Table games · Cases
Bad Roll
A craps stickman in Murphy, North Carolina, is accused of turning losing throws into winners for a crew of gamblers at Harrah's Cherokee Valley River. Federal prosecutors put the loss at about $131,858 in US dollars, and the dealer has signed a plea deal.
Table games
Swapped Shoe
A Solaire pit manager and five foreign players were convicted of swapping an eight-deck baccarat shoe for a pre-sequenced deck. The court put the loss at ₱39.7 million.
Table games
Marked Mountain
Jeju police referred six Gold Mountain Casino staff for using marked blackjack cards with three Chinese tourists. Proceeds were put at about ₩100 million.
Devices · Table games
Shirtfront Stream
Macau police arrested a mainland man who livestreamed baccarat through a phone sewn into his shirt, then took betting instructions through an earpiece.
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Three Thousand Bonuses
Two Glastonbury men were indicted for using about 3,000 stolen identities to farm FanDuel and other bonuses for about $3 million.
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Pull-Tab Insider
Two Arizona men were charged with a $250,000-plus electronic pull-tab fraud at a Chesapeake Beach restaurant. One had written the games.
Table games
Late Money
Macau police say a baccarat dealer let a player bet after the cards were out, then paid 22 to 1 on banker six.
Devices · Slots
Hands in the Pocket
Tribal gaming agents say a banned player put a vibrating device against coin pusher machines at Northern Quest. He later pleaded guilty.
Table games
Before the Bet
A Boomtown Biloxi blackjack dealer is charged with showing cards to players before the money was down, and with leaving losing bets on the table.
Devices · Table games
Seven Days on the Shoe
Investigators say six men took more than $700,000 in US dollars off the baccarat tables at Hard Rock Northern Indiana in less than a week. The same crew is alleged to have hit more than ten casinos.
Devices · Table games
The Mickey Mouse Camera
A visiting couple joined Crown Sydney the day they landed. Weeks later police say they had taken $1.18 million in Australian dollars off two poker games.
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Bent Corners
Prosecutors say two men marked tens through aces at Pala and Harrah’s, then took more than $30,000 in US dollars off Mississippi Stud.