Caution - Pick up dropped tokens at casino is a crime

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Will you pick up tokens, chips that someone had dropped on the floor, or left in the gaming machines of casino?

 

Our natural response will be a big YES. Thats free money.

 

But please pause a moment.

 

This free money comes with a hefty price tag of theft.

 

Casinos are well covered by CCTV cameras, and trained CCTV obervers. these are not ordinery car CCTV, they are HD quality mega pixel CCTV cameras.

 

It is true, some people had been charged in court for picking up tokens, game credits that does not belong to them.

 

So MCFers please remember, if its not yours, hand it to casino staff.

 

 

[Zniper]

the arguments will be tat anyone will be stupid if dun pick up these dropped stuffs... unless casino themselves purposely drop them to sabo ppl, which i doubt is the case...

[Buzzzz]

if someone had dropped it.. and u happened to find it of cos will pick it up.

 

any idea which law that states the offence bro? if picking it up is an offence, then the one who dropped it have abetted the offence also. by aiding..

 

 

[Vhtfhwlego]

My wifey dropped a chip and she pick it up.

Was scolded by those bankers.

Anyway, if that you spot a chip, ask the banker to pick it up for you;.

[Freestylers09]

LOL

 

then everytime purposely drop..lol,machiam do up and down exercise..lol

 

wah what funny rule they imposing sia..

[So_nice]

pick up not a crime. pick up and use for ur own benefit is.

[Chewbacca]

My wifey dropped a chip and she pick it up.

Was scolded by those bankers.

Anyway, if that you spot a chip, ask the banker to pick it up for you;.

 

Hahaha, what?

 

That's the silliest rule I've ever heard.

 

If I didn't have to pay that $100, I'd go in, keep on dropping chips and asking a banker to pick it up.

 

Bloody bollocks.

 

[Zanter]

pick up not a crime. pick up and use for ur own benefit is.

 

All boils down to intention. If you pick up with intention to convert to your own use, then it falls under sec 403 of the Penal Code but if you pick up with intention to return to rightful owner then you are one of the few honest person around. Many people pick up hp will not return but will missappropriate it.

 

 

Dishonest misappropriation of property

403. Whoever dishonestly misappropriates or converts to his own use movable property, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, or with fine, or with both.

Illustrations

 

 

(a) A takes property belonging to Z out of Z

Edited September 29, 2010 by Zanter

[Chewbacca]

Isn't there a fuzzy law, that states that after reasonable effort to return the property to the rightful owner, you can keep if for yourself?

[Zanter]

Isn't there a fuzzy law, that states that after reasonable effort to return the property to the rightful owner, you can keep if for yourself?

 

 

Got! Its called the Law of the Jungle

[Kangadrool]

Their reasoning could be

 

The chips belong to the casino. For money, it belongs to the gahmen. The chips/money is just facilitating payment.

[Zanter]

Nah, its just the crime of misappriopriation, you take something which is not yours and convert to your own use, even though you may not know the ownership of that item. Same offence if you pick up money. I think small change nobody will borther, say if you pick up 1 million dropped from armored truck...can use bo? Use 1st think later? . Yeah well end up in jail you will.

[Buzzzz]

All boils down to intention. If you pick up with intention to convert to your own use, then it falls under sec 403 of the Penal Code but if you pick up with intention to return to rightful owner then you are one of the few honest person around. Many people pick up hp will not return but will missappropriate it.

 

 

Dishonest misappropriation of property

403. Whoever dishonestly misappropriates or converts to his own use movable property, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, or with fine, or with both.

Illustrations

 

 

(a) A takes property belonging to Z out of Z