Question of the Day - 23 October 2024

...just another of the bullshit efforts by the casinos to screw you out of fractional cash out amounts. We've already seen the TITOs that you can only cash out at the cage (like anyone's going to stand in line to cash out 83 cents) and the redemption kiosks that urgent you to "donate" those fractional amounts. That money actually goes to the Sheldon Adelson So Right-wing We Fall Off the Edge of the Earth Memorial Fund.

I rise to object to Mr. Lewis’ last comment only. The options I see are legitimate charities. I think that is an excellent alternative procedure. The casino probably takes a deduction but I,do,not care. Next Mr. Adelson is deceased. A little respect for the dead. I doubt any casino other than Venetian would offer the SAARWWFOTEOTEMF as an option. Even if it did exist. Prefer to encourage use of charities alternative instead of complaining. 

 Apparently any question here in the Las Vegas Advisor is open season for hatred. 

Some people use the last sentence for an insult. 

I didn't mean to sully the memory of the late, great, and noble Sheldon Adelson, who did so much to help Donald Trump pay his mountainous legal bills. Apparently, some here cherish the man's memory to the point where referring to him in any way but a deep, hushed, reverent whisper is blasphemy. I do apologize for the ruffled feathers.

 This was a question about "wager savers" and somehow it was sidetracked into a political bashing by Kevin Lewis. Is there no place in the Advisor where information can be expressed without it being sidetracked into politics? 

I did not care for Adelson’s politics. Two points. He is dead. Second and more importantly the family sold the place. With all your posts I assume you know that. So your post did not address the issue of the use of a charity and was nothing more than a gratuitous opportunity to take a punch at a dead person who no longer owns the place. Been a democrat my entire life. Just voted and Adelson would not have liked my votes. 

How nice it is when the gaslighting angry circus stays away who turns many QOD's into 1 shade of politics hour. I know I'm not alone in saying it's most enjoyable when this clown show stays away and doesn't ruin it for many of us with his political obsessions and rants. 

Now, we know you're getting antsy and angry this time of the year the way things are going, so let me suggest there's this thingy on the internetee called X where you can gaslight, project, and state your pollical views and vent as often as you like on any topic. Professional therapy is also available as another option.

So it's a crime to play a wager saver or pull out a 83 cent TITO ticket from a machine.. BUT... walk up and push SPIN on a slot machine someone else is playing and if it wins a jackpot it's yours because you were the one that pressed the button?  Am I missing something here? 

From this point forward, all comments of a political nature will be bombed. If I think someone is trying to get cute with something veiled, we'll take down that one and all of that poster's previous comments in this thread. Best to let it be now.

Thank you. Long overdue. Like most or all of us, we enjoy this QOD for gambling, not politics. 

i wonder if,on the tito and it is 83 cents which charity it goes to also if the casino takes a cut on that any one know

In that fun hypothetical, it would depend on if anyone reviewed the video footage. If they did and noticed it was someone else's money, there's no chance they would pay.

I'd be very surprised if the casino took a cut. I wouldn't be surprised if they got some sort of tax write-off, though.

Thanks for answering my question, very informative! 

So someone leaves8 cents on a machine and it’s out of commission for eternity. Makes perfect sense for everyone involved. 

Someone unknowingly or knowingly would sit down pretty quickly and spin it. At a busy casino, you won't see a wager saver sitting on a machine for more than a few minutes.

Maybe once I saw a "wager saver" (and I never knew the term...thanks!) still on a screen, nobody around, no adjacent player doing a 'hold this machine for me' while somebody went to the bathroom, etc.  I probably played it off.  The one who left it is "losers weepers" IMHO.  

Should I have put the Service light on and stood there waiting for an attendant to come and decide what to do?  Yes.  Likely would require them interrogating the machine for whomever left it, running tapes, etc. 

I have run across cash, wallets, cell phones left in bathrooms, casino or anywhere. I wouldn't dream of pocketing them.  I'd turn it in to management. I'd never play off "credits" left on a machine.  I'd walk away, or if I must play that machine I'd put on the Service light and wait for an attendant to adjudicate things.

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