Robbed in parking lot

[Tedlark]

DaBurglar I must admit that no, I did not read from 1 Timothy before I made my post but I just did and I'm wondering WHAT this has to do burglary to a vehicle, much less what does it have to do with ko king's recent victimization?

And my post WAS NOT a mockery of The Bible but rather: you, yes I have experience with dead man switches.

[paco13]

Absolutely Billy. And not just in plain sight. Someone may watch or see you "hide" something valuable in your car. Let's say you hit a jackpot and decide to walk some of your winnings out to stash in your car as I think someone mentioned. You never know who is watching or following you out.


Ted, a tow truck is the easiest and probably the least suspicious way to steal a car. With all the credit problems today people would just assume you were a Repo guy. Wouldn't be to far a stretch to think a gambler at a casino was in debt over their head.

I've never asked but will casino's hold your winning's for you at the cage if you are not ready to leave but don't want to wonder around with it on your person?

[paco13]

You know this conversation just reminded me of something that happened to my sister and her husband. Back in the early 90's they lived in Hicksville, Long Island. My sister had a '91 VW Jetta. It had no alarm or securtiy system. They lived in a Townhouse apt. that had a gated and guarded parking lot. They were only allowed one parking space. Her husband had just bought a brand new Toyota Celica GT so the Jetta was parked on the street. There were three attempts made to steal the Jetta. All 3 times they failed. She had to replace the rear side window 3 times, 3 stereo's and 3 ignition switches. They could not get it to start. Then the Celica was stolen from the GUARDED lot along with his golf clubs, guitar and other personal valuables inside. HIS insurance covered it not the property's. They moved shortly thereafter.

[DaBurglar]

DaBurglar I must admit that no, I did not read from 1 Timothy before I made my post but I just did and I'm wondering WHAT this has to do burglary to a vehicle, much less what does it have to do with ko king's recent victimization?

And my post WAS NOT a mockery of The Bible but rather: you, yes I have experience with dead man switches. The mockery of ME goes without saying, you have demonstrated throughout the last 6 years that this is your primary reason for posting here, which again makes people wonder just how dull and shallow your life truly must be, not to mention your arrogance to actually think it is incumbent on YOU to perform this....this, whatever grandiose term you apply in your own little mind to your mockery to assuage your conscience for doing something you know deep down in your heart is wrong.And since you totally missed the point of the bible verse I cited, its relevance and application is clear:  The verse speaks of world and societal conditions that fit exactly what is happening in the world today, and crime in general applies to all that is contained in 2 Timothy 3:1-5.   The callous rampant crime we see in society today is reflected in those words......I assume you do agree what happened to Ko King does constitute a CRIME, yes????

[Tedlark]

Yes paco, a casino will hold your winnings in their cage for you.

[paco13]

Thanks Ted.

[Chicagoan]

Paco, it is called "Safekeeping". They give you a receipt. You can pick the money up when you leave, or you can come back 6 months later and get it.

If you win a jackpot you can designate all or part of your winnings to safekeeping and never even touch it until you leave.

My system is to take jackpots in the form of a check, but safekeeping works well for those with cash who do not want to be tempted.

Tip: when you go to safekeeping to pick up your money, pre-plan your exit route from the casino. Take your money and quickly and determinedly follow your pre-planned exit route and get out of the casino without stopping to play "just one more hand." Casinos are not designed by chance ---- cashier's cages are never right next to an exit. You generally must pass some tempting machines before you get to an exit.

[paco13]

Oh don't I know about that Chicagoan, lol. Where I play most often VP machine's are the last machines you will pass to get out either of the 2 exits. $1 ones to boot.
This is good info and advice. I thought you could do something like that but never had tried. On my overnight stays in AC or elsewhere I will bring to my room. Slows you down and gives that little extra time to let sense sink in. Plus the family comes with me. On my day trips though its a different story and there is no one with me to keep me in check if you know what I mean.

[Tedlark]

But there is one other major reason why casino cashier cages are not placed next to an exit.

When you are exiting a casino past these "tempting machines" you need to think of them as the same things as those placed in a cashiers line at the grocery store: impulse items that are tempting you to buy them. The candy bars, cookies, National Enquirer, they all look so good and tempting.

[OTABILL]

At Casino Arizona you can walk from the Cashiers Booth past the Players Club and out the exit without passing any slots (on the outer wall side), at least that was the case the last time we were there a year ago.