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Records: Man accused of scamming St. Louis slots is cross-country cheater
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| 16 June 2023
| Mitch McCoy
Posted on 06/17/2023 9:25:58 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
St. Louis County authorities said 29-year-old Tio Robinson is facing a felony stealing charge (Class C felony) because the value totaled more than $25,000.
Investigators said Robinson, along with other men, were able to obtain winnings from the machines by altering a $100 bill with a string attached, then pulling it out, ultimately tricking the machine into thinking money had been inserted.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: string
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The old string on the C note trick!
Still works.
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posted on
06/17/2023 9:25:58 AM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
What kind of crappy casino would have machines you could do that to? Is it part of a roadside petting zoo?
To: DUMBGRUNT
I can’t believe something the Little Rascals did in the 1930’s hasn’t been overcome.
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posted on
06/17/2023 9:31:25 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
To: Tijeras_Slim
—”What kind of crappy casino would have machines you could do that to?”
Most likely the gambling devices are state approved and sold by an approved vendor. Who happens to be the brother-in-law of a politician with some clout.
Hopefully, this keeps him off the dole and the sister happy.
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posted on
06/17/2023 9:34:50 AM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Saw ‘em do the same with nickels in old Warner Brothers cartoons!
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posted on
06/17/2023 9:35:29 AM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Tijeras_Slim
Evidently the slot machines were in grocery stores.
So how’s that for giving the consumer a choice? Spend money to feed your family or play the slots instead.
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posted on
06/17/2023 9:37:43 AM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: Leaning Right
Says it all about the state of the country these days.
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posted on
06/17/2023 9:38:24 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Leaning Right
—”So how’s that for giving the consumer a choice? Spend money to feed your family or play the slots instead.”
And just like Lotto tickets; a tax on stupid.
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posted on
06/17/2023 9:39:36 AM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Excellent choice for a position in the Biden Crime Family Administration.
To: Leaning Right
Evidently the slot machines were in grocery stores. Clearly, you have NOT been to Reno. Or Las Vegas. Or Pahrump.
The bloody slot machines are everywhere.
Almost.
I haven't seen them in restroom stalls.
Yet ...
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posted on
06/17/2023 9:41:44 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: DUMBGRUNT
When I was a kid we spent the summer in the Catskills. I heard stories about "alleged" wise guys at the bottom of just about every lake in Sullivan Cty.
One such urban legend that was true was Walter Sage, involved with a crew that handled illegal slot machines in the resorts up there. In 1937 he was pulled out of Swan Lake, not too far from where Woodstock took place decades later. Apparently he too got greedy but suffered a much worse fate than these scammers. Some things never change.
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posted on
06/17/2023 9:46:04 AM PDT
by
Impala64ssa
(81 million votes my ass!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
...by altering a $100 bill with a string attached...So this guy didn't use the Government installed string that all US Dollars are factory equipped with at the Fed, to pull back money from the American people?
All he needed to use that string was to Bribe Biden.
He'd have been Home Free!
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posted on
06/17/2023 9:46:42 AM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Celebrate Decivilization)
To: NorthMountain
> The bloody slot machines are everywhere. <
I live in a rust-belt state, far from Las Vegas. Slot machines are now appearing in grocery stores near me. And there are two pawn shops within a five-minute drive from my house.
I never saw any of that when I was a kid. But back then, the steel mills were going full blast. The mills are now gone, replaced by slot machines, pawn shops, and dollar stores.
I guess we’ll have to rely on imported Chinese steel if we ever get into a war with China. Oh, wait. That won’t work at all.
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posted on
06/17/2023 9:51:50 AM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Idea taken from Top Cat? (Inflation)
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posted on
06/17/2023 10:02:31 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
To: Tijeras_Slim
Don’t forget the midgets ; )
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posted on
06/17/2023 10:06:10 AM PDT
by
leaning conservative
(snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Cuz only the casinos are allowed to scam ppl
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posted on
06/17/2023 10:58:36 AM PDT
by
Justa
(If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Clear packing tape.... Or so I’ve heard....
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posted on
06/17/2023 12:14:56 PM PDT
by
Organic Panic
(Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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