US - Casino donates man’s winnings
7 December 2006, CASINO CITY NETWORK
ILLINOIS - As reported by the Illinois Daily Herald: “From a minute past midnight until 4:51 a.m. Friday, an insurance agent from Lombard was on the literal roll of his life.
“The craps table at Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin had never been so kind.
“But when he tried to cash in his $22,800 in chips, casino authorities took it all away, arrested him and charged him with criminal trespass.
“For this guy, even when he beats the odds, the casino still wins.
“According to the arrest report, the gambler enrolled in Illinois’ Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program for Problem Gamblers, which gives compulsive gamblers a financial incentive to stop. The program is a voluntary effort that promises participants anonymity, so the Daily Herald is identifying the man only as Nicholas.
“By enrolling in the program, Nicholas signed a form that states if self-excluded members are ‘found on an Illinois casino gambling, all chips and tokens clearly in their possession will be donated’ to an organization that helps compulsive gamblers.
“If there is a good thing about this, his check certainly will go toward helping to make other gamblers and problem gamblers aware of resources out there to get some help,; says Alex Roseborough, executive director of the Illinois Council on Problem Gambling, which will receive Nicholas’ $22,800 — the largest donation in the program’s four-year history” .
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ED: It is unclear to me how this person was able to place bets at the craps table when he had voluntarily signed a self-exclusion agreement? Why was he not stopped from entering at the door? If he had lost 5K. would the casino enforce the self-exclusion agreement? Casinos have security cameras throughout the premises and it can’t be that difficult to identify those who self-exclude if they sneak in. Casinos also have the financial resources to improve their security systems ie. facial recognition technology, etc. etc. if they really wanted to enforce their self-exclusion policies indicating that they are “responsible” corporations.
