She also wagered away her inheritance, the money from stock funds and even her retirement nest egg. It's all gone. The casino, she said, never asked if she was getting in over her head . In an envelope that's too full to seal, she keeps a stack of cashed bank markers. The stack is about 3 inches high.
Markers are basically checks, provided by the casino.
Patrons provide their bank account numbers and also submit to a credit check. Once approved, the casino prints checks on a computer with the patron's bank account number. The patron can then use the money to gamble, and the casino will hold the marker for a least one week. It was a Friday night and Randall Boyd was ready for a weekend of gambling on Indiana's first riverboat casino . But apparently that money wasn't enough.