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An incident with money left on a slot machine at a California casino4 October 2010
You can rest assured that if I choose to publish a letter, I will feel free to comment. Are you saying that because you didn't have your reading glasses on, you didn't see that there were credits left on the machine? Some of your statements imply that you didn't know there were credits on the machine, yet others imply that you did. In any case, the casino is right that lost money is like any other lost property -- you're supposed to turn it in to the casino. I'm not so sure that it "belongs" to the casino; I believe some jurisdictions require that the money be turned over to the state or donated to charity. I have more questions. Why didn't the other player tell you right away that he was playing the machine? If he was afraid to confront you, why didn't he press the Service button to get someone from the casino to help him? And if you change tickets for cash so you don't spend the money "as a rule", how could you also, presumably, play it down to about $6 "as usual" (though you don't say how you turned $99.01 to $6.22)? With the tracking systems and constant surveillance used in today's casinos, it's better to report money found on machines than to play it. Best of luck in and out of the casinos, Send your slot and video poker questions to John Robison, Slot Expert, at slotexpert@comcast.net. Because of the volume of mail I receive, I regret that I can't reply to every question. This article is provided by the Frank Scoblete Network. Melissa A. Kaplan is the network's managing editor. If you would like to use this article on your website, please contact Casino City Press, the exclusive web syndication outlet for the Frank Scoblete Network. To contact Frank, please e-mail him at fscobe@optonline.net. Recent Articles
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