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A sophisticated scheme to use a casino's own security systems against it has netted scammers $33m in a high-stakes poker game after they were able to gain a crucial advantage by seeing the opposition's cards. The team used a high-rolling accomplice from overseas who was known to spend large amounts while gambling at Australia' …

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  1. pierce
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    phew to heck with the $30K/night suite.... the $30M was won in EIGHT hands ?!? thats some big stakes poker.

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    Any good films/books about ripping off casinos? I don't know enough about this.

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    1. MacroRodent
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      The Newtonian Casino

      > Any good films/books about ripping off casinos?

      "The Newtonian casino": A true story of some very clever students figuring out how to improve their odds in roulette with a hidden microcomputer in the 1970s. It did not work quite as well as planned, but a good yarn.

      http://www.amazon.co.uk/Newtonian-Casino-Penguin-Press-Science/dp/0140145931

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      1. Charles 9
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        Re: The Newtonian Casino

        There was a TV series in the US called, "Breaking Vegas," which was all about true stories of outwitting casinos (not just in Vegas). It was based on a pilot special which described the time a college professor and a few students became well-trained Blackjack card counters, and it went on from there. I recall one episode having a family of (I think) Latinos training themselves to study roulette wheels for bias.

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      "21"

      I thoroughly enjoyed that film. It had sciencey bits.

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  3. ed moran

    Phil Ivey.

    On a similar topic (big player, big win, possible collusion- at least that's what the casino hints, but they would wouldn't they?) does anyone know how the Ivey v Crockford's Casino dispute stands?

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    As a former employee of Casinos in both the UK and abroad, I've read a lot of these posts with barely disguisable incredulity!

    "The casino deserved it" is one that springs to mind! - Casinos are there to provide an environment for gaming. I know for a fact that in the UK this is very heavily watched. From the size of the canoes on a roulette wheel (Yes, go look it up!), to the markings on the backs of cards. Everything is checked to make the game as "honest" as possible. Of course, the odds are in favour of the house, otherwise there would be no such thing as a casino!

    I've seen enough high-rollers to know that that sort of money is NOTHING to them. And yes, I will ask my friends at Crockfords what the score on Ivey is.... Hope to get an answer for those interested!

    AC because...well, I think that's obvious!

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  5. Purlieu

    Faraday cage

    Sticking some wire mesh around the place is not eonough.

    Look up "Tempest"

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