Part IV: Financial Fraud · Chip, Cash & Ticket Fraud

Slot Machine Bill Acceptor Counterfeit Feeding

How it works

Criminals attempt to feed counterfeit bills into slot machine bill acceptors to obtain TITO tickets for credit. Modern slot bill acceptors include sophisticated counterfeit detection technology (magnetic, optical, and size sensors), but determined counterfeiters test their bills against acceptors and refine them until accepted. Because the transaction generates a TITO ticket rather than direct cash, it adds an additional layer of separation between the counterfeiter and the eventual cash redemption. Criminals may target older machines with less advanced acceptance technology.

Where it appears

Slot machine bill acceptors, video poker machines, electronic gaming machines

On the record

Slot manufacturers continuously update bill acceptor software to detect new counterfeit patterns. Casinos should maintain service contracts that include regular firmware updates for bill validation modules.

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.