I was cheated out of thousands at poker tables

[Arnold_O]

i was playing against these guys and they stole from me. the worst part is that the casino took the money and kept it for themselves.

i want to know why these guys weren't hanged.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21066671-38200,00.html



Camera cheats steal $638k from casinoFrom correspondents in London
January 16, 2007 05:46am

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TWO men and a woman cheated casinos in Britain out of nearly $US500,000 ($638,500) in a high-tech poker scam using hidden miniature cameras and earpieces, police said today.
Detectives said they thought at least six casinos in the London area were targeted over a period of several months by the sting, which involved two of the gang playing poker while their accomplice sat in a van parked on a nearby street.

Using a tiny camera, hidden up the sleeve of one of the players, cards would be filmed as the croupier dealt them.

This footage was beamed live to the van via a transmitter where it was then viewed in slow motion, showing what the cards had been.

The two poker players were then told via earpieces how to bet.

"These three people executed a sophisticated system that allowed them to cheat at least one casino out of a significant amount of money," Detective Inspector Darren Warner of the Metropolitan Police's Gaming Unit said.

On the night the cheats were caught, they had netted nearly $US7000 ($8900) in 50 minutes.

The scam was rumbled when casino staff became suspicious about the success of one of the gang and wondered why the same white van kept turning up outside.

Yau Yiu Lam, 45 was jailed for nine months, while Fan Leung Tsang, 41, and Bit Chai Wong, 39, were given nine-month suspended sentences and 150 hours' community service.

All were banned from casinos.

[DFSPON]

There was a TV Show in the US last year where a group of people were hired by the Casinos themselves to cheat them. They were testing the Security of their individual Casinos. I am almost positive the scam you described was identical to one of the scams perpetrated by the Group on the TV Show. Except in their case, I think they used the Van outside to cheat at Blackjack.

[Praetorian Card]

Maybe if you weren't six months late in your discovery you perhaps would have a gripe?

I lost a winning lottery ticket six months ago too. Nobody cared

[Ron Burgundy]

How do you cheat a casino for a crapload of money by playing poker? Or were they talking about chaeting other players? How does putting a camera up your sleeve enable you to see the other cards?

[RunDownHouse]

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How does putting a camera up your sleeve enable you to see the other cards?

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Sleeve points at deck in dealer's hand. Dealer is keeping the cards low enough so that players can't see them, but not so low that an eyeball at the felt can't see them as they come off. Dude in van tells gang at the tables the pertinent holdings they're up against.

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before people get their panties in a knot, this looks they cheated the casino at table games. The casino where it took place doesnt spread poker as per this link. It was likely they were playing 3 card poker, Blackjack, or "Casino Stud Poker" - a table game. Another link listing the same games, and this link was hosted on Poker Pages back when the trio was jailed in January. This is old news.

[luckyjimm]

What a lame post Big accusation, cut & pasted old news article, but OP can't be bothered tellng his "story" or providing any detail whatsoever. Why should we care / believe you if you don't tell us what happened?

[woodguy]

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On the night the cheats were caught, they had netted nearly $US7000 ($8900) in 50 minutes.

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That's a lot of risk for $7K.

Economy must be bad.

Regards,
Woodguy