Part IV: Financial Fraud · Internal Collusion & Employee Fraud · #8.20
Hard Count / Coin Room Theft
How it works
Hard count personnel (responsible for counting coins and tokens from slot machines) can manipulate weigh scales, miscount coin buckets, or steal during the counting process. Methods include: manipulating weigh scale calibration modules to under-report counts; substituting counted coins; stealing coin buckets before they reach the count room; falsifying weigh scale readings or interfaces; and altering count documentation. Scale calibration modules that are inadequately secured can be accessed and manipulated by count personnel to systematically under-report coin totals.
Where it appears
Hard count room, slot machine coin handling areas
On the record
Hard count theft has decreased with the proliferation of ticket-in/ticket-out (TITO) systems that reduce coin handling, but remains a concern in jurisdictions with significant coin-based gaming.
Detection & preventionADVISORY
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Published as a detection reference for surveillance, compliance and gaming-operations professionals. Thresholds and tuning are set by the property. Nothing here is instruction: the method is described so it can be recognised.