Got kicked out of the Hard Rock Casino for Collecting Abandoned Cash Outs
Well todays the day I learned how much Hard Rock differs from other casino groups. Typically when I gamble on slots or a machine and someone leaves a balance of about 20 cents, I just cash it out and use it when I'm playing the next machine. Me and 4 other friends were out at the Hard Rock casino playing slots and along the way we went around the casino playing with our own cash and cashing out abandoned machines for 5 cents to 50 cents. Eventually we caught the eye of Hard Rock casino employees and while cashing out he asks if this is my machine. I say "its not" because I am not a liar but it is abandoned and he knows it is. He takes the cents ticket and just says "thank you" and another colleague comes and says "they are in a big group of 7 doing it together". He tells us that we cannot cash out like that and we apologize and say we won't do it again. We also said they can check the cameras because we are spending money and just did it for fun. We move on and a few minutes later, a sheriff and 2 employees come and tell us to leave for the night and we do with no questions of hesitation. We cashed out a total of $2 - $3 and spent a loss of $30 and this all happened within 15 minutes of entering. We were only going to spend more and buy drinks but it just shocked us that they would kick us out over that but we figured its because the employees like cashing the machine out themselves and using it as a tip since thats how I have tipped with tickets in Vegas. Never had a problem with Caesars entertainment or MGM with this and they never cared but Hard Rock did. I guess I'm just surprised that they escalated it to kicking us out even though we told them we wouldnt do it again. Sucks because I did like the casino but I dont think I would play at Hard Rock casino again. Its like when you make a mistake, its a big deal and illegal. But when they make a mistake, its just a my bad. In reality, I think its just the casino staff mad that they couldn't collect that change for themself and they might have to wait a certain period before they can do it.