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The cashier’s cage is where you exchange your chips hard cash. If you’ve played any automated games, this is where you’d take your cash-out tickets as well. A few big casinos allow you to cash in your sports betting tickets at the cage if the sports book is closed. Where do you buy chips? At the gaming tables themselves.

Every casino has cashier’s cages — the larger the casino, the more cages you find. If the slot machines and gaming tables are the arteries that circulate a casino’s input and output, the cashier’s cage is the heart that pumps the casino’s lifeblood: money. Highly trained and supremely trusted casino employees handle more cash each shift than most people see in a lifetime.

Cashier’s cages are easy to find. Casinos typically locate them along the sides of the rooms to allow the more valuable floor space for games. Here, much like at a bank, one or more tellers deal with the public through a window.

If you’re worried about leaving with your big winnings, you can request a check or get a safety deposit box in most casinos. And every casino has on-site security guards. A guard can escort you to your car if you like.

In addition to the cashier’s cage, casinos usually offer a credit office. Depending on how big a player you are and the type of games you want to attack, you may want to ask for a line of credit. You can also cash traveler’s checks, get change, receive incoming money via a wire service, and even receive bank wire transfers (with proper ID, of course!). If you’re interested in a line of credit, check out Chapter 4.