Field guide

Match Play Coupon Counterfeiting

How it works

Fraud involving the creation or misuse of casino promotional match-play coupons, which the casino treats as cash equivalents at table games. Cheaters counterfeit match-play coupons using high-quality scanners and printers, collect discarded coupons from trash bins, or use photocopies at inattentive tables. Some exploit casinos that fail to properly cancel or track coupon issuance.

On the record

Counterfeiting forced some casino perk programs to discontinue match-play offerings. Coupons have been a persistent target for low-level fraudsters.

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.