Interesting story about possible Ultimate X scammer at Planet Hollywood
This was posted to Facebook by a woman who was upset about a likely multipler-run-up scam, which took place at Planet Hollywood:
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I have contemplated posting this for over a week now.
Last week we were in Vegas and I was approached by this older man around our same age, who came out of nowhere telling me his wife had to go to a business dinner and she had 31 free games to finish, she called him down from the room so he asked if I wanted them. I was sitting alone, my husband had gotten up from the machine next to me. I was up about $400 on the machine I was on. I really wasn't sure what was going on it actually caught me off guard and I was starting to lose so I figured what the heck but I told him I had to tell my husband.
Everything seemed harmless, we cashed out, he walked us over to a video poker game. He told me he was there the weekend of the Route 91 mass shooting and I told him I was shot in the shooting. We got to the machine, an ultimate Double-Double Poker Deuces Wild, he said he had 31 ultimate Games. There was $0.36 in the machine. He started to show us where the games were and how to play it but the machine wouldn't work because it had no money.
My husband put in $20 then another $20. The guy ended up playing the machine with our players card along with my husband's and then my money. He never left so I don't know why he sought me out. He was hitting the hold draw so fast I couldn't keep up with all the hands that we're being played. We won, we lost then I put more money in and he raised the bet. We were stunned. We were up almost $900 and suddenly we were at $40 then I said I'm done, so were 31 games.
He didn't ask for anything he said he would be in the same area of Planet Hollywood all week. We are not sure if he was a bad con artist, expected to use our money then want to split it or it was a pick-up line and he didn't expect my husband. We are not sure what it was all about but I've never heard any con like that and as I said we still are trying to figure it out so I would love to know your thoughts and maybe a warning to others.
Some theorized that the guy was hoping to run up a lot of money, then cash out and claim it was his money, because of the casino rule that the person hitting the button is the winner of the money.
However, I countered that this wouldn't be so easy to pull off. This is true if two people are playing together and one presses the button to hit a jackpot. However, if this is a targeted scam seeking to take advantage of a stranger like this, the victim could complain and would have some recourse. Additionally, the scammer would likely be barred after the security camera would show this was the case.
I believe this was an Utlimate X run-up scam. Dude convinces unsuspecting ploppies to switch to an Ultimate X machine and let him play for them. He plays super fast so they can't see all the multipliers he's running up and then switching games/denominations and leaving for himself to clear later. The unsuspecting ploppy doesn't understand what he gets out of the whole thing, as he lets the person cash out, and doesn't ask for a penny, even if they win.
What do you guys think?
