vegasrocks
02-03-2011, 01:34 AM
This is interesting. I just read that there is a suspected ring of Baccarat cheaters in Vegas who have scammed about a million bucks last month!
Las Vegas casinos are now on guard, especially as it is the Eve of the Chinese New Year and one of the biggest gambling events of the year.
They are rolling out the red carpet for Baccarat players for this event and they will be watching everyone.
Here is what happened a month ago...
That’s when state Gaming Control Board agents detained a group of baccarat players at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, one of the casinos thought to have been victimized by a scam that involves having a player “cut” the deck by dragging the cut card over the top of the deck and slightly separating the cards from one another with an index finger.
Using a miniature camera tucked under the gambler’s sleeve, the player records the value and suit of each card and uses the information later.
Although the casino suspected the gambler of videotaping the cards, the camera couldn’t be seen, so the gambler and others in his party were released for lack of evidence, said casino security consultant Bill Zender, who helps casinos detect such schemes.
Wow that is crazy. If they did that... they have a lot of nerve!
They believe that the group is Asian and they are known as the "Cutters". They have scammed casinos all over the world. They say the cheaters are extremely well organized.
Las Vegas casinos are now on guard, especially as it is the Eve of the Chinese New Year and one of the biggest gambling events of the year.
They are rolling out the red carpet for Baccarat players for this event and they will be watching everyone.
Here is what happened a month ago...
That’s when state Gaming Control Board agents detained a group of baccarat players at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, one of the casinos thought to have been victimized by a scam that involves having a player “cut” the deck by dragging the cut card over the top of the deck and slightly separating the cards from one another with an index finger.
Using a miniature camera tucked under the gambler’s sleeve, the player records the value and suit of each card and uses the information later.
Although the casino suspected the gambler of videotaping the cards, the camera couldn’t be seen, so the gambler and others in his party were released for lack of evidence, said casino security consultant Bill Zender, who helps casinos detect such schemes.
Wow that is crazy. If they did that... they have a lot of nerve!
They believe that the group is Asian and they are known as the "Cutters". They have scammed casinos all over the world. They say the cheaters are extremely well organized.