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Message: [QUOTE="Mr Sandbag, post: 2185257, member: 98413"] [B]Well, guys, I did in fact return the $20.[/B] I'm not going to judge anyone, but I was kind of surprised at the responses in this thread. Here's my take on it: If I had not returned the money, I set a standard not only for myself but for my peers. When I make a mistake, I'd appreciate it if someone else helped me out and corrected it, but if I took the money, I'd have absolutely no right to be angry or disappointed if one of my errors was taken advantage of. We may think the casino is stingy, greedy, and a bunch of thieves, but we still go there, play their games, and use their services. We would expect them to correct the mistake if we were given too few chips, so why shouldn't we be expected to give back the extra? Are poker players really any different than casinos? When we sit at a table, we look for the weak players, and do whatever we can to take their money. We justify it (and rightly so) by telling ourselves they have sort of "given us permission" to exploit them, defeat them, and take their money if we can. A casino is the same way, just on a larger scale. When we walk into a casino, we know about the poker rake, the slot machines that are tighter than others, and the table games that are designed to give the casino the long-term edge. When you play, you have "given permission" to the casino to take your money just like the weakest poker player at the table has given you the right to take his. At the end of the day, the employees in a casino are people like us, with lives, spouses, friends, family, hobbies, etc. They are hired to do a job and are paid to follow the rules strictly. Who are we really sticking it to by taking that extra $20? [/QUOTE]

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