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- From: messiah@nevada.edu (mw)
- Subject: Re: Should I return the money back?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.030322.22649@nevada.edu>
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- References: <1993Jan22.211914.26981@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 03:03:22 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.211914.26981@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> lien@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (LIEN FANG PEI) writes:
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- >On my last trip to Las Vegas, a cashier gave me $400
- >more than I cashed in because she miscounted a black $100
- >chip as a pink $500 chip.
-
- >Because I didn't want the cashier to have a big
- >trouble, I gave the $400 back to the cashier after leaving
- >the cashier for five minutes. Her manager called the
- >security department to check the video tape for
- >verification. Yes, it was on the tape. So, they took the
- >money back and I got a sensational thank for my honesty and
- >a complimentary meal.
-
- The fact that they gave you a complimentary meal shows some class
- on their behalf cause lets face it, you could easily have pocketed
- that money had you wanted to. It was not your error, and as they make
- errors you could just as easily have made an error in the amount that
- you thought you had cashed out, so there was no significant concern
- for being challenged on it either. You were being a nice guy.
-
- >I am just wondering what if I didn't return the $400?
- >I am positively sure that I won't return the $400 if a
- >dealer gives me a pink for a black. But from a cashier, I
- >am still not sure.
-
- >Douglas Chang
-
- Cashiers are supposed to be bonded for that kind of thing. I'm not
- exactly sure about the details of such "bonding" but from what I
- understand its the equivalent of an insurance against discrepancies
- between what was taken in and what was paid out.
-
- Making up the balance at the cage for that particular shift would have
- reaveled that there was a $400 discrepency, but if a dealer makes a
- mistake like that there's no way to track it down with an audit. The
- only things that they can keep track of at the table games are what
- goes down the "drop slot" and how much went to the table in "chip fills,"
- after that everything else is obscured because players come and go with
- chips to and from other tables.
-
- If a dealer paid out $400 too much it would be treated as a loss if no
- one caught it, and no one would know the difference. It would probably
- be on tape but there would be no reason to look for specifically that
- error because there was no audit to point out what happened.
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