Slot Machine Thief

It goes without saying that you don’t take something that is not yours. This is a concept that is pretty universal, and yet some people still have a hard time with that. When it comes to slot machines the rule is the same as it is anywhere else – only a bit more specific. You don’t take a cash ticket from any one else’s slot machine – simply because it is not yours.

However, every now and then you see someone coming along and trying to pilfer someone else’s winning by taking their ticket out of their slot machine. Some people leave the ticket in the slot machine as a show that they are still using the machine while they go to the rest room or such.

Whether you want the slot machine or not, you don’t take their ticket; you simply see if you can find another machine. If there are no others around and you have to have that slot machine you can take the ticket out and put it on top for the person when they return, but you cannot take it and pretend that it is yours as this is illegal.

A Shreveport man thought that he could get away with it, but was caught and arrested. He took a $290 cash ticket from a slot machine at the downtown casino Sam’s Town Casino and was arrested for doing so. The casino had video surveillance and caught him red handed taking the ticket out of the slot machine. He was taken to the City Jail and booked with misdemeanor theft.
 

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