1.
Pocket Watch. In a casino, men, you should never
keep your wallets in your back pockets. Get a shirt
with a pocket in front that buttons and keep your
money in there. Some savvy craps players even keep
a “dummy” wallet in their back pockets.
The Captain does this. He keeps his money in his
front shirt pocket, double-buttoned, but he has
a nice big, fat wallet in his back pocket as well.
He figures that if he’s confronted by a thief
inside a casino, the thief will automatically go
for the wallet, get it and run. If the Captain’s
wallet is stolen, the criminal finds himself with
shredded paper instead of big bills and a note that
reads: “Why don’t you get a real job,
creep?”
2. Purse Position.
In a casino, women, never put your purse on the
floor, or on the drink shelf that surrounds the
craps table at thigh level, or between slot machines.
Doing so is an invitation to long-armed thieves.
Keep your purse wrapped securely around your shoulder.
Some blackjack tables now come equipped with a “purse
holder” that fits into the space between the
felt and the cushion. You can wrap your purse strings
around it and anyone trying to take it will have
to steal the entire table as well. Or keep your
purse on your lap covered by your arm, or keep it
in your hands. The bottom line is to make the thief
realize that it is going to take quite an effort
to dislodge you from your purse.
3. Strapped
for Cash. Women, for casino, hotel and tourist purposes
get a small pocketbook that you double strap to
your shoulder whenever you go for a stroll. In fact,
if you have a coat, always keep your purse under
your coat so that any would-be purse snatcher has
to get through the coat first. Wrap the straps around
your arm twice. By double strapping your purse,
anyone who tries to take it will have to take you
with it. The beautiful A.P.’s Aunt Katherine
has an odd ploy that she has developed to confuse
would-be purse snatchers. She usually carries three
pocketbooks! The purse snatcher only has a one in
three chance of getting the right one and the right
one is usually under her coat!
4. Chip Arrangements.
Craps players of either sex: when you arrange your
chips in the rack in front of you, do so as the
casino does -- put your highest denomination chips
in the center, your lowest on the ends, and everything
else in between. Always ask for $10 worth of one
dollar chips and put five on one end and five on
the other end. If you have two racks, ask for $20
and put five and five, five and five. Railbirds
-- which is what those predators are called who
try to steal chips from unsuspecting craps players
usually while the player is shooting -- take the
chips that are on the outside. It is very difficult
to remove chips in the center of the chip rack as
these are tightly bunched together and right in
front of you. Chances are railbirds won’t be
interested in your dollar chips and will move on.
Blackjack players, you should put small-denomination
chips on top of large-denomination chips. This will
prevent “palmers” from being able to get
to the big money when they distract you.
5. Beware the
Watchers. Don’t let strangers watch the game
from over your shoulder. For example, craps is a
game that normally attracts onlookers. But if someone
is getting too close to you, just ask the floorperson
to tell the individual to move back. Usually thieves
don’t like to have any attention paid to them
and they will quickly move on. Alerting the floorperson
will also give you a pair of eyes that can look
the folks behind you square in the face.
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