Quote Originally Posted by KJ View Post
You are out in town when an elderly lady trying to put away her money drops a $10 bill vs in a casino, you see an elderly confused player leave $10 credits on a machine.
The latter is actually illegal in most jurisdictions and the former is illegal in all jurisdictions. This is not an ethical issue but a legal issue. It is illegal to take property belonging to another. It is called stealing. Just because the person may not realize you stole from them doesn't make it legal. You want that "found" property to be legally yours you take it to the police station and turn it in. If nobody claims it within a set time limit it is now legally your property. The jurisdictions I am familiar with that period is a month.