The response is spot on; most people cannot possibly get away with cheating a casino, and if they do, it's just a matter of time until they get caught, provided they don't know when to stop. Most criminals really don't know when to stop, either, if any random gambler is any indication.
A casino may be a more attractive venue for crime than a bank, but the measures put in place to secure it make it very difficult for anyone to pull off. Plus, there are way more people working against you than with you if the system gets tested.
That said, there was one robbery not too long ago. This guy rushed one of the floor clerks and snatched his money pouch. Thankfully, nobody was hurt, he was on camera, and only made off with about 1,500 dollars. Sure, that's a bit more than a month of pay for me (some months it's not), but word spread quickly to local casinos and authorities; any attempt like that again at any casino in the area would be met with force.
At any rate, 1,500 isn't too much money when it comes to what's held in a casino. Some customers are in awe of the back cages full of chips, asking how much there is (I can't tell them, of course, but if they are good at counting chips...), but that just goes to show how unaware they are of the piles of cash in a casino, even a small one.
Every cashier and clerk is also trained to detect counterfeits, whether they are chips, bills, checks or what have you. Some of them are trained by the Secret Service to detect counterfeit bills (myself included), so those criminals that try and pass off bills have to be very confident in their process to do this directly. Truthfully, most counterfeiters may walk (or run) away from the incident, but they never fool anyone (it's easy to tell who's guilty by seeing who runs when we step back and make a phone call).
I could go on about how the casino works, but instead, I'd rather go to the renaissance fair.
It seems like not robbing a casino would be common sense actually. I'm suprised that anybody is willing to try. All one has to do is watch one of those documentaries on casino security to be forever scared.
ReplyDeleteCasino security is not as common knowledge as you think; either that or these criminals are aware of these things and are not deterred by them at all. I get bulletins from police every now and then regarding attempted crimes, fraudulent checks, mostly, knowing full well we have a third party check-cashing system that works for many casinos across the country. People will try and fraud traveler's checks despite the fact that we confirm traveler's checks with the issuing company directly. With the currency security I mentioned in the post, it's any wonder that criminals even try, but they do.
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