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Stumbled across this - LSU fans "cheat" casino sports book
Posted on 10/26/21 at 9:55 am
Posted on 10/26/21 at 9:55 am
I was in Vegas last week and I placed a small bet that I need to collect. I googled whether you can cash in a ticket from one MGM property at another since I will be passing Beau Rivage this weekend and the payoff is only $48. By the way, you can't.
Anyway, there is a story on line from 2020 about Bellagio's sports book errors with bet options not coming off line because the person entering it selected the wrong start time so the bet was available long after it should have been. Most bets were made at a self serve kiosk
From the article:
Walker said a college football bettor once placed a $3,000 halftime wager on Louisiana State late in the fourth quarter, when the bet couldn’t lose.
“Once I saw that bet come across the ticker in the fourth quarter, I was mortified,” he said.
The sportsbook locked out the ticket from cashing while Walker went to the MGM Grand to explain his mistake to the bettor.
“He gave me the story that they didn’t know and they were LSU fans. But yet you’re watching the game,” he said. “But it was 100 percent my fault. They were guests of the casino, so at that point I sided with them and it was a mistake we had to eat.”
The kicker came after Walker told the bettor he’d cash his $3,000 ticket.
“He said, ‘That’s great and, by the way, my brother also has a ticket,’ ” he said. “I think it was for $1,000. So I had to pay his brother, too.”
Anyway, there is a story on line from 2020 about Bellagio's sports book errors with bet options not coming off line because the person entering it selected the wrong start time so the bet was available long after it should have been. Most bets were made at a self serve kiosk
From the article:
Walker said a college football bettor once placed a $3,000 halftime wager on Louisiana State late in the fourth quarter, when the bet couldn’t lose.
“Once I saw that bet come across the ticker in the fourth quarter, I was mortified,” he said.
The sportsbook locked out the ticket from cashing while Walker went to the MGM Grand to explain his mistake to the bettor.
“He gave me the story that they didn’t know and they were LSU fans. But yet you’re watching the game,” he said. “But it was 100 percent my fault. They were guests of the casino, so at that point I sided with them and it was a mistake we had to eat.”
The kicker came after Walker told the bettor he’d cash his $3,000 ticket.
“He said, ‘That’s great and, by the way, my brother also has a ticket,’ ” he said. “I think it was for $1,000. So I had to pay his brother, too.”
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Posted on 10/26/21 at 10:01 am to Count deMonet
Cheat my arse.
They offered the bet
They offered the bet
Posted on 10/26/21 at 10:06 am to Solo Cam
Never feel bad for the house. They basically make 5% off every bet placed.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 10:08 am to Solo Cam
quote:
Cheat my arse.
They offered the bet
Exactly. If the customer had lost the bet, would the casino have refunded his $3000 due to "the wrong starting time being posted"?
Posted on 10/26/21 at 10:37 am to Basura Blanco
You can absolutely cash bets from other MGM properties at Beau. I just did it last Friday with winning tickets from Gold Strike in Tunica. Unless things have changed in the last 4 days or the property has to be in MS, then yes, you can
Posted on 10/26/21 at 10:40 am to bayoubengal4
Those books wipe their arse with $3000 toilet paper.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 10:42 am to Basura Blanco
Yeah this isn't a case of someone cheating a sports book. This is a case of an employee screwing up and the business having to pay. That happens in all fields of business, and good business and fair play says you pay the customer and eat that loss. Sucks, but that's the right way to do your business.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 10:50 am to bayoubengal4
quote:
You can absolutely cash bets from other MGM properties at Beau. I just did it last Friday with winning tickets from Gold Strike in Tunica. Unless things have changed in the last 4 days or the property has to be in MS, then yes, you can
Cool, thanks. There must be old info on line in forums, and Mandalay Bay's website didn't have anything other than redeem by mail.
I put cheat in quotes because it could be interpreted in different ways, but you're fooling yourself if you don't think it was stealing. What's the difference between that and picking up an LSU shirt on the rack at a tent vendor outside the stadium and just walking off. They just let it sit there to be taken without any anti-theft protection, amirite?
This post was edited on 10/26/21 at 10:52 am
Posted on 10/26/21 at 10:55 am to Count deMonet
I'm sure in your tiny Gump world if you subsituted "LSU" for "Alabama" you would assure everyone with ever fiber of your being that the Tide fan would have apologized and repaid the bet with interest. 
Posted on 10/26/21 at 11:05 am to I-59 Tiger
quote:
I-59 Tiger
Ha. The bet shouldn't have been placed.
I should change my team affiliation now that we fired O, but I'm waiting to see if I can be proud of our coach for the first time in a while. I'm an LSU grad, married to an LSU grad, LSU season ticket holder for 27 years - but Alabama is where my boys chose. Oldest son is back home at LSU med and all of the money we saved on undergrad is funding his med school tuition. So, yes, I like Alabama too. And to continue down this rabbit hole, the success of the Alabama athletic dept (football) helps fund my boy's scholarships.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 11:18 am to Count deMonet
Our fans aren’t savvy enough to pull this off.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 11:30 am to Clockwatcher68
quote:
You can absolutely cash bets from other MGM properties at Beau. I just did it last Friday with winning tickets from Gold Strike in Tunica. Unless things have changed in the last 4 days or the property has to be in MS, then yes, you can
I had the opposite situation as the OP. I had a winning ticket from Beau Rivage in September. Two weeks later I was at a MGM property in Las Vegas and I tried to cash in the ticket. The cashier was uncertain about cashing it so he called over the manager. The manager said they couldn't cash it in since the Beau Rivage is in another state and state laws come in to play then. So apparently the properties have to be in the same state as bayoubengal4 pointed out.
This post was edited on 10/26/21 at 11:32 am
Posted on 10/26/21 at 11:38 am to Gutsandbutts
nm
This post was edited on 10/26/21 at 11:40 am
Posted on 10/26/21 at 11:41 am to Gutsandbutts
quote:
They basically make 5% off every bet placed.
5%? Try 30%+
This post was edited on 10/26/21 at 11:41 am
Posted on 10/26/21 at 11:41 am to BigTiger80
quote:
I had the opposite situation as the OP. I had a winning ticket from Beau Rivage in September. Two weeks later I was at a MGM property in Las Vegas and I tried to cash in the ticket. The cashier was uncertain about cashing it so he called over the manager. The manager said they couldn't cash it in since the Beau Rivage is in another state and state laws come in to play then. So apparently the properties have to be in the same state as bayoubengal4 pointed out.
you can mail them the ticket and they will send you a check
Posted on 10/26/21 at 11:42 am to Count deMonet
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What's the difference between that and picking up an LSU shirt on the rack at a tent vendor outside the stadium and just walking off.
For this analogy to be accurate, the shirts would have to have a "Free, Take One." sign that wasn't supposed to be there.
And with that information added to the equation, neither is a crime.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 11:55 am to Count deMonet
quote:You are at the grocery store. You see a package of filet mignon in the meat section. But the butcher put the wrong code when printing the label, and it says ground chuck $3.99 a pound. You aren't stealing when you buy it. In fact deceptive trade and practice laws cover this. The store is obligated to sell at the price shown on the package.
but you're fooling yourself if you don't think it was stealing
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