MY Money mistakenly left in VP Machine stolen at the Orleans

You could have chosen to decline pressing charges if it meant that you would have had to come back from Missouri to appear in small claims court (the trip would have been much more expensive than the ticket value) but the very least they could have done was try to identify the person so that you would have the option to decide if you wanted to pursue it. Even if you decided not to press charges, Security would have the identity of a known thief who is preying on their customer base - what they could do (even though they can't do anything about the stolen money) is to ban that person from the premises for life. At least that would be something.

 

So let's do get the story straight.
A thief approached my machine after I left
He/she hit the "cash out" button
did money come out of the machine....No
a ticket came out of the machine for $242 of MY money
The thief took the ticket, which was not his, therefore it is stealing

Sorry you bothered to read this story and your best reply was the title isn't correct. SMH The thief had a ticket in his hand and it was stolen. It doesn't matter who physically pressed the cash out button, the result was a ticket and it was stolen.

 

Hahahaha. As a lawyer, thanks for the laugh.

"Well your honor, the wallet was on the ground, so it was lost. I was free to use their cash and credit cards. Because you know, they lost it"

You can be charged with theft for taking mislaid property.

 

I didn't say he didn't steel your money, I said it's not your ticket, it is his ticket, he even put $0.10 into the machine before cashed it out! He stolen you money, true.
You were a victim, but doesn't give you right to write a story with an inaccurate title. I just try to point it out.

 

I'm with Ty, abandoned money, to a casino for accounting purposes, are mostly those 8 cent TITO's we all have seen tossed away on the side of a quarter or dollar slot machine. Or it is money that an out of state player forgot to cash out, and the TITO expired. They had no intention of flying back to vegas for their 9 dollar TITO.

In OP's situation, they forgot to take their TITO (they did not purposely "abandon" it) they came back to retrieve it. But someone purposely stole what wasn't theirs.

So if someone steals a car, and their defense was "I know it isn't my car, but the keys were in it" it was theirs for the taking? Just because insurance might not cover a careless act doesn't mean the crime was not theft.

I "lost" my sunglasses on the buss once. I'll never see them again.

I took my sunglasses off and put them on the bar while I drank. 10 minutes later someone "stole" them from the bar. They were not "lost" this time. They were "stolen" by someone with the intent to take my rightful property as their own.

You can Lose something and someone can take something from you. It doesn't have to be by force.

My 3 year old daughter once left her pink tricycle in our backyard when she came in for a nap. Someone stole it from her while she slept. The only person that thinks this tricycle was not "stolen" was the thief that "found" my kids bike unguarded. Maybe in their mind she didn't want it any more. Afterall, if she did, why would she leave it out right?

People make mistakes, they leave their windows open and go for a walk. Some dick climbs in and robs them. Yes they were careless, and yes they gave someone else the opportunity to take what was not theirs. But that doesn't make it OK and it doesn't make anything "lost"

 

To be fair, the OP actually does have the right to title the thread whatever she likes. It is her thread, and her experience, after all. And, also in the name of fairness, It was actually a ticket that was taken out of the machine, not cold hard cash. Investing the princely sum of ten whole cents doesn't suddenly make it the thief's ticket!

 

Same thing in Washington. The scumbags will even wait for you to turn your head to talk to someone behind you, accidently bump into your table and take a ticket right off your table slicker than snot and you're none the wiser. I had hit a pick 3 for about $250, ticket was not on my table in front of me (literally less than 18 inches from my hand). I went up and immediately told the teller and they froze the ticket so it couldn't be cashed out. After about 20 minutes, when it hadn't been cashed, they re-issued the ticket and paid me out.

I once found a voucher in the betting machine there for about $150. I turned it in to the teller (and believe me ,there were people there telling me to "take it-its your lucky day" What???) I took it to the teller and asked what would happen to it. She said they would hold it until close, and if no one came to claim it ,it would be destroyed. I wonder if they are really destroyed, or if some teller takes home quite a bonus. But I knew I did the right thing, that money was not mine to take.

 

Legally, OP left her machine while her credit still in it. It's not the ticket was stolen.
Her credit in the machine was cashed out by someone else.
You want to say her credit was stolen, fine.

If someone stole your purse, you were a victim with all due rights,
but you can't tell the police saying your shoes were stolen. That's it.

 

Go home JeJas, you're drunk! Between your use of steel over steal and saying a TITO is not comparable to money (I assume that is what your purse/shoes dilemma was) I think you should slowly walk away from the keyboard.

If you really, really want OP to change the title of this thread to "My credits" instead of "My TITO" you must really get hung up on the smallest of things...

 

Honestly, I am not sure why it matters so much to you whether she calls it a ticket or cash. For the record, her CREDIT was in the machine. If someone ripped the slot machine out and walked away with it tucked under their arm, yes, I would definitely say they walked away with her CREDIT. But they didn't. They pushed a button. A ticket came out. They TOOK the ticket. They cashed the ticket. I am not sure how you can compare that to reporting that your shoes were stolen instead of your purse, because that doesn't compare at all to what happened.

 

Am I the only one that thinks that there are way too many shit house lawyers here? [emoji16]

 

So, now finding a wallet is the same as finding TITO? What about finding $20 on the ground? I'm a thief if I pocket it instead of calling the police?

What about when I place a fishing pole against the truck, and drive off? The next guy who finds it stole it from me?

If someone pushed you down and grabs the TITO you are a victim of a crime. If you carelessly leave it behind, that's not "stolen".

You didn't leave it in your car, or leave it in your backyard, or on your desk at work. You left it in a machine that other people have legal access to once you are done.

I've walked up to plenty of machines with .08 on them. Im a thief if I play that .08?

The OP had an unfortunate learning experience. Case closed.

Your witness.......

 

I am really sorry this happened to you. I got distracted after winning a jackpot at a local casino and left about 200 in a slot machine once. Of course winning the jackpot lessened the sting in my case but it's something that can happen to anyone - sorry others aren't more sympathetic.

 

All that needs to be said is " That is so terrible that happened! I am sympathetic to your situation, and I know things will be better in the future!" I don't see why anyone needs to rub salt in a wound. Can't we all just cheer for each other?

 

Oh for God's sake people, I edited the title to indicate MY MONEY, which I left in the machine, was stolen. Just another example of why I no longer post TR's or basically anything else on this board. If nothing else, this thread has proven there are some people who don't consider a lost ticket as equal to money (but I bet they cash their tickets for money) and some who think finders keepers is an ethical choice. Or that we're supposed to take our ethical cues from the insurance industry, right. Didn't mean to Trigger anyone and have the little title police come after me. Time for the title police to calm down and go blast someone else's thread.

Meanwhile, to those of you who shared similar experiences (altho some of you were quickly reminded of how careless you must be to drink and gamble). I hate this happens in our fun place.
diane

 

Well said Diane. And it's time for me to appropriately use this emoji for the first time ever.