

You got very lucky. This was one dumb hustler. The ones I know would
have had your ticket cashed and out the door in a New York minute.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "haskd89052" <hask@...> wrote:

#3

We can learn several lessons from this story.
1) Please remember to cash out, before any record keeping or
anything else.
2) Never give up hope. As stupid as you can be, there is always
someone who is more so.
3) If you do steal someone else's money from a machine, cash it
immediately at a ticket machine and head home.

Hask

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "haskd89052" <hask@...> wrote:

So, what do we do if we come upon a machine with someone else's money
in it?
Couple months ago a guy sitting next to me got up and left $200 in his
machine. I had three options:
1) Leave it in the machine.
2) Cash it out and turn it in to security.
3) Cash it out for the guy and hope he comes back for it.

If I leave it in the machine, someone else may come along and take the
ticket and cash it in.

If I cash it out and give it to security, I'm guessing that if the
person does not claim it, the casino gets to keep the money.

I chose to cash the ticket out and put it in my shirt pocket. If the
guy comes back, which he did, I give him the ticket and he's very
happy. If he doesn't come back by the time I leave my machine, then
it's finders keepers if I never see the guy again.

Just my two cents.

#4

I chose to cash the ticket out and put it in my shirt pocket. If the
guy comes back, which he did, I give him the ticket and he's very
happy. If he doesn't come back by the time I leave my machine, then
it's finders keepers if I never see the guy again.

Just my two cents.

I have done just this same thing several times. I cash out the ticket
and leave it on my machine closest to their machine(slanttop). I have
also done this with cigs(I don't smoke, but I gave them to one of the
regulars.)

Not stealing,
dipy911

#5

Assuming (I don't know if this is true) that a ticket could be
connected to the players card that was in the machine, and there was
in fact a players card, I would count this as stealing. This would
depend on the casino's policy also I guess.

http://www.themorningsun.com/stories/051006/loc_burdick001.shtml

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On 5/29/06, dipy911 <dipy911@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I chose to cash the ticket out and put it in my shirt pocket. If the
> guy comes back, which he did, I give him the ticket and he's very
> happy. If he doesn't come back by the time I leave my machine, then
> it's finders keepers if I never see the guy again.
>
> Just my two cents.
>

I have done just this same thing several times. I cash out the ticket
and leave it on my machine closest to their machine(slanttop). I have
also done this with cigs(I don't smoke, but I gave them to one of the
regulars.)

Not stealing,
dipy911

#6

The ticket can be connected to the card in the card
reader. We just had a tech fired down here in Arizona
, they traced several tickets that were printed while
his card was in the machine, even though someone else
cashed them in. The cashier became suspicious because
the tickets were close together in time, but off 4
different machines!

Mark

Assuming (I don't know if this is true) that a
ticket could be
connected to the players card that was in the
machine, and there was
in fact a players card, I would count this as
stealing. This would
depend on the casino's policy also I guess.

http://www.themorningsun.com/stories/051006/loc_burdick001.shtml

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--- Eric <fieldcommand@gmail.com> wrote:

On 5/29/06, dipy911 <dipy911@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I chose to cash the ticket out and put it in my
shirt pocket. If the
> > guy comes back, which he did, I give him the
ticket and he's very
> > happy. If he doesn't come back by the time I
leave my machine, then
> > it's finders keepers if I never see the guy
again.
> >
> > Just my two cents.
> >
>
> I have done just this same thing several times. I
cash out the ticket
> and leave it on my machine closest to their
machine(slanttop). I have
> also done this with cigs(I don't smoke, but I gave
them to one of the
> regulars.)
>
> Not stealing,
> dipy911
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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#7

I have been told that Mississippi law is credits on an abonadoned
machine are in the public domain. In Nevada it is stealing. But Nevada
hustlers (there are people walking around the casinos here looking for
abandoned credits. I did it myself many years ago.) muddy the situation
up by depositing money in the machine, playing a few games then
cashing out. They put on the dumb act if they draw heat.

A friend of mine, an ex-hustler, maybe a hustler again in the future (he's
bankrolled up at present), lost over $600 dollars at Peppermill/reno
about a years ago. He was playing the 10 coin quarter deuces, hit the
deuces and cashed out, then found a play on a dollar Good Times. He
put his deuce ticket in the machine, played until he X'd out, then cashed
out and walked off. He stuck the ticket in his pocket. Later he went to
cash it out and found the ticket was for 50 cents.

Of course he contacted security. There was some kind of glitch where,
because the dollar machine did not recognize the 50 cents as a credit it
spit out a 50 cent ticket, then you would have to cash out again to get
the dollars. They have the culprit who took the money on film and
assured my friend that if that person comes in again he will surely be
arrested. But they did not offer to reimburse him.

These kinds of glitches are a hustlers delight. I found it ironic that it
happened to a qualified, bonified hustler. More ironic that he put heat

Assuming (I don't know if this is true) that a ticket could be
connected to the players card that was in the machine, and there was
in fact a players card, I would count this as stealing. This would
depend on the casino's policy also I guess.

http://www.themorningsun.com/stories/051006/loc_burdick001.shtml

> > I chose to cash the ticket out and put it in my shirt pocket. If the
> > guy comes back, which he did, I give him the ticket and he's very
> > happy. If he doesn't come back by the time I leave my machine,

then

> > it's finders keepers if I never see the guy again.
> >
> > Just my two cents.
> >
>
> I have done just this same thing several times. I cash out the ticket
> and leave it on my machine closest to their machine(slanttop). I

have

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on the person who nailed the credits. --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Eric <fieldcommand@...> wrote:

On 5/29/06, dipy911 <dipy911@...> wrote:
> also done this with cigs(I don't smoke, but I gave them to one of the
> regulars.)
>
> Not stealing,
> dipy911
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

#8

"mickeycrimm"wrote:
I have been told that Mississippi law is credits on an abonadoned
machine are in the public domain. In Nevada it is stealing. But
Nevada hustlers (there are people walking around the casinos here
looking for abandoned credits. I did it myself many years ago.)
muddy the situation up by depositing money in the machine, playing a
few games then cashing out. They put on the dumb act if they draw
heat.

These kinds of glitches are a hustlers delight. I found it ironic
that it happened to a qualified, bonified hustler.

Hi all:
Brian, Mickey and Arnot have all touched upon this fun little topic
of silver mining or seagulling as it is often referred to.

The recent post inquiring about the inventory at Slots of Fun had me
thinking about a visit there last summer where I walked around a bit
checking machines and paytables in different denominations. I then
decided to grab a seat when one came open at the bar after losing my
fiver on my favorite Playboy Slot machine. Waitress service is
spotty there but some waitresses are lookers. The morning coffee
and donut at the machines off the cart is a favorite of mine for
free.

On this particular stop I had my backpack with me, so I deposited it
under the bar and adjusted my bar stool as the bar there has some
watchable plasma tvs and a game I was interested in was on. Well
from habit I guess my hand went to the change return under the bar
for the coin in bartops. I always check these and usually tip the
bartender or have played it through the machines for them. I treat
it like money left on the bar... it belongs to the bartender. With
TITO this particular variation will leave us along with dirty
fingers. I have played on a few bartops in my day.

Well to my surprise the security gaurd was on me like a shark,
asking me to leave. I was like what did I do? He said I checked
the coin return. There wasn't anything in it even...well I always
say yes sir to coppers and grabbed my backpack and split quickly,
maybe even get a bet down at the Stardust.

I think it was the checking the paytables that caught the guards
attention to me, or my backpack. I carry a sweatshirt and workout
pants to slip on over my shorts in case of cold air conditioning and
often walk from Tropicana to the Dust and back. The Riviera pool is
a good place for a quick afternoon nap after a beer and a Slots of
Fun dog also. A Happy Ending to a cruise down the strip. Late
afternoon the shadows get longer and the walk back even better after
dark in summertime.

Lets get some Royals,

Beachstu

#9

A similar thing happened to me at The Mirage last March. I was playing
a machine, and my wife was playing on another bank of machines within
eyeshot of me. She hollered out to me that her card wasn't working. I
had put a hundred dollar bill into my machine and cashed it out at
$80, so I could go get another card for my wife.

As I cashed out, I heard the machine make a beep beep beep sound.
Being distracted trying to help my wife, I looked around for th
beeping sound, didn't see anything and got up to help her.

I got her a new card (it was actually one of mine, though our accounts
are linked). Then, I suddenly realized I didn't get my ticket out of
the machine. My wife said someone had sat down at the machine right
after I left it.

I was standing there looking around when security saw me looking
concerned and asked if they could help me. I told them what happened.
They called a suit over and he verified what I put in and what I
cashed out. He then went to have the ticket voided. Too late, it was
cashed. All this witin 5 or 10 minutes.

He then told one of the attendants to write me out a hand pay for $80.
She did, handed me the cash and that was it. Talk about getting lucky!

I would have just written it off as me being an idiot if security
hadn't noticed me looking around frantically. I learned a lesson real
quick.

Kurt

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "mickeycrimm" <mickeycrimm@...> wrote:

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "haskd89052" <hask@> wrote:
>
> From time to time, there have been posts here from players who
> walked away from a TITO machine without cashing out. Now it's my
> turn.

#10

No problem, I now toss the unattended cigs in the trash as that is
where they belong.

Why does the casino need the extra edge? My new fun ones to look for
are the "Can't Lose" machines. Credits = 0 Free spins that you can't
lose on = 1. The other ones are the slots that pay on blank, blank,
blank. Some people just don't realize that not hitting anything can
sometimes pay.

dipy911

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Eric <fieldcommand@...> wrote:

Assuming (I don't know if this is true) that a ticket could be
connected to the players card that was in the machine, and there was
in fact a players card, I would count this as stealing. This would
depend on the casino's policy also I guess.

http://www.themorningsun.com/stories/051006/loc_burdick001.shtml