About ten years ago, a host at the Orleans drained the points from the
account of a high roller who had not been around for several months, created
an account for her boyfriend, and moved those points (I think it was around
$5000 worth) into that new account. Unfortunately for her, the player
showed up shortly afterward, and demanded to know what had happened to his
account. She was caught and fired, but not charged with a crime.
Shortly afterward, she was hired as a host at the Hard Rock. She was fired
from there for getting naked in a limo with a VIP. Since then she has moved
on to become a host at Texas Station. I don't know if she still works
there. I'm sure some of you know the host I'm talking about.
The vast majority of casino employees are honest and trustworthy people.
However, the screening process they go through in order to qualify for
hiring is mostly looking for felony convictions. Less than honest people who
have managed to avoid one of those can and do work in responsible positions in
casinos, so be careful!
There was a recent discussion here about letting other people see your PIN
at a kiosk or retail outlet. This is another situation where I recommend
caution. There are dishonest people who hang around casinos, looking for
opportunities to steal from bigger players. If one of these people sees your
PIN, he can then later "keep an eye" on you, waiting for the chance to grab
your player's card, like during a restroom break, or if you are distracted
while playing a machine, or if you happen to forget your card in the
machine when you quit playing.
In these days of identity theft, safeguarding your personal information is
always a good idea. I've noticed that many businesses, like doctors'
offices (and some casino player's clubs!), use date-of-birth as an identity
check, so I'd be careful disclosing that piece of information as well.
Brian
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In a message dated 8/17/2009 4:01:31 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
Marksalot300@aol.com writes:
The first URL got truncated. Took me a few minutes but I found the
article,
here's another link to it:
_http://tinyurl.com/nu2vcy_ (http://tinyurl.com/nu2vcy)
And while I'm at it, here's another interesting article - an op-ed by
columnist George Will on the issue of Internet poker:
_http://tinyurl.com/og6bax_ (http://tinyurl.com/og6bax)
- Brian in MI
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westie2f writes:
Points for playing are targets of thieves — often casino employees
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/aug/17/increasingly-points-you-g…
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