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10-25-2017, 08:13 PM
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Just another Facist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Now in Houston
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I lived in Maine for 2 years while in the service.
Doesn’t surprise me a bit......... 
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10-25-2017, 09:14 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Canandaigua, New york
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OTB in NYS.....talk about your 10 lbs. of Sin a 5 lbs. bag!
What cold go wrong - the two most vile, crooked organizatins in the country team up.
Lucky it was only 700K.
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Who does the Racing Form Detective like in this one?
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10-26-2017, 03:05 PM
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#18
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Join Date: May 2015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chiguy
Numbers seem random to me. They don't mean anything in the money room or at the window in California as far as I can tell.
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Trying to get a variety of denominations?
$1,415 = 8 $100s, 8 $50s, 6 $20s, 6 $10s, 7 $5s
I've never worked in a money room, but if you were trying to embezzle $700k out of one, would it make more sense to spread it evenly across different denominations? A small OTB that's constantly short on big bills might raise more red flags.
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10-26-2017, 03:54 PM
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I have to believe there is more to this story. When you work an OTB you are started with a set amount of money, broken down in 100's, 20's, 5's 1's quarters and dimes. From the first day onward you are trying to keep it as close to that number as possible. Depending on the size of the OTB you have a pick-up and delivery anywhere from daily to weekly. If you had a big week and have more than your number on hand you do a deposit through the armored car pick up. If you get cleaned out you get a delivery through the armored car. You also at least once a week get audited in person. When you count the safe you take the big bills and roll your thumb through each stack to ensure there are all big bills in that stack. So say you have 100k in hundred dollars bills. You count it based on the stack size then run you thumb through both sides of the stack to ensure you don't have a bunch of dollar bills in there. You count everything including quarters and dimes. Somebody wasn't doing their job somewhere.
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10-26-2017, 09:34 PM
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#20
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chiguy
...Somebody wasn't doing their job somewhere.
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An accomplice, or two, perhaps?
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10-26-2017, 09:37 PM
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Location: Houston, TX
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thaskalos
If the OTBs were "legitimate" businesses, where actual products were being sold to the public in order to recoup the upfront cost dished out for these products...then I doubt that the owners would be so lackadaisical about theft of this type.
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You mean legitimate like a bookie?
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10-26-2017, 09:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by garyscpa
You mean legitimate like a bookie?
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Yes.
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10-26-2017, 09:45 PM
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Location: Houston, TX
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thaskalos
Yes.
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Oh, I thought you meant legitimate like carrying a handgun illegally.
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10-26-2017, 09:56 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by garyscpa
Oh, I thought you meant legitimate like carrying a handgun illegally.
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Hey...it's a cruel, pitiless world...and the bad-guys don't follow the rules. In my line of work...I run into back-alley barbarians.
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10-26-2017, 09:59 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Houston, TX
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So there are no rules?
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10-26-2017, 10:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by garyscpa
So there are no rules?
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IMO..."survival" is rule #1. You do what you think is best for you...while refraining from hurting those who mean you no harm. Everything else is mere window-dressing...as far as I am concerned.
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10-26-2017, 10:14 PM
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Location: Houston, TX
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Well, that is a rule.
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10-26-2017, 10:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by garyscpa
Well, that is a rule.
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I didn't say that there were "no rules"...YOU did!
I obey my own rules.
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10-26-2017, 10:20 PM
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Location: Houston, TX
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thaskalos
I didn't say that there were "no rules"...YOU did!
I obey my own rules.
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Are you a bag man?
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10-26-2017, 10:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by garyscpa
Are you a bag man?
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No...the bag is mine.
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