Scum of the Earth

As a fool who has done the same thing more than once, I sympathize with you, but it is your own fault.

People at OTBs aren't going to help you often, and many watch for that kind of thing. They have pretty much replaced the "stoopers" and "flippers" of the old days.

As a long-timew player, I assume, you should pay more attention. But you already know that.

I'm not a real superstitious guy but I firmly believe that stealing money or taking a voucher will bring you miles of bad karma. You will lose photos, get shut out of winners, etc.
At the track this past month I went to use a self serve machine near the racing office. There are little wooden ledges in front of these machines. On the ledge just sitting there was a wallet. Someone had obviously gotten out their wallet to get out their voucher and rested the wallet on the ledge and forgotten.
I took it up to security and lost and found which is WAY down at the other end of the grandstand. It was stuffed with cash. I made the security guy count the cash in front of me and take down my name and phone number and address. I also wrote down the name and address on the guys liscense in the wallet. Old guy, from Massachusetts.
This past Monday I got a letter in the mail from the guy who said he had freaked out completely and had bad moments while he realized his wallet was gone. He said he had credit cards and bank cards and personal memento photos and thought for sure at the racetrack of all places that he was screwed for sure. He couldn't believe that someone turned it in with the money still in it. He also included a 100 dollar gift certificate to a restaurant in town here because he said anyone honest enough to turn in that wallet would probably not accept cash.
Quite frankly the letter itself was what was worth reading. I once had a scumbag steal an 800 dollar voucher in an OTB on me. The feeling is so sickening that it can't even be described.
It will never do anyone any good to steal money at the track, I'm convinced it comes back to them in spades. Just wait Kev, one day that guy will be alive in a DD and really need the cash. His horse will get steadied one million times or he will be dq'd or he will lose an agonizing photo. Those folks are the lowest possible forms of life.

[EpBurns]

I was at the track at Laurel once and this guy Kevin, found out his name later was betting in front of me. He left his $732.00 voucher in the machine I calmly took it out of the machine and kept in my hand,,,walked over to his table and threw it down to him and he says " oh thats a ticket that had already been cashed" I said you better check again dude because that is the ticket you left in the machine, man the look on his face was priceless he wanted to buy me a beer and I told him I dont drink beer and he said I have done that before only never to see my money again I cant believe you did that I told him that " people that cheat and steal never win" later that day I had the first 3 in the super but my 4th horse got nosed out at the wire and this was going to be a huge super but low and behold they flashed the results up and the super paid all in the 4th spot and I cashed for $2600.00 so I am a firm believer in karma!!! also I found out later he owned some horses that ran in NY and he gave out his horse to one day and the damn horse paid like $32 to win so I made my that money and more just from my interaction with him.

[Seattleallstar]

Originally Posted by oracle80

I'm not a real superstitious guy but I firmly believe that stealing money or taking a voucher will bring you miles of bad karma. You will lose photos, get shut out of winners, etc.
At the track this past month I went to use a self serve machine near the racing office. There are little wooden ledges in front of these machines. On the ledge just sitting there was a wallet. Someone had obviously gotten out their wallet to get out their voucher and rested the wallet on the ledge and forgotten.
I took it up to security and lost and found which is WAY down at the other end of the grandstand. It was stuffed with cash. I made the security guy count the cash in front of me and take down my name and phone number and address. I also wrote down the name and address on the guys liscense in the wallet. Old guy, from Massachusetts.
This past Monday I got a letter in the mail from the guy who said he had freaked out completely and had bad moments while he realized his wallet was gone. He said he had credit cards and bank cards and personal memento photos and thought for sure at the racetrack of all places that he was screwed for sure. He couldn't believe that someone turned it in with the money still in it. He also included a 100 dollar gift certificate to a restaurant in town here because he said anyone honest enough to turn in that wallet would probably not accept cash.
Quite frankly the letter itself was what was worth reading. I once had a scumbag steal an 800 dollar voucher in an OTB on me. The feeling is so sickening that it can't even be described.
It will never do anyone any good to steal money at the track, I'm convinced it comes back to them in spades. Just wait Kev, one day that guy will be alive in a DD and really need the cash. His horse will get steadied one million times or he will be dq'd or he will lose an agonizing photo. Those folks are the lowest possible forms of life.

quit blowing smoke up our asses, just say you kept the cash

[dr. fager]

Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

quit blowing smoke up our asses, just say you kept the cash

just because you're an attention needing s.o.b. doesn't mean the rest of the world is.

Nice try to ruffle some feathers though

[Seattleallstar]

yeah right, if I found that left somewhere im sure as hell taking it

[skippy3481]

How sad....

The person who found the voucher is under no obligation to return the voucher to the owners. How does that person know it was really yours? Now if you went to report a lost voucher, the track people will tell you to keep it. Finder keeper, loser weeper.

Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

yeah right, if I found that left somewhere im sure as hell taking it

So you are basically just like the scum who took Kev's voucher, heard him yelling for it, and didn't return it.
Thats a great self endorsement Seattle.