That's likely right, since the majority of 4-figure tickets I've taken to cages were under $3000, and it could very well be that the places where I've cashed in the larger ones knew me well.
However, I've seen exceptions to that $3000 cash transaction rule (of which I was unaware until now) also, and it could be employee ignorance. Last Sept. I hit a dollar royal at a bar in Pahrump while waiting for a take-out pizza. They told me I'd have to come back in 2-3 hours because they didn't have the cash, which I did, but they paid me in 20's. I then went right over to Terrible's (Gold Town now) and asked for 40 hundreds, which I received no questions asked.
And speaking of the Silverton....early this year before being told I wouldn't be welcome to play there any longer, I went to the cage to cash a $3300 ticket. It took longer than usual (as does everything in the casino at that place) but they did not ask for an ID. I'm not aware of them knowing me because I've never talked to any employee there other than the chit-chat on handpays, and I never talk to casino hosts anywhere.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Bob Dancer <bobdancervp@...> wrote:
> I have. Many times. The casinos MUST fill out paperwork every time someone has a cash transaction of $3,000 or more and additional paperwork for $10,000 or more. If the casino cage knows you (perhaps you are a regular customer and they have your ID on file --- whether from a line of credit, W2Gs, known players file, . . .something) then they can dispense with asking you to show ID. But they still fill out the paperwork using your information on file. At the Silverton, they ask for ID for $1200 or more. In the cases we've been talking about here, the people turning in "found" tickets are not known to the casinos. These people will definitely be asked to show ID for amounts of $3000 or more --- sometimes less. If the tickets are small enough, most players take them to the change machines rather than the cage. There are still cameras on the transactions at most places, but not as much as at the casino cage. Bob
