Comments on: Bribery: No pockets, no problems! http://www.typeboard.com/2009/07/bribery-no-pockets-no-problems/ From the Community to the Community. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:34:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: http://www.typeboard.com/2009/07/bribery-no-pockets-no-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-1702 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:23:53 +0000 http://www.typeboard.com/?p=2751#comment-1702 I could not wear pants without pockets, no way.... let's see if it helps the anti-corruption in Nepal airports. I could not wear pants without pockets, no way…. let’s see if it helps the anti-corruption in Nepal airports.

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]]> By: jr http://www.typeboard.com/2009/07/bribery-no-pockets-no-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-1700 jr Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:36:28 +0000 http://www.typeboard.com/?p=2751#comment-1700 Croupiers at most casinos generally have uniforms that have no pockets. I know this used to be the case with the Canberra Casino when they first opened. Here is an article from Time Magazine from 1980 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,950343,00.html <i>"The croupiers' most common method of stealing from casino management is almost as old as roulette, which was supposedly invented by Philosopher Blaise Pascal in 1655. A crooked croupier merely palms a $100 chip or two from the stacks of losers' chips that he rakes to the side of the roulette layout after each turn of the wheel. Since the croupiers' dinner jacket pockets are traditionally stitched shut to prevent just such finagling, nimble-fingered dealers tuck stolen chips inside their shirts or cuffs."</i> Croupiers at most casinos generally have uniforms that have no pockets. I know this used to be the case with the Canberra Casino when they first opened.

Here is an article from Time Magazine from 1980
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,950343,00.html

“The croupiers’ most common method of stealing from casino management is almost as old as roulette, which was supposedly invented by Philosopher Blaise Pascal in 1655. A crooked croupier merely palms a $100 chip or two from the stacks of losers’ chips that he rakes to the side of the roulette layout after each turn of the wheel. Since the croupiers’ dinner jacket pockets are traditionally stitched shut to prevent just such finagling, nimble-fingered dealers tuck stolen chips inside their shirts or cuffs.”

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