Are casinos responsible for lost tickets?

4 Jan 2010

By John Robison

First of all, love reading your column. It gives me better understanding of how slots work. But my question is although I love the facts that some casinos look out for you if you may lose a TITO. But why on the back of the ticket it states that the casino assumes no responsibility for a lost or stolen ticket. And called on it isn't the ticket stating this legally binding.

Thanks for the kind words about my column.

The examples of lost tickets we've had the past few weeks all had happy endings for the people who lost the tickets. They reported the loss before someone tried to redeem the tickets, so the casino was able to void the lost tickets and issue new ones.

But what if someone had already redeemed the tickets? This is when the notice comes into effect. How is the casino to know whether someone truly lost a ticket? Someone could be running a scam in which he or a confederate redeems a ticket and then he reports it missing. Moreover, there's only so much a casino can do if someone redeems your ticket. The casino probably has surveillance footage of the person, but if he or she is not known by the casino, it will have a hard time trying to get your money back.

Best of luck in and out of the casinos,
John

Send your slot and video poker questions to John Robison, Slot Expert, at slotexpert@comcast.net. Because of the volume of mail I receive, I regret that I can't reply to every question.

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	Are casinos responsible for lost tickets? 4 Jan 2010 By John Robison <a href='https://ad.casinocity.com/adclick.php?n=a21efcd1'><img src='https://ad.casinocity.com/adview.php?what=-site:vendors/width:250/RON&n=a21efcd1' border='0' alt='' /></a> First of all, love reading your column. It gives me better understanding of how slots work. But my question is although I love the facts that some casinos look out for you if you may lose a TITO. But why on the back of the ticket it states that the casino assumes no responsibility for a lost or stolen ticket. And called on it isn't the ticket stating this legally binding. Thanks for the kind words about my column. The examples of lost tickets we've had the past few weeks all had happy endings for the people who lost the tickets. They reported the loss before someone tried to redeem the tickets, so the casino was able to void the lost tickets and issue new ones. But what if someone had already redeemed the tickets? This is when the notice comes into effect. How is the casino to know whether someone truly lost a ticket? Someone could be running a scam in which he or a confederate redeems a ticket and then he reports it missing. Moreover, there's only so much a casino can do if someone redeems your ticket. The casino probably has surveillance footage of the person, but if he or she is not known by the casino, it will have a hard time trying to get your money back. Best of luck in and out of the casinos, John Send your slot and video poker questions to John Robison, Slot Expert, at slotexpert@comcast.net. Because of the volume of mail I receive, I regret that I can't reply to every question. This article is provided by the Frank Scoblete Network. Melissa A. Kaplan is the network's managing editor. If you would like to use this article on your website, please contact Casino City Press, the exclusive web syndication outlet for the Frank Scoblete Network. To contact Frank, please e-mail him at fscobe@optonline.net. Are casinos responsible for lost tickets? is republished from CasinoCityTimes.com.