ieatcrayonz Posted December 15, 2010 Posted December 15, 2010 Doofus Exhibit A in how to screw up a robbery. Let's see, where can I spend these $1.8 M in Bellagio poker chips? At Best Buy? Target? Wal-Mart? Can I put them into the bank? What do you mean I have to go back to Bellagio? I can see next week's headline already: "Canadian man arrested in Bellagio Heist".
DC Tom Posted December 15, 2010 Posted December 15, 2010 Doofus Exhibit A in how to screw up a robbery. Let's see, where can I spend these $1.8 M in Bellagio poker chips? At Best Buy? Target? Wal-Mart? Can I put them into the bank? What do you mean I have to go back to Bellagio? I can see next week's headline already: "Canadian man arrested in Bellagio Heist". Robbing the Bellagio: $1.8M. Exchanging witty repartee with George Clooney and Brad Pitt: priceless.
Beerball Posted December 15, 2010 Posted December 15, 2010 Doofus Exhibit A in how to screw up a robbery. Let's see, where can I spend these $1.8 M in Bellagio poker chips? At Best Buy? Target? Wal-Mart? Can I put them into the bank? What do you mean I have to go back to Bellagio? I can see next week's headline already: "Canadian man arrested in Bellagio Heist". that's no Canadian, that's Aaron Maybin!
Nanker Posted December 15, 2010 Posted December 15, 2010 Who are you calling an idiot? I looked anyway.
DrDawkinstein Posted December 15, 2010 Posted December 15, 2010 are casino chips individually numbered with serial numbers? couldnt this guy effectively sell off the chips for, lets say $500,000 to other people so they can cash them in? honestly asking, dont have much experience with casinos.
EZC-Boston Posted December 15, 2010 Posted December 15, 2010 most casinos accept other casinos chips, so you wouldn't just have to go to Bellagio. They're not numbered or anything but you probably have to cash them in slowly to avoid drawing too much attention.
Chef Jim Posted December 15, 2010 Posted December 15, 2010 most casinos accept other casinos chips, so you wouldn't just have to go to Bellagio. They're not numbered or anything but you probably have to cash them in slowly to avoid drawing too much attention. I say let him cash them in, keep the money and pay the taxes. Helps with the deficit and helps stimulate the economy with him spending all that money.
ieatcrayonz Posted December 15, 2010 Author Posted December 15, 2010 that's no Canadian, that's Aaron Maybin! 5'10" 220? Maybinot? I don't think Aaron put on 50 pounds between Sunday and Tuesday. And although that guy is walking briskly through the lobby, that is no legendary first step. The film doen't lie. Plus the fact that the film seems to indicate that the dudes name is Porte Cochere which sounds Franch Canadian like my original theory.
Nanker Posted December 16, 2010 Posted December 16, 2010 We should definitely back Chef Jim's proposal then to let him cash in the chips then spend the proceeds to stimulate the economy and pay taxes. Not to mention that he'll probably use a substantial amount of that moolah to develop and market his Franch Dressing.
5 Wide Posted December 16, 2010 Posted December 16, 2010 that's no Canadian, that's Aaron Maybin! I watched the video 3 times and I never saw the dude get pancaked, plus he was wearing a helmet. Everyone knows Maybin never wears a helmet.
Booster4324 Posted December 16, 2010 Posted December 16, 2010 Link They were mostly $25,000 chips. No way he can cash any of those in. What an idiot.
erynthered Posted December 16, 2010 Posted December 16, 2010 most casinos accept other casinos chips, so you wouldn't just have to go to Bellagio. I dont think thats true.
Booster4324 Posted December 16, 2010 Posted December 16, 2010 I dont think thats true. In Tunica it is, but you would draw even more attention with big chips in another casino IMO.
KD in CA Posted December 16, 2010 Posted December 16, 2010 Link They were mostly $25,000 chips. No way he can cash any of those in. What an idiot. Uh....yeah, I won this at the $10 blackjack table.....
GG Posted December 16, 2010 Posted December 16, 2010 How appropriate is it for a Vegas news anchor to be named Courvoisier?
ieatcrayonz Posted December 16, 2010 Author Posted December 16, 2010 Link They were mostly $25,000 chips. No way he can cash any of those in. What an idiot. Plus the fact that he is short, fat, dumb, French Canadian. I know the dumb and French Canadian parts are redundant but you get the point. If another short, fat, dumb, French Canadian somehow has a legitimate $25k chip he could easily end up in jail because Occum's Shaver will tell you that the odds of him being the culprit are high.
shrader Posted December 16, 2010 Posted December 16, 2010 I'd imagine that it's pretty easy to keep track of people who are legitimately getting those big chips in the casino. So this guy's only chance might be to go in with a large sum of cash to get some big chips, then sneak a few of the stolen ones in when he tries to cash out. Then again, if those stolen ones aren't marked in anyway, I bet the casino will mark the ones they do currently have. Then any unmarked ones immediately raise red flags.
erynthered Posted December 16, 2010 Posted December 16, 2010 Just a thought........... What if a high roller was in on this with him? The high roller goes back to the casino as usual, no problem using those chips that maybe he paid 20 cents on the dollar for to the theif. Like I said.............just a thought
shrader Posted December 16, 2010 Posted December 16, 2010 Just a thought........... What if a high roller was in on this with him? The high roller goes back to the casino as usual, no problem using those chips that maybe he paid 20 cents on the dollar for to the theif. Like I said.............just a thought And if the casino quickly phases out all of their old high roller chips and replaces them with new ones, that guy sticks out like a sore thumb.
DrFishfinder Posted December 16, 2010 Posted December 16, 2010 Well, he's all set for the weekly poker games with Dean-O, Murph and Stinky.
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