Not impressed

In before the indignant bike crowd

And the robber's going to cash in those chips where?

Subby, most of the bikers I know could destroy you.

From what I saw on the news, those $25k chips have an electronic tag on them. So it'll be interesting if they can flag those specific chips and catch the person if he is stupid enough to cash them in.

Wrong type of biker. RTFA

Persnickety: And the robber's going to cash in those chips where?

My first thought. It's really stupid to rob a casino. It's super double stupid to rob a casino of chips.

...objects to your headline!

/ohhhh, *that* kind of biker

Please

Spending a dollar to act as though you were changing the world is so 2004. Today you can for it free with a picture of a cartoon on facebook.

Hypothetical Imperative: Persnickety: And the robber's going to cash in those chips where?

My first thought. It's really stupid to rob a casino. It's super double stupid to rob a casino of chips.

I'm sure there's a way to launder them.

Subby didn't RTFA.

photo of suspect

Vandall: Wrong type of biker. RTFA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRnxEZJCey4

"ohhhh! Biker! I'm an idiot..."

mrsirjojo: Please

Spending a dollar to act as though you were changing the world is so 2004. Today you can for it free with a picture of a cartoon on facebook.

Wrong thread?
Meth?
It's one of the two.

Was the valet holding his bike for him at the door?

"Do you need any help loading all those chips on your bike, Sir? I hope you enjoyed your stay at the Bellagio. Come again soon!"

Vandall: Wrong type of biker. RTFA

Vandall: Wrong type of biker. RTFA

So in England this would be a robbery of crisps?

/use the club waitresses to cash in the chips

You can use one casino's chips in another casino? WTH

Given that all the chips have RFID tags in them, and that the casino knows the ID associated with every single chip...

MAMILS

Middle Aged Men In Lycra Shorts.


Any Farkers want to suggest how the biker will cash his chips in?
Will he try and sell them at a much lower rate, and thus 'launder' the chips?
Go into the Bellagio and cash-in the chips a few hundred a time? Might take a while. Not sure if profit exceeds the risk of getting caught and having fingers broken.

I'm on the lookout for fat submitters who can't fit into skinny pants and haven't taken their rusted Huffy out of the garage in 20 years.

Donald_McRonald: Hypothetical Imperative: Persnickety: And the robber's going to cash in those chips where?

My first thought. It's really stupid to rob a casino. It's super double stupid to rob a casino of chips.

I'm sure there's a way to launder them.

Not really. High dollar chips in casinos are tracked very carefully and have practically no value once they leave the casino. If someone were to walk in to the Bellagio and try to cash in 50k worth of high-dollar chips the casino would verify how many they have on the floor and who won them before they paid out. It's easy to tell when someone is trying to cash stolen or counterfeit chips even if they aren't RFID tagged.

This is why they sell 100k chips for 10 bucks as souvenirs.

lenfromak: They will likely be riding in the lane of vehicle traffic, feet away from a perfectly good bike lane.

No one does that.

Lots43: You can use one casino's chips in another casino? WTH

in LV from casino to casino [in most cases, not all] and in casinos owned by same management company, yes. at least has been my experience.

there are 2-3 different Caesar casinos that I go to across the mid-west and they will take chips from each other.

Vandall: Wrong type of biker. RTFA

Is the headline a joke?

Maybe those chips need some dip..

So if the guy is caught with the chips (not trying to cash them in), would he get jail time consistent with stealing $1.5 million or a few hundred dollars worth of plastic? Or if he is caught trying to cash in x amount of chips in dollars would he get jail time consistent with stealing x amount in dollars, or just the equivalent to the amount of plastic?

11Casey: Subby, most of the bikers I know could destroy you.

Most of the bikers I've seen are playing dress up, and would really rather not scuff their boots.

i rule 34: 11Casey: Subby, most of the bikers I know could destroy you.

Most of the bikers I've seen are playing dress up, and would really rather not scuff their boots.

You sound bitter. Pic please.

This is bad news for...

Approves

DJ_Swammi: This is bad news for...

Why the fark is

a) he on the sidewalk

and

b) his pant leg not cuffed?

Moran.

Donald_McRonald: Hypothetical Imperative: Persnickety: And the robber's going to cash in those chips where?

My first thought. It's really stupid to rob a casino. It's super double stupid to rob a casino of chips.

I'm sure there's a way to launder them.

You can pass them through many hands in an effort to hide the thief, losing money along the way, but eventually somebody has to show up with a $25,000 chip and try to cash it in. Casinos already have relationships with all the high rollers. They get all the comps and personal visits from the management and are recognized on sight. The occasional high roller has those comp cards. A stranger showing up with $25,000 who is not in the system as having first traded in a comparable amount of cash will get a lot of attention.

Try showing up at a bank to make a $25,000 cash deposit and see what happens. Multiply that by 100 and that's the level of attention a casino will give you if you try to make a large "withdrawl" without having first made a "deposit".

And then there's the old uneasy feeling most of us still have about Vegas. Yes, we've been told time and time again that it's not the 50s and they casinos aren't run by the mob anymore, but... well, they'd still say if it wasn't all true, wouldn't they? A casino sure seems like an awfully convenient way for organized crime to launder millions of cash so I have a hard time believing they all just turned tail and left. So with that in mind, I can't think of a stupider thing in this world than stealing from the mafia.

+1 for balls
-1.5 million for lack of brains.

RFID tagged - he just stole $0.12 worth of colored plastic.

Vandall: Wrong type of biker. RTFA