This past holiday weekend, I was gambling @ Baha Mar casino in the Bahamas. It was around 1:30 am when 2 gringo punks in their early to mid 20's approached me. I was playing Ultimate X video poker on the left end of a bank of 4 machines. One gringo approached me on the left, when another was on my right. The Punk on my left said "Can you show me your Id?" I immediately assumed that this was some sort of distraction tactic and was cognizant of the guy on my right as well. I told him "Get the fuck away from me before I kick your ass!" The punk on my left (approx 5'6 with wimpy build) was shocked at my response. I then looked at the punk on the right (similar build, maybe and inch or 2 taller) and said "same goes for you" as he was backing away. They were gone for about 2 minutes and returned with a 3rd punk. The 3rd punk started talking...i didn't care what he said and I cut him off and told him to get the fuck away or I would kick his ass too and told them I have friends in the casino too who would be back soon. I started to get up out of my seat and they quickly left. I can only assume that these punks saw someone gambling alone and figured they would distract me to try and cash out the credits I had on the machine (approx $1100 at the time). They weren't impressive physically and the biggest one was a pussy as he kept his distance and backed away when I looked at him. BTW, there was zero security presence so I was on my own. I did actually have a friend in the casino that night, but he was on the other end and wouldn't have seen what was happening.
I played a few minutes longer and cashed out my credits and left to find my friend. I told him what happened. We went back to the area and found all 3 of them sitting at the edge of the sports book which was near the bank of machines I was playing at previously. My friend (who is extremely loud) asked them if they thought they were tough trying to scam me. He then told them that his doctor said he needs to get more exercise and asked if they still wanted to get their asses kicked. They ran away to the lobby of the SLS hotel as we laughed at them running away. What a bunch of pussies.
I have read many stories about distraction scams similar to this where one person gets the attention of the target and another cashes out their credits. Wonder how many of you had something similar occur.