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On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:27:05 -0800, "Steve B"
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Casinos use facial recognition software to photograph
people coming in the door and compare them to a database of cheats and
counters.
To a casino a "cheat" is someone who manages to leave with more money
than they came in with.
The governments foster this belief because they lose tax revenue when
you leave with more than you came in with.
Yet you have to turn inside out to deduct losses. We had an old guy who
came into the Hilton when they started the $100 slot machines. $300 a pull
if you played all three lines. He lost big time, yet along the way, he'd
win $10k here and $50k there, every time having to fill out an IRS form for
winnings over $1,000. Ended up, he lost all his money, and had a hefty IRS
bill, and could not deduct the losings. He was about 80, and his attitude
was, "What they gonna do, throw me in jail for the rest of my life?" Papers
got ahold of it, and it died a quiet death shortly after that. He probably
did, too.
Steve