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would sign the marker. If the gambler won money gambling on
credit, he or she would be asked to redeem the marker in the pit,
if it were still there. Otherwise, when the gambler sought to
cash the chips won, the casino cashier would check to see whether
there was a balance due for credit extended by the casino, and
the gambler would be expected to apply the chips against the
balance at that time.
When a payment is made on a customer’s account at the casino
cage, it is the casino’s practice to give the payor a numbered
receipt, a duplicate of which is kept in a receipt book and
another duplicate of which is kept in the IOU envelope for the
customer’s account, in which Caesar’s also files the customer’s
markers and correspondence. It is also Caesar’s practice to
record all contacts with a customer concerning the account on the
IOU envelope. Receipts are consecutively numbered. A payment
made that did not appear to have been credited to a customer’s
account could be traced through the receipt book.
Petitioner incurred gambling debts at Caesar’s. On November
23, 1984, Caesar’s extended $110,000 of credit to petitioner.
Caesar’s generally expected payment of the outstanding balance of
petitioner’s account at the end of one trip to the casino at the
time of his next trip, holding the account up to 60 days. During
at least January, February, and March of 1985, Caesar’s
repeatedly contacted petitioner concerning payment of the debt,
which Caesar’s stated was due March 21, 1985. Petitioner
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