Top 10 most devious casino cheats

Throughout the history of casinos, there have been a lot of people wanting to make a fortune in a not entirely legitimate way. But cheating in casinos is difficult and not everyone can do it. However, there are several known scammers who became famous for their cunning and ingenuity.

The Crown Casino scam

Considered to be the biggest casino scam ever. In 2013, swindlers were able to defraud the establishment of $32 million. Moreover, everything was done in the style of the movie “Ocean’s Eleven”. In the company of accomplices was also an expert on security systems, who helped hack into the casino’s security system, which allowed the cheaters to make only winning bets. The fraud was only uncovered after an internal investigation was conducted.

Cheater Phuong Quoc Truong

A well-known con man who rose to fame thanks to an elaborate plan. The latter visited major casinos and hired dealers to create the illusion of shuffling cards. At this time, two players would transmit information to each other through carefully concealed microphones. Special gesture signs were additionally used for this purpose. Despite an elaborate plan, the cheaters were caught.

Invisible marks

Cheating started many years ago. However, in today’s casinos, it has become virtually impossible to do so. However, there were cheaters who used infra-red mottling. The cards were covered in special ink which could only be seen through special lenses. The swindlers cheated the casinos for two years with impunity.

Ghiardin Tim’s swap

In 2014, one of the most devious scams was pulled off. Tim Giardin, deputy head of the US Treasury, was involved. He used special stickers to change the value of the chips from $1 to $500. However, Tim was caught rather quickly and genetic analysis proved that it was Ghiardin who put the stickers on the chips.

The Taftu Keithu scam

A scam worthy of respect. The fact is that Taftu Keith was able to come up with a computer in 1972 to help him win the point. And back then, the first personal computer from Bill Gates had not even been released, and a simple Baptist churchgoer was able to beat it. The device worked on a simple principle. A whale would use his feet to enter information about cards into a computer. These cards were then analysed and the result was signalled by flashing lights embedded in the cheater’s glasses. After Kitou, several other people took advantage of this fraud and only then was it uncovered.

The Richard Marcus scam

Richard Marcus used an old-fashioned method. He simply pretended to be drunk in the casino and put two chips in a stack so that the denomination of the lower one was not visible and the upper one was $5. The croupiers paid no attention to this and started the game. When defeated, Marcus would rake the chips to himself, breaking the rules. However, few people wanted to argue with a drunk. If he was lucky and the con man won, he would actively cheer and point out the face value of the chips. Perhaps the scam would never have been exposed. But Richard himself wrote about it in his memoirs.

Hacking scam

Modern technology has made it possible to use new methods of fraud. For example, Denis Nikrash modified processors and built them into casino slot machines. For this he even found accomplices, one of whom helped hide Denis from surveillance cameras. As for the processors, they allowed the cheater to win at all times. And everything would have gone according to plan, but one of the accomplices ratted out Nikrash to the FBI.

The radio control scam

In 1973, a casino croupier got hold of a radio-controlled ball. He then simply did his job while his son-in-law placed large bets. To ensure victory, the cheater’s sister was sitting next to him, adjusting the ball to ensure that it hit the required box. The scam was uncovered thanks to the attention of the owner of the establishment, who noticed the girl’s strange behaviour.

The Roselli brothers’ scam

The brothers were able to break into several casinos without spending a single cent. They opened accounts with the help of a hacker with a certain amount of money. This allowed them to open lines of credit at many casinos. By gambling, the brothers were able to lose, but the establishment could still get nothing from them in the future.

Cheating without gambling

In this case, a group of criminals simply took advantage of a hole in the casino’s security system and were able to conduct some unrecorded transactions. Even the FSB took a long time to figure out what was going on.