Group accused in $225K 'dice sliding' cheating scheme at Las Vegas casino

Re:Group accused in $225K 'dice sliding' cheating scheme at ... by wincy on Sunday May 28, 2023 @07:27PM (#36108801)

I watched a documentary on this the other day, with a guy traveling around the country playing blackjack. Multiple times he had to call the gaming commissioner or the sheriff to get his $40,000 in chips cashed. Even one time when he hadn’t played a single game.

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Re:Group accused in $225K 'dice sliding' cheating scheme at ... by shocks on Sunday May 28, 2023 @07:37PM (#36108879)

Documentary name?

I’ve also been following Steven Bridges on YouTube and it’s super interesting!

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Re:Group accused in $225K 'dice sliding' cheating scheme at ... by tdub311 on Sunday May 28, 2023 @07:54PM (#36108987)

Inside the Edge most likely

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Re:Group accused in $225K 'dice sliding' cheating scheme at ... by wincy on Monday May 29, 2023 @12:30AM (#36110650)

Yes, that’s the one. Very eye opening.

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Re:Group accused in $225K 'dice sliding' cheating scheme at ... by shocks on Monday May 29, 2023 @04:14PM (#36117606)

Thanks both!

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Re:Group accused in $225K 'dice sliding' cheating scheme at ... by kelnos on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @02:36AM (#36121798)

Wait, I don't get the last bit. Did he go to the casino, exchange $40k in cash for chips, not gamble at all with them, and then take the chips to the cashier to get it changed back to cash?

That's... weird? I feel like as a casino it'd not be unreasonable to think something fishy was going on, like the guy was making a (somewhat clumsy?) attempt to launder money.

But overall... yeah. Certainly a casino has the right to refuse service to whomever they want -- such as someone who's counting cards (not that counting works at blackjack these days, since no casino deals out a single full deck at a time anymore) -- but the idea that they don't feel they have to honor whatever payouts owed up to the point of kicking someone out... messed up.

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Re:Group accused in $225K 'dice sliding' cheating scheme at ... by umanwizard on Sunday June 04, 2023 @05:45PM (#36189887)

The chips were probably from a previous session.

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Re:Group accused in $225K 'dice sliding' cheating scheme at ... by analog31 on Sunday May 28, 2023 @07:47PM (#36108940)

I suspect if it doesn't work that way, we will start bailing out the casinos that go bankrupt, and subsidizing them, because jobs.

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Re:Group accused in $225K 'dice sliding' cheating scheme at ... by sacnoradhq on Sunday May 28, 2023 @11:12PM (#36110183)

Reno and Stateline are casino company towns. Also, the Native tribe casinos are similar operations but probably don't have the same political clout.

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Re:Group accused in $225K 'dice sliding' cheating scheme at ... by paulpauper on Sunday May 28, 2023 @07:57PM (#36109010)

Not only are the games designed by the casinos to their advantage but if someone actually starts consistently winning, they just get banned and sometimes refused a payout. It's set up to be heads the house wins, tails the customer loses.

It is not sometimes. They will strait up not pay if fraud is suspected.

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