{"id":2766,"date":"2016-08-19T13:27:52","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T17:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/?p=2766"},"modified":"2016-08-19T13:27:52","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T17:27:52","slug":"vegas-man-robs-slot-machines-crowbar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/vegas-man-robs-slot-machines-crowbar\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegas Man Robs Slot Machines with Crowbar"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"slot-machines-video-poker\"Las Vegas police are currently looking for a man who was involved in a string of slot machine robberies throughout northwest Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

The crimes have been occurring since May, with at least eight slot machines at convenience stores being hit. According to the Vegas P.D, a man used a crowbar to rip off the slot machines’ front panels so that he could steal the cashbox.<\/p>\n

According to the Las Vegas Sun<\/a>, the man is described as being white and 6 feet tall. Cameras caught the thief, but he wore a mask to disguise his identity each time.<\/p>\n

He was also seen driving a dark sedan, possibly a Toyota Corolla, and one hubcap is missing from the car. Police also warn that the man could have a gun since he was seen brandishing one in a recent slot machine robbery.<\/p>\n

Crimes involving slot machines have gotten more and more sophisticated over the years, with Vegas casinos finding many ways to catch thieves. <\/p>\n

\"crowbar\"One popular way to rob Vegas casino slots was the monkey’s claw, which was invented by famed slots thief Tommy Carmichael<\/a>. However, with better security safeguards and most machines operating on ticket systems, methods like the monkey’s claw don’t work today.<\/p>\n

But convenience store slot machines are a different story because some of them don’t operate through advanced ticket systems. This allowed the man with a crowbar to recently rob slot machines through a much-less sophisticated method.<\/p>\n

The Vegas P.D. is particularly skilled at catching cheats and thieves. And it sounds like they have some good details on this criminal. But the thief also has a chance at getting away with the crimes because he stole cash – not tickets or casino tokens – meaning he doesn’t have to cash anything in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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