Thanks for getting to the bottom of this Bryan.
For what its worth, I did email and call CS at the various Main Street casinos in January and I did tell them I would
PAB here if the matter wasn’t resolved. I think I waited long enough for them to fix the problem. No, I didn’t contact VSummer. I didn’t realize I was supposed to email her specifically and I didn’t see Main Street listed. Next time I will know better.
I did feel I was getting stonewalled by CS, and others here have commented the rule is meant to trap unsuspecting people. So I know I am not alone. Yes please get the matter resolved quickly.
But I don’t get the whole bit about “wagering” in a currency. You buy chips with a currency. Those chips are worth what you and the casino agree they are worth. They aren’t legal tender. I can’t buy a $25 chip at Trump’s Taj Majal and use it to pay my taxes. An online casino chip is worth even less because it is “virtual” not “real”. The chip can be worth $1, $100, or the equivalent of one GBP, but before I can get that value, I need to cash the chip in with the cashier at that casino. Normally, the currency you buy the chip with is the currency you cash the chip in with. If the currency was converted into dollars after depositing, as stated, I should have been able to withdrawal in dollars. If the currency was kept in pounds, there should be no penalty if there was no currency conversion into dollars.
So did the currency really change through a bank?
If so when?
And how many times was it changed?
Fair enough?
Bryan, I love the Ben Franklin quote. I saw it on a Samuel Adams Beer calendar a few years back. The best quote, by William Blake, went like this:
"But if at the Church they would give us some Ale,
And a pleasant fire our souls to regale,
We'd sing and we'd pray all the live-long day,
Nor ever once wish from the Church to stray."