Bad marker police

That’s an awful name for a band, but it would be appropriate for a Police cover band that worked casinos. I wonder if Scrantonicity II will get any gigs when Sands Bethworks opens up?

Oh yeah, here’s a story about how intransigent players who don’t pay off their markers hear from the Clark County bad check unit–another bad band name. From the LV Sun:

Had she instead used her credit card, collection of the debt most likely would be a civil matter. But failure to pay off a marker can leave a debtor facing prison time or, more likely, probation for a felony conviction. An alternative is to commit to a rigid schedule to pay off the debt — plus an administrative fee to the district attorney’s bad check unit.

What amounts to a civil dispute in most of the nation is a criminal matter in Nevada, as encouraged under a 1983 state statute and practiced since the late 1990s. That statute equates a marker to a check. Thus, an unpaid marker is equivalent to a bounced check, and bouncing a check is classified as theft.

“It’s a crime to steal from somebody,” says Bernard Zadrowski, who heads the bad check unit. “Because the victim happens to be a casino, so what? Casinos have a right to justice just like individuals do.”

His job is to get your debt - Las Vegas Sun

So even if you don’t pay off your markers, you should at least talk to your host about it, because otherwise you might be getting a call from the bad check unit. This is an interesting look inside a lesser-known area of casino finance.