At the heart of a casino’s marketing machine lies its players club, which uses swipe cards to track gamblers’ play as they rack up points to redeem for meals, hotel stays, merchandise and even cash.

So critical are these massive, good-as-cash databases to casino profits that, if there were to be an Oceans 14 movie, the next great casino heist might target the computers that manage them.

And it wouldn’t be fiction. Casino insiders are raiding gamblers’ loyalty points, according to casino regulators and security experts.


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Interesting article. Seems it would be most useful at places like HET where you can use your card to pay for meals and merchandise etc.

Although with MGM you'd get freeplay which might gain you some cash, but only might.

This development isn't particularly surprising. Lots of people have trouble resisiting temptation and also think they are too smart to get caught. Another reason to keep up with the points in your account.-