19. What’s
Yours Could Become Theirs. At a craps table, always
be aware of what bets you have in action. Some brazen
thieves like to snatch winning bets from neighboring
players. This can easily occur as many dealers place
the winning bets on the felt in the proximity of
the winning player, not directly in front of him.
A crook can just reach down and grab the win and
pretend it is his. If you aren’t aware that
you have just won a bet, the thief can actually
get away with this ploy. If you make a small scene
(“Hey, that’s my bet!”), the thief
will just pretend he got confused. By the way, often
in this situation the adjoining player did become
confused...so don’t assume when this happens
it really is a calculated attempt to steal -- but
also don’t let him get away with it! Know what
bets you have in action at all times.
20. You Aren’t
Irresistible. Men, if a beautiful woman (or even
a not-so-beautiful woman) approaches you in a casino
and expresses great admiration for your wit, attire,
looks, expression, or inner beauty (and the amount
you are betting), she’s either a hooker or
a crook. No man can be witty from afar and no man
is so devastatingly personable that women can read
his inner spirit from across a room. Women who aggressively
approach men in casinos should send up a red flag
of caution in you: Halt! Continuing this conversation
might lead to bodily injury due to disease or a
lessening of one’s bankroll due to diswalleting.
21. Bathroom Blues. Beware the bathrooms,
where no casino cameras can survey the area, and
where thieves come to do their dirty. The bathrooms
of casinos rarely have security guards. Attendants
are present in the better hotels but they are there
to see that the bathroom stays clean, not to prevent
patrons from getting cleaned out by criminals. Learn
a lesson from the woman whose purse was stolen because
she hung it up on the bathroom stall. Don’t
assume some long-armed thief won’t reach over
and grab your money when you are in no position
to stop them. Thankfully, many of the newer casinos
and the remodeled bathrooms have shelves by the
toilet paper where you can put your purse, or they
have hooks that are midway on the door. And men
at urinals are not so safe either. In Atlantic City
a gang of brazen thieves had a rather nasty modus
operandi. They would target senior citizens who
had just won some money and were on their way to
the bathroom. They would sneak up behind the poor
guy while he was at the urinal, put him in a stranglehold,
leave him unconscious on the bathroom floor, minus
his wallet, his chips, his jewelry and his dignity.
There’s little enough dignity in a bathroom
as it is, there is none when you wind up in this
situation. This ring was broken up in 1998 but that
doesn’t mean other enterprising urinologists
might not attempt to continue the tradition. So
men, you should seriously consider going into stalls
for all bodily functions and give the urinals a
wide berth.
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