#Like a thief in the night song lyrics full#
If I were a criminal I would rather rob a bank than a casino, because at least the cops would have plugged me dead full of bullets after a mass shootout. El Cortez will get you, you can run but you can't hide. Nobody, I mean nobody beats the house.nobody. I imagine he will get busted before the chance to "cash" in on his criminal activity finally pays off. Well unless perhaps he has a damn good makeup artist, considers going in drag, all the while hoping he had a master of designer in fake ID to accent another possible uneducated execution to cash in those chips. This guy wont be able to set foot on a Vegas Casino property so long as he shall live. If course so much for his "legal" gambling career. With of course a nice quiet room with his own mattress and 3 square meals a day and plenty of time yo mastermind his next decision in life. With a chip chip here, and a chip chip there, Ill grab a few stacks, even put 'em in my underwear.then head for the exit and the hot desert air." ( Wizard of Oz lyrics), his face plastered on every camera from the table to the door, and whatever camera that may have plucked his mug on the outside.all the way to his final mugshot at the prison where he shall remain there until he realizes how uneducated that act of thievery was.
We aren’t exactly dealing with a criminal genius, so it shouldn’t take long.
We look forward to hearing the aforementioned bonehead has been apprehended by law enforcement. Despite being competitors, casinos collaborate when it comes to preventing crime, and the lines of communication are very much open. Other downtown casinos were alerted to the crime right away. There was no mention of a weapon used in the theft, but even longtime dealers and floor managers would be riled after such an incident. We love El Cortez, and it’s a shame these folks have to deal with idiocy like this. Why risk one’s safety for worthless chips? These days, of course, casino personnel are instructed not to fight with criminals.
The robberies depicted in this scene from “Ocean’s Eleven” are fictional, but theft prevention in the early days of Vegas was definitely a lot more intimidating than it is now. Now seems like a good time to reflect upon a time when casino security functioned a smidge differently. We’re told El Cortez doesn’t use chips with RFID tags (old-school!), but they still have an array of surveillance and security measures in place. Again, their value was zero, except to chip collectors. RFID technology allows casinos to track chips and to render them useless if they suspect wrongdoing.īack in 2010, Bellagio was robbed, and RFID technology thwarted attempts to redeem chips. See, in many casinos, the chips contain RFID tags. It’s worth noting the old-school aspect of El Cortez, by the way. You mess with our friends, you mess with us. (Maybe more often than other casinos due to their location.) This guy won’t be able to enter the casino again, and if he does, it’s because El Cortez wants him to try and redeem chips so they can put his ass in jail. But mostly that first thing.Įl Cortez might be old-school, but they have encountered this type of dipshittery before. They’re in receipt of stolen property and also taking part in fraud.) (Same goes for a friend or stranger you may have sold the chip to. The casino doesn’t have to pay you, especially if they know you got the chips illegally. Casino chips aren’t actually worth anything.Ĭasino chips are an agreement between the casino and players that the chips have value, and to get money for the chips, you have to go to a casino “cage” and turn the chips in for money. Here’s why crimes like this are especially dumb, though. The majority of casino cameras are pointed toward, you guessed it, games of chance, including slot machines and (wait for it) table games. Even grade school children have heard the term “eye in the sky.” There are a number of reasons such crimes are misguided.įirst, while this hasn’t been widely publicized, Las Vegas casinos have security cameras. Such brazen thefts aren’t common in Las Vegas casinos, mainly because they’re so incredibly stupid. We got our hands on an exclusive surveillance photo of the incident. This hasn’t been confirmed by El Cortez, nor has the casino make a public statement about the theft. Our sources say the crook got $19,100 in chips. 6, 2022, the thief jumped onto the craps table and grabbed handsful of high denomination chips. In a bold and utterly moronic move, a man stole thousands of dollars in chips from a live dice table at downtown’s El Cortez casino.Īt 6:49 a.m.
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