DEFCON JOB: Riv says ATM was legit

Riviera officials say the report from the recent DEFCON convention that one of the hotel’s ATMs was fake was just plain inaccurate. The machine was legitimate, but “was turned off and the cash was removed as a precaution in preparation for the conference,” company president Robert Vannucci said in a statement.

Riviera security was well aware of the machine’s status and location.

Numerous Internet reports surfaced earlier this week raising the question of the machine’s authenticity.