Parx winner followed home and murdered.

A NJ man won a jackpot in excess of $10,000 at Parx Casino only to be followed home and murdered in a home invasion. The suspect followed his victim more than 50 miles to his house, then broke in and shot the man while the mans family slept upstairs.

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A NJ man won a jackpot in excess of $10,000 at Parx Casino only to be followed home and murdered in a home invasion. The suspect followed his victim more than 50 miles to his house, then broke in and shot the man while the mans family slept upstairs.
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While I didn’t read the exact circumstances, but cash hand pays done in such a public way aren’t good, imo.

Watch this guy. 5:50 start. Look at the stack of 100’s sitting on the slot machine. Completely reckless and unnecessary.

https://youtu.be/iRxNzr-G0PY

This happened at my local casino several years ago.

A guy cashed out at the cage for several thousand. The cage girl gave the winner's address to her thug boyfriend. Thug boyfriend went to the dude's house at 3am and killed him.

And that's part of why anonymity at all times, and a bodyguard sometimes, aren't bad ideas. If you have something to lose.

It's time for me to gratuitously drop a link to one of my articles.

Seriously, though, there was one from Kansas City (last month) towards the end:

https://wizardofvegas.com/articles/news-and-notes-10-4-2021/

I sometimes get nervous about this too. There are a lot of drug dealers from Detroit living in the Charleston/Huntington area and if you google our local news you will see one arrested almost daily. They also frequent Mardi Gras a lot. I am super concious about my surroundings when I walk to my car and do keep a 9mm in my car, but not on my person.

I also one time found a stack of money on the ground and a Detroit drivers license. I picked it up, and gave it to the guy who I saw playing roulette. He was super appreciative and bought me a couple drinks and gave me a small token for the honesty. Many of my friends asked why I didn't just keep the money. Stories like this are exactly why I didnt want to risk him seeing me pick it up and potentially kill me.

No amount of money is worth my life.

I'm wondering in Parx is particularly prone to this. From a 2016 new story:
Somerton home invasion victim thinks suspects followed him from Parx

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my suggestions for leaving a casino with cash and justifiable security concerns:



1._______do a trial run of leaving the casino - walk out to the parking lot (assuming you have a car) but don't walk near your car - walk
about 100 yards away from your car

while you're doing this take a look at the characters to see if any are watching you

then go back into the casino

assuming you've seen nothing suspicious then leave the casino from a different exit and go to your car still paying close attention

if you're walking you do basically the same thing except it might be wise to make 2 trips back into the casino since you
don't have a car which itself can provide some security

2._______when driving stop as soon as possible at a well lit and busy convenience store or gas station and again scope out if anybody is following you

if walking you can do the same thing if possible
if driving check your rear view and side view mirrors frequently

3.__________________________________always have your cell out and in view so anyone can see you can easily and quickly call 911

4._____________________________________________if anybody ever confronts you with a weapon immediately give him or them all your cash

do not fight - your life is much more valuable than your cash



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This is something I probably should be more aware of. I’m curious though. Going from Parx into NJ is not a short trip around the corner and it’s well traveled. How do you not notice someone following you for that long? I would be questioning every employee who interacted with him that night.

I never asked this but would a casino wire transfer money to your bank account?

Of course this is something for non anonymous players.

If casinos won't write a check for less than $5K or $10K, I doubt they're gonna piddle around with wiring money for less, unless you wire them money first.

Many of the people I see at the Bubble Craps machine have a thick wad of hundred dollar bills. It's always high roller night there, especially with no $5-$10 tables in sight, and most table games have a $25 or $50 minimum..

I hit a jackpot and concerned about potential "envious eyes" watching / scheming I told the attendant "let's finalize this in the high limit lounge."

No problem, she gave me the cash in a private setting.

If I ever hit a really nice hand pay I'll request payment by check.

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I hit a jackpot and concerned about potential "envious eyes" watching / scheming I told the attendant "let's finalize this in the high limit lounge."

No problem, she gave me the cash in a private setting.

If I ever hit a really nice hand pay I'll request payment by check.
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That seems to be the easy solution. Collect a check.

Will casinos issue you a check instead of taking cash home?

Quote: TDVegas

Will casinos issue you a check instead of taking cash home?

I can't speak for Las Vegas casinos, but I know that the tribal casino I frequent, Chinook Winds, will pay any jackpot amount by check if asked to do so.

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I hit a jackpot and concerned about potential "envious eyes" watching / scheming I told the attendant "let's finalize this in the high limit lounge."

No problem, she gave me the cash in a private setting.

If I ever hit a really nice hand pay I'll request payment by check.
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That'll solve the having a ton of cash for them to steal, but maybe not the getting robbed part. The would-be assailants might just watch for the jackpot to be hit and are probably a little more discreet than to stare someone down the whole time.

I’ve received checks for table game winnings between 5000 - 10000 (and of course, above). Bank wires - I’ve never asked for any winnings under about forty thousand but I assume they’d do it for any verified winnings over 5000?

But as Mission points out, if the would be robbers think you have the cash on you, that you got a check or had it wired wouldn't matter.

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I hit a jackpot and concerned about potential "envious eyes" watching / scheming I told the attendant "let's finalize this in the high limit lounge."

No problem, she gave me the cash in a private setting.

If I ever hit a really nice hand pay I'll request payment by check.
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That won't prevent someone from following you home and doing a home invasion.

There is an iPhone app called Noonlight. I don’t remember the name for android. Like a panic button.

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This is something I probably should be more aware of. I’m curious though. Going from Parx into NJ is not a short trip around the corner and it’s well traveled. How do you not notice someone following you for that long?
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It's mostly major interstate. Most of the time your focus is on keeping an eye out for speed-traps, not looking in the rear view mirror for a possible tail.