Bellagio robbery for $1.5 million

[RedOak181]

That's going to be so good for business.

[dangerdenn]

Its very easy to cash the chips, say a high roller has 50k in chips in his room and this guy has 1.5mill they cannot change the chips incase somebody in vegas or abroad has chips in their possesion real or stolen,. Therefore he can easily cashout the small chips himself and sell the large amounts to known highrollers.

[stunna150]

how wud u b able to sell the chips?

[Halibut86]

I like how the reporters are laughing about armed robbery.

[dzeremaster]

So much for Oceans 11 !!!!!!

[deraifu]

Why is this in the Gaming section?

[feras309]

ddddddddd

[motorbreath1983]

1.5 mil baked chips! delicious!

[ljp753]

Wow just think of all the pussy that guys gonna get !!

[playgoog]

Yeah and I went into a toys r us once and robbed the placed of all MONOPOLY games - thats right...I'm RICH BIACCTTTHHHH

[2710Pocahontas]

@playgoog I like that. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

[SHEEPLEVISIONNETWORK]

i thought what happens in VEGAS STAYS IN VEGAS ?

[rgw1981]

In and out viva las Vegas

[ClumsyKitten4U]

The economy is so bad right now and the goverment keeps putting us in a even deeper whole. Honestly I envy this guy. I dont blame people now and days for doing stuff like this.

[gabenovski]

He's must be Russ Hamilton.

[vikingscool]

LOL

[XAKX41X]

@3bvs420, Well here in Minnesota, I go to 2 poker rooms frequently, named Canterbury Park and Running Aces, and we leave the room with chips and come back with the same chip and use it on the tables. So I dont know if its the same in the Bellagio, I bet the security guards from now on will check the pockets of every person. So literally any chip that goes outside the Bellagio is no good.

[ewee187]

@XAKX41X There are million and millions of Bellagio chips floating around the world. The guys stole $25k, $5k, $1k, and $100 chips.. He will have a very hard time to cash the $25k, and $5k chips for sure but he will most likely get away with the $100's and $1k's. Well will see what happens soon. Cheers

[normank27]

@ewee187 i'm sure they bulk of the chips are worthless high dollor ones as you stated. I'm sure the 100's are good but how many could that be in relation to 1.5 M worth of chips.

[yayobrain]

@ewee187 the $5,000 (flags) are nothing people throw those around in the poker room and the pit games all the time...I have seen people buy blow with them off the strip its the cranberrie $25,000 that will be hard.

[blancomac11]

@ewee187 he will get caught,no doubt about that unless he sells them to ppl who collect things

[normank27]

@XAKX41X You're are mosty right, all the small chips will be easily laundered but it's more like a 50K robbery and and not 1.5 mil. more than likely some inividuals trying to cash in large chips will lead to multiple arrest.

[yayobrain]

@normank27 lol $5,000 are like currency among poker players there nothing there are $10 of thousands of them minted...he can sell of the cranberrie 25's at a discount in a few months its nothin dude is a genious

[yayobrain]

@XAKX41X no...there are thousands of people who take chips out of that casino and all strip casinos there like legal tender between poker players...and they will not remint over this it is nothing

[XAKX41X]

@ewee187, i'm sure there was already a plan before the robbery. That he would spread out the robbed chips to his friends and have them enter the Bellagio and play for like 1 hour to not make it too obvious that they're trying to cash out the robbed chips. They should just play blackjack for like a hour, make it seem like they're tourists or something. Then cash out and leave, and theres their payday.

[3bvs420]

@XAKX41X

it's very unlikely. they track every chip. and in the end of the day they can just check cameras and find out who brought/cashed out stolen chips.

it's just matter of time. he really can do nothing with them

[ewee187]

ohh you sure do, guy is nutz.... he wont even be able to cash the chips, what a goof..

[guitar2adam]

@ewee187 i'm sure he has a group of buddies that will help him cash in the chips in small amounts

[GrEaTeSt786]

@ewee187

sell the chips at a discount to other people who play simple.

[clutchness]

You've gotta have balls to rob a Vegas casino.