Question of the Day - 28 October 2024

Another disadvantage if you cash out the tickets for less than $1 is you're walking around with change in your pocket.  I don't think any slots take coins anymore so they're just going to take up room in your pocket until you find somewhere to use them.  I think it would be a good idea to completely get rid of coins.  Just round up or down to the nearest dollar for any casino wins or any store purchases.

I think the person asking refers to the uneven cents that some ATMs make you wait to either a) "donate to charity (if you select that option it presents you with several to selected from, one being an employee fund) or b) wait a few secomds for the small cash ticket worth that 0.12 cents.

No big deal. Either 1) add it to your next Ticket In to play; 2) hand it to someone playing, just look around; they'll be grateful. There's a lot of jawing about that being 'illegal', but like the JD Wentworth commercial says, "It's your money", do what you want with it. Or 3) save all your TITOs for a while, insert them in the machine then hit "cash out", you have one ticket to cash at ATM or cashier.  It still may end up with an unever number of cents, but you aren't having to mess with it multiple times a day.

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The casinos that I visit in Pennsylvania have long since started giving back the coins at the TITO machines.  Only in Vegas do the machines no longer give back the coins.

Just donate the change to charities that are now available when you cash out.

Combine your coin tickets into a slot/vp machine to total a dollar. Cash the dollar in the redemption machine. Also, total up your small winning tickets the same way so you don’t cash in multiple tickets at the redemption machine. It’s always fun to watch people cash ten small tickets one at a time at t vs he redemption machine and double check to make sure the total is correct.

I noticed last weekend that this policy varies by Casino in Vegas.  South Point doesn’t return coins at Kiosk but if memory serves Main Street, Westgate & Plaza do.  

I always cash out. I usually have change to make a dollar with the attendant. That being said plenty of properties manage to keep their cash machines stocked with coins. Maybe start by going to more customer friendly places like those casinos. 

Aliante kiosks still return coin. Even a penny.

You gave me a great idea.  Anytime I end up with such a situation, or if I find a random small ticket laying around I'll go to the window and tell the cashier, "Have a nice day, keep the change" smile and walk away.  

it is all about the money. like the article said the casino gets 25% but at the same time to get coins the federal reserve charges for them how much i do not know. also the casino use to take change and not charge you for it now yoi have to use a coin machine to turn in your change and they charge 10%. the reeason is due to the cost of keeping the machines working from what i was told.
it is all about the bottom line.

I am old and lots of people give their little tickets to me, but I just keep mine until next session.  Fyi join us at Excalibur they have a machine that gives coins.

Cash the ticket with the odd change amount, keep the dollars and take the ticket with the remaining change and use it on your next visit.  I also despise the change, and sometimes I will go to the cage to get a ticket cashed, but if there is a line I will use the kiosk and keep the change ticket.

"... since they know there won't be any tip involved..."
  Who tips the cage people? And for what? Doing their job? I'm a generous tipper at restaurants but to tip for a 10 second task? 

Hamlet decided to do away with himself after he tried to cash out a slot ticket for 93 pence (they were written in parchment back then) and was told that he couldn't. "Who would resort fees bear...?"

Just play dollar slots if you play slots or video poker. 

I agree with adding 'Fiat value' in this way. Bon ton roula!

Would you be able to just give a sub $1.00 ticket to a slot attendant or cashier as a toke? (Not in lieu of a toke on a hand pay!)  Yeah...it looks cheap but the pennies make the dollars.  If it stays out of the hands of those nice folks who dreamed up "Resort Fees" then I am all for it.

I always tip the cashier one dollar. 

I give small change tickets to the first fellow player I pass by.

I occasionally tap the 'charity' screen when I don't want to wait for the ticket.  I usually select the one going to the employee fund.

I've combined small change tickets with coins to make $1 to tip a CW when I was short of singles.  I asked, she said no problem.

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Kencot has it. Charity. Why even be concerned. Not all states offer that option. 

This doesn't affect me as much since I go to LV multiple times per year(meaning that the tITO's don't expire). I just keep the TITO until the next time I play. I can confirm that Casino Royale and Ellis Island actually dispense coins from their cashout machines. I usually just leave any change in my room at the end of the trip as part of the tip for the maids.

My beef was the way Caesars properties handled it.  They gave you a receipt that wasn't a TITO and had to be cashed at the cage. Finally, they have swiched to issuing a TITO.

Great idea. 

For others that say give to charity, I'd want to know how much that charity is giving to the cause vs admin costs before doing so. I don't give to high admin charity's, no matter the amount of donation, it's principal for me. And don't feel like researching that while at a ticket machine.

Another idea. After one has a few tickets, I'm guessing one could give these to the drink lady for the drink tip?

With your under-$1 TITO ticket, you can go to a penny slot machine (or penny video poker machine, if one exists in your casino), insert the ticket, hit the denomination button so that it's on "1 Credit" instead of "Max Coin", and then to designate your bet amount, hit the "Bet 1 Coin" button as many times as is necessary to use up all the oddball cents. Then hit "Spin" or "Deal" and see what you get. If you get nothing, you're no worse off than if you discarded the ticket or donated it. But if you get something, you can then cash it out (if it's big enough for you to stop after having made a small profit) or continue playing until either you lose it or it's large enough to cash out.

When the US FINALLY gets rid of $1 bills and fully replaces them with $1 coins,  don't be surprised if casinos raise the threshold to $2 or more. Eventually, you will have to stand in line to redeem a $1.99 receipt. When the US FINALLY gets rid of 1c coins, will casinos automatically round down tickets of 3 or 4 cents? I don't see casinos becoming LESS greedy anytime soon.

I understand the cynical tone to the answer (it's my question), but I think some important points are missing.

Yes, if my wife and I are the only ones redeeming tickets for $.19, it's not going to move the needle for the casinos. It's just a blip. But if cashier cages started seeing lots of gamblers lining up for their coins, it would force the casinos into a Hobson's choice: hire more cashiers to handle the extra traffic or have a bunch of angry casino guests waiting in long lines. Alternatively, they could just go back to filling the coin hoppers in the TITO redemption kiosk, which would have little to no additional incremental cost.

As far as the commenter's suggestions: (1) the "charitable donation" options are lame at best and sketchy at worst; (2) why should I give my money to the casino to use for a tax write off; and (3) the small change TITOs are what are left after exhausting all the other possibilities like combining multiple tickets.

I always wondered why the Gambling Commission would allow it,just goes to prove that they will always support the casinos the whole system is rigged 

….. why do some of you even go to a casino?  Good lord people.