Using technology to rig games.

[Die_empty]

There is a recent illegal gambling crackdown in the US, which involved NBA stars and some mafia organisations, which has led to the arrest of about thirty people. These fraudsters used sophisticated technology to rig games and cheat victims.

They also allegedly used special contact lenses or eyeglasses capable of reading pre-marked cards, and an X-ray table that could read cards even when they were placed face-down, according to the charging documents. Hidden cameras were also built into tables and light fixtures

They also used self-shuffling machines to engage in these criminal activities.

Self-shuffling machines that had been "secretly altered" to read the cards in a deck and predict which player at the table had the best poker hand. That information was then sent to an off-site operator who allegedly sent the information via cell phone to the co-conspirator at the table. The co-conspirator, known as the quarterback, then allegedly secretly signaled the information to other defendants and used that information to win the poker game.

As technology advances, gambling fraudsters are adopting it to carry out their evil acts.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nba-arrests-rigged-poker-games-crime-families-fbi/

[Wiwo]

This is expected longer before now, gambling is gaining public attentions and for such a service there will definitely be people working tirelessly just to cheat others just as we have fraudulent casinos so we have other bad actors looking for chances to cheat in whatever ways.

But the bigger question is, will they suicide for long?

Can technology tools like chips and bots act as instruments to cheat the game processes for long?

They failed in the past i believe it wont succeed either in this present time.

[cryptoaddictchie]

I'm quite surprise that even NBA superstars are even involved in this modus. Apparently we probably foreseen this coming as tech keeps innovating we could expect that these will be applied to evil deeds such as this. Sometimes when I discover such progress like the use of AI Im bit worried that it could be use to something harmful or worse cases like this.

With money involved especially on gambling environment, I assume many news like this will broke out more in the future.

[Su-asa]

As we already know before now that this cheating is almost everywhere nowadays. Talking about the advantaged technologies z many have used it for good purpose and some are busy using it for the wrong purpose but trusth be told that the main intention for making technologies very advanced is not for the use. However, cheating have been in gamble before now but I haven't heard about this pattern of cheating before in a poker game. It seems gamblers should be careful this time around so that they won't cheat them under their nose.
Actually, I believe that the more people are cheating the system, the more the house are improving their system so that it will be more difficult for people to cheat them in the future.

[Fortify]

There is a recent illegal gambling crackdown in the US, which involved NBA stars and some mafia organisations, which has led to the arrest of about thirty people. These fraudsters used sophisticated technology to rig games and cheat victims.

They also allegedly used special contact lenses or eyeglasses capable of reading pre-marked cards, and an X-ray table that could read cards even when they were placed face-down, according to the charging documents. Hidden cameras were also built into tables and light fixtures

They also used self-shuffling machines to engage in these criminal activities.

Self-shuffling machines that had been "secretly altered" to read the cards in a deck and predict which player at the table had the best poker hand. That information was then sent to an off-site operator who allegedly sent the information via cell phone to the co-conspirator at the table. The co-conspirator, known as the quarterback, then allegedly secretly signaled the information to other defendants and used that information to win the poker game.

As technology advances, gambling fraudsters are adopting it to carry out their evil acts.

That is such an elaborate and complicated set up, they must have been engaging some really high rollers to make that all worthwhile. The way that's described makes it seem like they didn't know exactly who had the best hand (but with this level of sophistication it seems like they would) but enough that they could try to win the round. I wonder how many people they were able to sting because when you go to these sorts of games as a pro poker player 2-3 times, you must surely feel that something is "off" when playing against unknowns that keep beating you. It makes you wonder why anyone would bother joining these sort of backroom games, if they're high rollers it makes much more sense to go to one of the many regulated poker rooms around.

[Alphakilo]

As they cheat the systems, they forget that the companies who developed these systems also has the capacity to develop detection tools that will raise a red flag whenever there is suspicious activity.
Even the use of AI in betting can be detected too and that goes to show that a time may come when AI will become so advanced and would be used by gamblers to better their lot and also used by the companies to detect cheaters, match riggers and manipulation in their system.

[Findingnemo]

Looks like a movie plot.

These high rollers got some kind of fantasy to go with unregulated gambling operations rather than the legitimate ones, which I can't understand though.

[Cointxz]

What a shocking way of cheating in the casino. This is not only works against the casino rather this can be use by shady casino to rigged players too especially on blackjack.

With this technology revelation, casino can know what’s the exact distribution of cards on the deck meaning they can add a bot player to change the flow pf the cards to work in favor of the house.

This means even physical card games can be rigged now even with sophisticated card shuffling machine.

[mcdouglasx]

It's no wonder, scams and thefts will never cease to exist, thieves will always find new ways to take advantage in the game, it's almost like a row of dominoes falling non-stop one after the other, the important thing is to quickly identify this type of strategies and combat it before it's too late, everything evolves over time, even crimes, I think that if these people used their ingenuity for good instead of using it for evil they could have a better life in the long run, and without a doubt the world would be a better place for everyone.

[Ojima-ojo]

Gambling business is not an anyhow managed business, their can never survive that way, infact their are ahead of everything you can think of from being tricky to avoid losing to the gambler.

Their can easily detect anything that is not human on their site without losing sleep infact is auto detection for them, so as the tools are developed so is casinos developing anti cheating tools to combat them.

[Oasisman]

Isn't this related to the arrest of former NBA star Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat player Terry Rozier, which was recently reported?  
Dang! This syndicated activity sounds like a scene in a movie, like a James Bond type of movie. Especially the eyewear that could read cards even if it's facing the other way.
I think nobody knows how long this has been going on. They just recently found out, maybe because the pawns who played for the syndicate didn't play their part very well. Someone must have felt something was off with the people who consistently managed their cards very well, and this led to a deep investigation.
Such bad news for the NBA again. There have been so many reports about NBA players who have been caught related in illegal gambling. I don't think they are underpaid to be desperately engaging in such acts.

[Z-tight]

The article reads that there is one case involving sports betting, but they didn't provide further information on how they perpetrated the sports betting scam. I am interested to know how they pulled off the sports bet scam.

However, this is a very sophisticated Poker scam and there are big name NBA players involved in this, it makes the case even more interesting. This is a really sophisticated scam and the scammers must have really spent a lot to put it all together, but it is worth it since they make tens and hundreds of thousands in just a single game, according to the article. I will be following this case closely, at least they are innocent until proven guilty.

[OgNasty]

I'm quite surprise that even NBA superstars are even involved in this modus. Apparently we probably foreseen this coming as tech keeps innovating we could expect that these will be applied to evil deeds such as this. Sometimes when I discover such progress like the use of AI Im bit worried that it could be use to something harmful or worse cases like this.

With money involved especially on gambling environment, I assume many news like this will broke out more in the future.

I'm not surprised at all.  They probably like to gamble more than average people and have reputations at stake that can be used against them.  The mob probably got them in over their head with gambling debts and then offered them the opportunity to lure in other gamblers as a way to clear their debt.  Rich guys probably liked the idea of gambling with sports celebrities which made them especially valuable lures. 

A shame to see some of the names involved though.

[CryptSafe]

I am not surprised that all these are happening. In fact, it is even happening very fast because the rate at which technology improves or advances, makes it more easier for people to use it for their own personal interest.
One thing we should know is that fraudsters, scammers and cheaters always look for a way to cheat the process in whatever they do and hearing this doesn't sound anything new to me. Although the tech used in this cheating process is so sophisticated a d why it is so is because it involves a huge amount of money at stake do they can do whatever they want as long as it would give them the desired results, they have nothing to worry about it. We should expect more of this technology used for cheating to be produced and as long as the system still exists they would always improvise to their fraud schemes.

[Eternad]

Isn't this related to the arrest of former NBA star Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat player Terry Rozier, which was recently reported?  
Dang! This syndicated activity sounds like a scene in a movie, like a James Bond type of movie. Especially the eyewear that could read cards even if it's facing the other way.
I think nobody knows how long this has been going on. They just recently found out, maybe because the pawns who played for the syndicate didn't play their part very well. Someone must have felt something was off with the people who consistently managed their cards very well, and this led to a deep investigation.
Such bad news for the NBA again. There have been so many reports about NBA players who have been caught related in illegal gambling. I don't think they are underpaid to be desperately engaging in such acts.

You can suspect that someone is rigging the game if you are a skilled poker player while other player that involved on this scam play well against you like reading your card.

Experiencing it over many years and the fact that some user have some tool like contact lens to pull the trick will surely commit a notice mistake in due time.

I’m surprised that a prominent NBA player will be involved on this kind scam given that they earn huge on their career.

[uneng]

Looks like a movie plot.

These high rollers got some kind of fantasy to go with unregulated gambling operations rather than the legitimate ones, which I can't understand though.

Yes, a James Bond movie where the spies have reached the next technological level.

I wasn't aware about such practices yet, but if they were already spotted once, it means there must be many other cheaters applying the same techniques right now on many other casinos. And casinos aren't prepared to deal with this threat yet, so it's possible they lose some big amounts of money to cheaters yet.

With abundant technology and information nowadays, services have to adapt themselves instantly to the new tendencies, otherwise, besides losing to their competitors, they may also fall victims of scammers or cheaters.

[coolcoinz]

When it comes to reading shufflers, it's basically what they are doing with ATMs installing small cameras. A camera can register more frames per second than the human eye, so this is easy, You can run everything through simple software that assigns a letter or a number to a card it reads and then sends the whole sequence to someone's phone, like 9 2 K 5 A and so on, so as long as you count the cards dealt you know exactly what every player gets.

I'm not surprised at all because back in 1920 they were installing electromagnets in roulette tables, so technology was being used to cheat for more than 100 years.

[Mrbluntzy]

The fact that this crime has been going on for 6 years without being discovered despite that the games was played in top cities is really mind blowing because I am still wondering how they have been able to last this long in such a hefty crime. For justice to be served very well to my satisfaction, I really wished the prosecutors and FBI can make all of these people to produce the money that they have scammed from players since 2019 when they started till this year and after which be sent to jail. I feel pity for the innocent customers that must have put all their trust on this casino only to discover that they have been always duped by the game organizers.

[Dr.Osh]

This kind of thing seems to continue to happen, it is difficult to eradicate cheating in gambling, it is common for us to hear that there is a proverb that I heard "gambling = dishonest) and that is true if the bookies are honest it seems their business is not running smoothly, there is no honesty in gambling from either the players or the bookies

[bitcoindusts]

The fact that this crime has been going on for 6 years without being discovered despite that the games was played in top cities is really mind blowing because I am still wondering how they have been able to last this long in such a hefty crime. For justice to be served very well to my satisfaction, I really wished the prosecutors and FBI can make all of these people to produce the money that they have scammed from players since 2019 when they started till this year and after which be sent to jail. I feel pity for the innocent customers that must have put all their trust on this casino only to discover that they have been always duped by the game organizers.

Because there is no whistleblower during those times.  I don't believe that the authority, or the player had discovered it themselves.  There should be one whistleblower to uncover the plot.


The story setting  seems a sci-fi movie.  Those perpetrators are really smart to use technology to cheat against their unsuspecting players, with those technology that can read marks of cards is really astonishing, I think those are pre-made and can be used on that set alone.  I wonder how much these perpetrator spent on these cheat set.  Probably there is even bigger person behind the arrested people.