Counting Stories

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When I saw "counting stories," this is the first thing I thought of (it's from the end of an episode of Modern Family that takes place in Vegas; one of the plots is, Jay (the character in the clip) keeps trying to get a room at the top level of the hotel, only to keep discovering that there's a higher level)



Bonus trivia: this is the only episode in the series where none of the "kids" appear at all

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Richard always has good stories.

Losing your cash horror stories

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Losing your cash horror stories

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That was a good video. Most of my carelessness with money has had to do with having a trip stake in my pocket before laundry day. So far the FBI hasn't come looking for me, for... you know...

For carrying money I go with a money belt worn down my pants. Any $100s that are not in a pocket with a button or zipper are in there. I can carry $50K without too much trouble in that. My play doesn't call for a trip BR of more than half that, but due to very good trips I have had more than that. That's when having an account at any interstate bank where you will be playing comes in handy. BofA, Wells Fargo, Chase. Then you can use that to moderate how much cash you are carrying to and fro, and if you have some kind of a jackpot that gets paid by check you have a place to put the check.

One of the benefits of the down-the-pants method is it's easy to physically defend. For someone to take that out of there, he would have to be standing right next to me, with his head somewhere near my shoulder level, and with his hands down. Anyone who is good at violence knows what is going to happen next. But don't count on deterrents because violent criminals can be remarkably stupid at fighting and will do things like that, or reaching through a door at someone or trying to go under a toilet stall at someone, all the stuff where you lose a body part to a prepared opponent. So be prepared to actually do something in response to an attack rather than just deterrence.

The thing he touched on a little but maybe not enough is being too friendly with people you meet in a casino. Specifically going to room parties (drugs), or bringing girls back to your room. Being an older guy I have a filter for that; girl in her 20s starts chatting me up, and I'm like "Yeah OK missy, what are you looking for?" But if I was also around the same age it could be just a girl likes a boy, totally innocent, and I might not be able to tell the difference. Likewise if I meet a lady my age she's probably just looking for someone to lay in bed and watch Hawaii-Five-O with, also totally innocent, but it's very unlikely a woman of age is involved in a robbery or badger crew in a casino so it is not symmetrical.

I had to look a little more closely at a frame in that video where the Canadian side only allows $10,000 Can.or at a $1.4085/$1 USD exchange rate around $7,100 USD. I saw another video where Canada recently outlawed purchases of over $10K-$15K in cash with their new AML rules. People can't buy a car for over that amount with cash. I don't know how that affects people walking into casinos with large amounts of cash. But $14.1K CAN is around $10K USD. You'll need some type of international bank access to shuffle large amounts of cash up there. I don't know if banks such as HSBC fill the bill or if there are other American bank branches still in Canada. Somebody mentioned to get a Wise card, but that's for smaller transactions.