what would you do?

Back in the early 80's, I was walking between a row of craps tables at Resorts in AC. I saw a black chip on the floor and I picked it up and kept moving. I'was not going to ask if anyone dropped in for the obvious reason.

In 2004 I was in the line for security check in when I saw a white envelope laying close to the wall. I picked it up and there was $4000 inside (all 100 dollar bills) yes I counted it as I was moving toward the front of the line. I turned it into security when I got to the front of the line and I hope the rightful owner got it back, I'll never know, but I know it was the right thing to do.

I would say anything smaller in cash would be finders keepers. Let's be honest, if anyone here lost $100 or less somewhere in the casino, would they really go to security looking for it? I doubt it (I know I wouldn't) and based on that would not turn it in either. Personally if I realized I dropped money on a casino floor (and I have) I'd consider it gone and wouldn't bother going to security to see if it were turned in. Seriously, even if someone did, how would you prove it was really yours?

However, if I found a wallet with ID or an envelope I would turn it in.

That's more or less true, well at least at British Columbia Casino's. I work in Surveillance and see people drop money and/or leave credits in a machine. It's the casino's money, until the proper owner can be found. If you find cash/chips and turn them in, the casino holds it for 30 days and then it is yours. If you take it, like most people do, and are caught, you not only have to return the funds, but are provincially barred from casinos for up to a year...

Stupid

The way I look at it, if I am walking through Sears and see $50 on the floor, that's a good day. In a Casino, it's theft... Go figure...

CM

Would your actions be different if you found $0.05, $5, $50, $500 or $5000? In business it's called ethics. I think we all have our own cutoff where we feel uncomfortable. Sounds to me like you are pretty close to yours and are looking for either validation or absolution. Last time my wife and I were in Vegas we had an unusual experience. My wife was playing slots at the Golden Gate. She cashed out a ticket in a ticket redemption machine. It sputtered and spit and finally spit the ticket back out. She put it in again and the money came out. The first bill out had been torn and taped back together and had torn again. Hours later she realized that the machine had overpaid her that tattered $20 bill. It bothered her so she went back and talked to someone in the cage. One person said that if she had realized it immediately they could have taken care of it and someone else told her that no matter how soon she turned it in there was nothing they could do about it and it was hers. I told her she was goofy for even bringing it up. Different thoughts on what is right and wrong.