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Thread: SpiderMan: $$Belt or Safe Deposit Box?

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    SpiderMan
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    SpiderMan: $$Belt or Safe Deposit Box?

    If u carry losts of cash to LV, is it safer to put it in your $$Belt or in one of the Safe Deposit Boxes in the casinos u play in most?

    Another stupid Q(which I've asked on this website long ago but which I forgot...).

    What is a marker?

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    cvgtpc1
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    cvgtpc1: Re: $$Belt or Safe Deposit Box?

    > If u carry losts of cash to LV, is it safer
    > to put it in your $$Belt or in one of the
    > Safe Deposit Boxes in the casinos u play in
    > most?

    > Another stupid Q(which I've asked on this
    > website long ago but which I forgot...).

    > What is a marker?

    Are you talking about transporting or storing?

    A marker, at least where I play, is like a cash advance on a check. The amount determines how long before they "cash" the check. You're give 30 days to pay back up to $5k, 60 days on higher amounts. Not sure how it works in Vegas.

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    Parker
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    Parker: Re: $$Belt or Safe Deposit Box?

    > If u carry losts of cash to LV, is it safer
    > to put it in your $$Belt or in one of the
    > Safe Deposit Boxes in the casinos u play in
    > most?

    It is safer to leave it in a safe deposit box. It is also less convenient.

    > Another stupid Q(which I've asked on this
    > website long ago but which I forgot...).

    > What is a marker?

    If you have established credit with a casino, or deposited "front money" at the casino cage, you then sign a marker and they give you chips to play with.

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    SpiderMan
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    SpiderMan: Re: $$Belt or Safe Deposit Box?

    > If you have established credit with a
    > casino, or deposited "front money"
    > at the casino cage, you then sign a marker
    > and they give you chips to play with.

    How exactly could one do that, Parker? I've never been to Vegas before.

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    Parker
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    Parker: Casino credit and markers

    > How exactly could one do that, Parker? I've
    > never been to Vegas before.

    Applying for credit at a casino isn't much different from applying for credit anywhere else. You fill out a form, supplying bank account numbers, etc. Assuming that your bank balance is sufficient and nothing negative turns up with Central Credit (a credit reporting agency used by casinos), then your line of credit is approved.

    Front money is even simpler. You make a cash deposit at the cage, just like depositing money in a bank, or you can arrange for your bank to do a wire transfer, thus avoiding traveling while carrying a large sum of cash.

    When you sit down at the table, you simply hand your players card to the pit critter and request a marker for $500, $1000, or whatever. You are given the chips and you start playing. At some point they bring you the actual "marker" to sign. It looks like a check, and in the case of a credit line, functions like one. If you don't pay off the marker before you leave, they deposit the marker and your bank treats it like a check.

    All this can be quite convenient, and eliminates the necessity of carrying around large amounts of cash.

    The downside is that you cannot play anonymously, or under another name. Also, the casinos take a dim view of someone taking out a marker, playing a few hands, and heading for the casino down the street.

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    cvgtpc1
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    cvgtpc1: Re: Casino credit and markers

    You can also call ahead, the casino will fax you the form, and you can have your credit line ready before you get there. (the big strip resorts will do this, not sure about the small properties)

    > Applying for credit at a casino isn't much
    > different from applying for credit anywhere
    > else. You fill out a form, supplying bank
    > account numbers, etc. Assuming that your
    > bank balance is sufficient and nothing
    > negative turns up with Central Credit (a
    > credit reporting agency used by casinos),
    > then your line of credit is approved.

    > Front money is even simpler. You make a cash
    > deposit at the cage, just like depositing
    > money in a bank, or you can arrange for your
    > bank to do a wire transfer, thus avoiding
    > traveling while carrying a large sum of
    > cash.

    > When you sit down at the table, you simply
    > hand your players card to the pit critter
    > and request a marker for $500, $1000, or
    > whatever. You are given the chips and you
    > start playing. At some point they bring you
    > the actual "marker" to sign. It
    > looks like a check, and in the case of a
    > credit line, functions like one. If you
    > don't pay off the marker before you leave,
    > they deposit the marker and your bank treats
    > it like a check.

    > All this can be quite convenient, and
    > eliminates the necessity of carrying around
    > large amounts of cash.

    > The downside is that you cannot play
    > anonymously, or under another name. Also,
    > the casinos take a dim view of someone
    > taking out a marker, playing a few hands,
    > and heading for the casino down the street.

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    Hard 8 :: ::
    Guest

    Hard 8 :: ::: Re: I've had good luck with

    extra pockets sewn onto the insides of my shirt tails. Works fine for up to about $12k in centuries.

    You have to wear baggy pants or you start gettng interested looks.

    :: ::

    > If u carry losts of cash to LV, is it safer
    > to put it in your $$Belt or in one of the
    > Safe Deposit Boxes in the casinos u play in
    > most?

    > Another stupid Q(which I've asked on this
    > website long ago but which I forgot...).

    > What is a marker?

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    litcrit
    Guest

    litcrit: Re: I've had good luck with

    Don't the wands at airport security detect the bundles?

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    suicyco maniac
    Guest

    suicyco maniac: Airports

    > Don't the wands at airport security detect
    > the bundles?

    I also sew in pockets in my clothes. I can carry 50k with it being a little bulky looking but 30K is no problem at all. Also I have been singled out for additional searches and they have never found the cash. I always make sure I have absolutly NO METAL on me at all not even buttons or a zipper. Just my 2 cents SM

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    Parker
    Guest

    Parker: Yes, indeed

    > Don't the wands at airport security detect
    > the bundles?

    It will -- there is a metallic strip in a Franklin.

    However, you need a substantial amount ($20K will do it), and you must be one of those obsessive-compulsive types who has to have his stacks of bills bundled together with them all facing the same way.

    The best plan is to have the money in several pockets, money belts, etc., arranged all over your body.

    Then make sure you get rid of all your metal (take off the belt, shoes, etc.), so you avoid the secondary inspection (and the wand) entirely.

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    suicyco maniac
    Guest

    suicyco maniac: Parker

    > It will -- there is a metallic strip in a
    > Franklin.

    > However, you need a substantial amount ($20K
    > will do it), and you must be one of those
    > obsessive-compulsive types who has to have
    > his stacks of bills bundled together with
    > them all facing the same way.

    > The best plan is to have the money in
    > several pockets, money belts, etc., arranged
    > all over your body.

    > Then make sure you get rid of all your metal
    > (take off the belt, shoes, etc.), so you
    > avoid the secondary inspection (and the
    > wand) entirely.

    I have passed the wand inspection with bundles of 5K stuffed all over my body with no problems at all. I take it you didnt?

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    Parker
    Guest

    Parker: Re: Parker

    > I have passed the wand inspection with
    > bundles of 5K stuffed all over my body with
    > no problems at all. I take it you didnt?

    Nope.

    As I said, it takes about $20K or more in a single bundle, with all the bills aligned facing the same way.

    If you don't have more than $5K together in one spot, you should be fine.

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    suicyco maniac
    Guest

    suicyco maniac: Re: Parker

    > As I said, it takes about $20K or more in a
    > single bundle, with all the bills aligned
    > facing the same way.

    Just wondering how you knew the 20K number? SM

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