Hey, money, I just remembered an old punch card story. Now was this a bad thing to do?

When the Gold Coast first started a slot club, you got a card punched for every $10 in quarters you bought in for to use at machines. When the card was full, you got a free meal. I wore a full length longrider coat with deep, deep pockets. Anyway, I played by the rules, so to speak, and would run $10 through once, then cash out, put the quarters in my pockets. Then go get another $10 in quarters. When my pockets were full, I'd go up to the room and dump the quarters, then return to the casino and keep doing it. I did play through everything once, but just the once. I did things surreptitiously because I thought they might veto me if they saw what I was doing.

I don't remember exactly how many meals I accrued, but it was more than a dozen and may have reached the low 20's.

Was this a bad thing to do? This broaches the question of "if it's legal, but you have a pretty good idea the casino will veto you if they see what you're doing, is it fair and right to take steps to limit what the casino can actually see you doing?"

This calls into question the right to privacy in a casino. I don't feel any entity has the right to clear surveillance of me without my permission. Period. My entering a building owned by somebody else is not that permission.