yukes.com >> Lazy Jay

Well technically, I had left it there on deposit… over a year ago… since then moved to Flordia.  Was in Miami for 6 months, then Sarasota/Tampa area for a while.  And completely FORGOT about this account!

I was recently over at the Hard Rock celebrating a friends birthday — imagine my surprise when I discovered I had $17,500 in my account waiting for me!

You see, I leave cash at casinos, because they have some benefits over banks:

• They’re open 24 hours a day!  Show me a bank that can compete with that!  I do a lot of things last minute, book my flights day before or same day.  One night at 10pm, I book a 9am flight to Aruba… needed cash for the trip… thank goodness for my 24hour casino bank!

• Casinos have unlimited cash on hand!  Try and withdraw >$20K from a bank… did you know that usually its not available?  Each branch knows how much money it needs on a daily basis.  And they don’t forecast for unusually large cash withdrawals.  Most of the time, the branch will require you to order the cash, and it can take a couple days to get it!

• No government reporting!  When you withdraw $10K+ from a bank… they make you fill out a nifty little IRS form.

But wait!  It gets better… I deposited $45,000 at Harrah’s in Atlantic City and they instantly upgraded me to their VIP card.  Then I showed a Borgata host my Harrah’s VIP card, and he gave me a Borgata VIP card too.  You bring the cash – and they’ll take care of you!  (Just don’t lose it on the tables!)

This seems to work all over… I’ve been to casinos in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Tahoe, Bahamas, Aruba, Monaco, Amsterdam, Australia.

And in a year – where several of my investments have been losers…  Getting 0% interest at Hard Rock casino feels like a winner!