Baccarat Scam Nets Casino Gang $1.3 Million

zengrifter

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Baccarat Scam Nets Casino Gang $1.3 Million



The NagaWorld casino in Phnom Penh, Cambodia has started reviewing its baccarat game policy, after a gang of fraudsters managed to exploit a loophole in the dealer’s shuffle to the tune of US$1.3 Million.

Despite using an auto-shuffler at the casino to shuffle the deck of cards, a second manual shuffle is then carried out by the dealer as a courtesy to customers to show no cheating is taking place.

Ironically, it was this courtesy which was exploited by the gang who had three female dealers along with pinhole cameras in place at the baccarat table.

The cameras would then record a riffle performed by the dealer with the results being relayed to the gang players via an accomplice.

Bizarrely, the fraudsters would first need to request ten free games without bets so as to analyse the order of cards recorded by the camera before the sequence of the remaining cards was established.

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Sucker

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He was AGREEING with you. The hallmark of a GOOD scam is one in which the scammee NEVER even has a clue that he's been scammed!
 
aslan

aslan

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zengrifter said:
It worked. But they committed a classic foi pas: They took the money and ... STAYED! zg
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Faux pas

a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion.

A bit of an understatement, mon frere, at least for the one dealer who was arrested. I wonder what they do to thieves in Cambodia?
 
zengrifter

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moo321 said:
No. Baccarat players are f-ing nuts.
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That is why it would be doable.

BTW - if you have the pinhole cameras as they did - all thats needed is to position so to know the very first card of the round about to leave the shoe - that first card will tell you which to bet - player/banker, for an avergae edge of 5% approx (from memory, Grosjean/BC). zg
 
aslan

aslan

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zengrifter said:
Baccarat Scam Nets Casino Gang $1.3 Million



The NagaWorld casino in Phnom Penh, Cambodia has started reviewing its baccarat game policy, after a gang of fraudsters managed to exploit a loophole in the dealer’s shuffle to the tune of US$1.3 Million.

Despite using an auto-shuffler at the casino to shuffle the deck of cards, a second manual shuffle is then carried out by the dealer as a courtesy to customers to show no cheating is taking place.

Ironically, it was this courtesy which was exploited by the gang who had three female dealers along with pinhole cameras in place at the baccarat table.

The cameras would then record a riffle performed by the dealer with the results being relayed to the gang players via an accomplice.

Bizarrely, the fraudsters would first need to request ten free games without bets so as to analyse the order of cards recorded by the camera before the sequence of the remaining cards was established.

MORE- (Dead link: http://www.casinoexecutivenetwork.com/news/baccarat-scam-nets-casino-gang-13-million-nagaworld-casino-in-phnom-penh-cambodia/?D=01/9/2010)
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Talking with people in Vegas, I was told the team used a camera so tiny, they concealed it in his fingernail. That would explain how he could quickly riffle through several cards just prior to inserting the cut card.
 
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If you all read one of the comments posted somewhere either in the article or where else, you will realize this is nonsense.

A camera professional mentioned how ridiculously improbable for a camera to record the riffled,s , given the speed of the riffle and that the camera is attached to a moving and breathing person.

More importantly, someone else will have to analyze the recording so fast that it will be available after mere ten hands.

I concur with the statement.
 
aslan

aslan

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chessplayer said:
If you all read one of the comments posted somewhere either in the article or where else, you will realize this is nonsense.

A camera professional mentioned how ridiculously improbable for a camera to record the riffled,s , given the speed of the riffle and that the camera is attached to a moving and breathing person.

More importantly, someone else will have to analyze the recording so fast that it will be available after mere ten hands.

I concur with the statement.
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I'm just telling you what the word going around Vegas is. I don't possess the technical know-how to determine it's feasibility.
 
Gamblor

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aslan said:
Talking with people in Vegas, I was told the team used a camera so tiny, they concealed it in his fingernail.
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Hmm, if such a thing exists, you could do a lot more damage to games besides baccarat.
 
aslan

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Gamblor said:
Hmm, if such a thing exists, you could do a lot more damage to games besides baccarat.
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Another thing I heard was that it was a camera hidden up his sleeve, so as he riffled back and forth with the cut card like a superstitious gambler, he was actually scanning the cards and transmitting what it saw to a confederate. Now, that's a story I can buy. Magicians use up the sleeve devices all the time; in this case, it would simply be a strap or other gizmo attached to the arm on which to mount the camera securely and at the proper angle.
 
Gamblor

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aslan said:
Another thing I heard was that it was a camera hidden up his sleeve, so as he riffled back and forth with the cut card like a superstitious gambler, he was actually scanning the cards and transmitting what it saw to a confederate. Now, that's a story I can buy. Magicians use up the sleeve devices all the time; in this case, it would simply be a strap or other gizmo attached to the arm on which to mount the camera securely and at the proper angle.
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Yes that sounds more plausible, don't think they have cameras small enough to fit into your fingernail, although I'm not the most knowledgeable about this.

Still can do some damage with a camera up your sleeve ;)
 
zengrifter

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aslan said:
Another thing I heard was that it was a camera hidden up his sleeve, so as he riffled back and forth with the cut card like a superstitious gambler, he was actually scanning the cards and transmitting what it saw to a confederate. Now, that's a story I can buy. Magicians use up the sleeve devices all the time; in this case, it would simply be a strap or other gizmo attached to the arm on which to mount the camera securely and at the proper angle.
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That is a common cheating device for holecarding BJ shoes. Its quite small, and typically transmits to a confederate, often in the parking lot, who can see the camera HC peek, and then transmits back to another player in code who will play the HC.

This is why I say that it could also be used for Bac. zg
 
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