Tony,

It is very possible that both your story and the one I posted originally are true. That is, perhaps good promos were being paid out, but the manager also used some of the money to reimburse himself when he lost, listing it as "game protection".

How busy was thd room for the past month? If it had a lot of tables going, $4 promo per hand would add up quickly, where indeed $100-$300 could be stolen per day while still running good promos for the players.