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Slots Gamblers Ripped Off

The Pennsylvania State Police have reported that four slots players had their money stolen over the weekend. Between Friday and Sunday the police say they had more reports of slots thefts than they had in the whole previous month.

Four slots players at the Philadelphia Park Casino lost their money when it was deliberately taken by other individuals. Two of them lost it from the slots themselves, one had their ticket taken, and one was the victim of a personal robbery.

Two of the thefts came from people who left their slots unattended and someone else came and took their credits. They cashed out their slots and left. One was a $50 credit voucher that was cashed in on Sunday when the woman left her seat briefly. The other was a $39 credit that was cashed out of a man’s slots – police identified the suspect and he repaid the man.

Police reiterated how important it is to be aware of your surroundings at all times, and to cash out your slots before you move away from the machine. They said that if you can leave your purse at home, it is best that you do that, and take precautions to be safe.

The other two slots robberies were an elderly woman and a man. The first was a 74 year old woman from Philadelphia who was playing the slots when a 60 year old Trenton man started talking to her. She claims he took her $50 bill that was hanging out of the slots after distracting her. The last one was a Trenton man who says that a woman picked up his $20 voucher from the floor after he dropped it.

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