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the court case associated with this has finally been settled so i can tell this story.
when i was working at the casino, there were some odd things happening - nothing major, just some people going through more paperwork than they should, and slots running out of coins quite quickly after they had been filled. This wasn't a big deal, as management likes a hard worker right? and machines going through coins? well lotsa people win small amounts.
well thats what we thought. but that was not the case. turns out what was happening was this:
there were a gang of six people (now known as Ocean's 6 around the casino). O6 consisted of 1 HD attendant (sometimes area boss, sometimes attendant, sometimes cashier) and 3 attendants (just cashiers and attendants) and 1 "punter".
the HD had access to the paperwork, was signing them out in random names and giving them to the other 3. whoever of the other 3 were attending would forge signatures and get a Hopper Fill done - this is worth $500. however instead of getting it in dollar coins, he'd get it in 100's and pass it off to the punters, as they would do this scam when one was HD, one was attending and one was cashiering. as the cameras didn't know if the slip was for a fill or a hand pay, they would be set.
they would than go to a machine, execute a fill and get the sequence number for the fill. this would put the fill in the computer, accounting for that $500 (essentially. there's a bit more to it than that).
however main bank started questioning all these fills that were coming through, especially on machines that had already been filled only minutes before by the trolly. (the trolly is about 4" in height, about 2" wide and and about 3" long. all it carries are canisters of coins and is designed so mass fills of slots can be done).
i don't know how long the had been watched but i was at work one day when security come barreling down the middle of the casino (not an uncommon thing unfortunately) but what was uncommon was that a few mins later police and security were walking down the centre of the gaming floor "escorting" the "patron" and 2 of the 3 employees, who were wearing some nice nickel bracelets. at the exact same time, a search warrant was executed on the residence of HD and his partner (who was one of the 3). under a couch they found about $50,000 in cash. it's believed that they got away with over $390,000.
end result: HD - 12 years in gaol.
attendants: between 6 and 10 years
patron: 11 years.
when i was working at the casino, there were some odd things happening - nothing major, just some people going through more paperwork than they should, and slots running out of coins quite quickly after they had been filled. This wasn't a big deal, as management likes a hard worker right? and machines going through coins? well lotsa people win small amounts.
well thats what we thought. but that was not the case. turns out what was happening was this:
there were a gang of six people (now known as Ocean's 6 around the casino). O6 consisted of 1 HD attendant (sometimes area boss, sometimes attendant, sometimes cashier) and 3 attendants (just cashiers and attendants) and 1 "punter".
the HD had access to the paperwork, was signing them out in random names and giving them to the other 3. whoever of the other 3 were attending would forge signatures and get a Hopper Fill done - this is worth $500. however instead of getting it in dollar coins, he'd get it in 100's and pass it off to the punters, as they would do this scam when one was HD, one was attending and one was cashiering. as the cameras didn't know if the slip was for a fill or a hand pay, they would be set.
they would than go to a machine, execute a fill and get the sequence number for the fill. this would put the fill in the computer, accounting for that $500 (essentially. there's a bit more to it than that).
however main bank started questioning all these fills that were coming through, especially on machines that had already been filled only minutes before by the trolly. (the trolly is about 4" in height, about 2" wide and and about 3" long. all it carries are canisters of coins and is designed so mass fills of slots can be done).
i don't know how long the had been watched but i was at work one day when security come barreling down the middle of the casino (not an uncommon thing unfortunately) but what was uncommon was that a few mins later police and security were walking down the centre of the gaming floor "escorting" the "patron" and 2 of the 3 employees, who were wearing some nice nickel bracelets. at the exact same time, a search warrant was executed on the residence of HD and his partner (who was one of the 3). under a couch they found about $50,000 in cash. it's believed that they got away with over $390,000.
end result: HD - 12 years in gaol.
attendants: between 6 and 10 years
patron: 11 years.
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