Is this a criminal offense? I have an oustanding marker a Borgata for a thousand dollars and haven't paid it. It's been almost 2 weeks. Any advice on this?
A marker is a debt that can (and will) be enforced by legal actions if necessary. It is similar to using a credit card to buy something, in this case gaming chips. You are required by law to make payment on such a debt debt. The casino will probably send you a few �gentle� invoices requesting payment. I suggest that you pay them in order to avoid an unpleasant conflict.
-Sonny-
Casino Markers are not credit...they are negoatiable instruments. (checks), They have more in common with post-dated checks that the casino agrees not to run through for a certain number of days.
If you don't pay it, the casino can simply deposit it and send a derogatory comment to Central Credit. If the marker subsequently bounces for insufficient funds, the casino can then turn your marker over to the D.A's bad check/fraud department for prosecution.
Markers aren't IOUs, they are bank drafts. Writing bad checks is a felony.
I'm not telling anybody what to do, but Mr. Lin's case speaks for itself (or at least it should.)
To defer marker-abusers, the NJ DGE put an Asian proverb (Killing a chicken to warn a monkey) into practice. Mr Lin's case is an example.
The Asian Ponzi Scheme had worked well for Mr. Lin. He had tricked & drawn $800,000 in markers from 8 AC casinos. Of $800,000, he paid down $674,500, and stiffed the casinos for $125,500. The NJ Division of Gaming Enforcement had caught up with Mr. Lin, indicted him for the unpaid markers, banned him from all AC casinos, and posted his picture & wrongdoings in its website for everyone to see.
It is not criminal,but it will ruin your credit and if you don't pay off on time,you will never get marker in that area. So when you have money,pay off. Only 1k,right? Also, I don't suggest you use marker, you bring certain amount you think is enough, you lose, go home.Come next time. By doing this, you will avoid some unnesesary lose.
Mr Lee, why would you even be thinking about beating a casino out of a $1,000 marker?
You might get arrested, you might screw up your credit, you definately will be listed with casino credit, you could land up being sued and someday in the future you might want a loan and get turned down because of this.
Even if you can beat them out of it, it is not worth it. Put the thought out of your mind and pay the marker.
