CASINOS WHICH FORCE YOU TO CASHIER OR SHORT CHANGE YOU

I was surprised and dismayed that a casino (or 2) in Las Vegas ONLY gave you back the paper money from a slot slip when I turned it in on the way out of the casino.  I noticed and went to the CASHIER to get myextra 90 cents.  I asked what happens to all those who don't notice, or feel a few cents is worth the effort.  The cashier informed me that every evening she got people who turned in a handful; or the monies left over were given to some unnnamed charity for food or computers for schools or something.

I really don't think this is a charity for the casino (they're giving someone else's monies), and a money grab I can't believe isn't regulated.  Any thoughts?

Ct & NY do the same thing.  We always go to the cashier to get our change. There are some stores that get huffy if you don't have exact change. 

If they are going to pretend like there is a coin shortage and can't pay anything in cents....then they should add the change to your players club account where at least you can use it for food or free play at a later date.    

I think that's ultimately where it's all going anyway.    In the future you won't be putting bills in machines.   You'll just swipe your card and enter a pin.

This is nothing but another money grab by the casinos. They know that a large percentage of those who cash out their tickets will not take the time and effort needed to go all the way to the cashier, then wait in line in order to get the "change" they are owed. There is no coin shortage.

Rampart and South Point are two that follow this practice. I'll accumulate a bunch of tickets and cash them out every week or so.

I doubt that the casinos are allowed to keep the money. There is an accounting for unredeemed tickets and the monies are "escheated" to the state after a period of time. Don't see how this is any different.

Those tickets can be played through 'penny' machines.   I often hand one off to someone playing a Dragon Link or Lightning Link type slot, which accept play as low as 1 cent.  Or save several TITOs like Don said, run them through the machine and cash out the total.  At least minimizes the number of trips to the cage.

As for 'never-cashed' tickets, horse raceing tracks call it "breakage" (or they used to).  There are regulations as to what is done with that money. 

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This is a minor annoyance and pales in comparison to the other hundreds of ways casinos rip you off, usually for much larger amounts, and focusing on it is like a prison camp inmate complaining about the lack of air conditioning in the barracks.

Or to put it another way, a slot player essentially tosses a handful of change over his shoulder every time he presses the SPIN button. Repeat until broke. So being screwed out of an additional 90 cents or whatever? That's literally "chump change."