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What would you have done?

No, but I know what it's about.

And with VERY few exception, the "backrooming" (and other illegal stuff) is
done to table players. I am aware of hundreds of instances where VP players
took advantage of some kind of casino error, and am not aware of any
punishment having been doled out, with only one notable exception--when Rampart (not
the original name) first opened.

A few times, machines have given WAY more points than they were supposed to,
and the casino just usually takes the extra points back when they discover
the error, and sometimes warns the players involved. The exception is the one I
noted above.

There was a "backrooming" thread here some time ago, I suggest anyone
interested look in the archives.

Brian

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In a message dated 8/5/2006 1:34:37 AM Pacific Standard Time,
nightoftheiguana2000@yahoo.com writes:

Have you read "Beat the Players" yet?
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, bjaygold@... wrote:

My understanding is, when the casino makes a mistake that financially
benefits players, it's usually too bad for the casino. The casino

would have to

prove that the players knew that there was a problem, that the

players knowingly

took advantage of the problem (and the burden of proof would be on the
casino--a nearly impossible burden to meet), identify the particular

players, qua

ntify the amount each player made from the error, catch the players

involved,

and finally, prosecute them. Their only real hope would be to offer

to NOT

prosecute the players involved in exchange for getting their money

back. I

think it is doubtful that this would be worth the time and legal

expense for the

casino, even if it cost them half a mil.

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I don't know about the seasoned players here, but if I am playing and
the machine gave me more points than were due, I wouldn't even know it
in many cases. Except in Showboat and Harrahs (may be all the other
Harrahs Casinos now), a running display of points earned is not even
shown in real time in many casinos at Atlantic City.

Taking away the points once given is itself bad; why "warn" the player?
It is not as if the player manipulated the machine into giving the
points.

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, bjaygold@... wrote:

A few times, machines have given WAY more points than they were

supposed to, and the casino just usually takes the extra points back
when they discover the error, and sometimes warns the players
involved. The exception is the one I noted above.