How to cheat in roulette and not be arrested.

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Gamblers who "won" £1.3million on the Ritz hotel's roulette wheel with the help of hi-tech computer gadgetry have escaped prosecution.

The three - a Hungarian woman and two Serbian men - have been told that because their scanners only provided information and did not manipulate the equipment, there were no grounds to prosecute. Casino managers became suspicious after the trio won £1.3 million over two days in March. On the first night they won £100,000. They returned the next night to win a further £1.2 million, which they quickly cashed. After declining offers of free caviar and champagne, they departed soon afterwards.

Suspicious security experts examined CCTV footage and officers from Scotland Yard's gaming squad later arrested the three at a nearby hotel and impounded the cash and mobile phones.

The three - a 32-year-old Hungarian woman described as "chic and beautiful" and two Serbs aged 33 and 38 - were questioned and released on bail. Now they have been told that they are free to leave the country. Police sources said it was notoriously difficult to get enough evidence to prosecute people over alleged casino fraud and in this case there was no proof they had "technically" interfered with the equipment.

The audacity of the gambling coup stunned casino owners, who will now be forced to tighten security.

Anyone caught cheating at a casino is usually prosecuted for obtaining money by deception or under the 1845 law, Cheating at Gaming Activities. But the law does not take into account new advances in computer technology which can help a cheat. The Ritz declined to comment on the dropping of charges or the implications of the decision.

Dr Mark Griffiths, professor of gambling at Nottingham Trent University, said unless the law was tightened up other people would attempt to use similar devices.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/...ng%20Standard&ct=5
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/...rce=Evening%20Standard

 

[purbeast0]

the casino cheets millions of people out of their money, so i'm glad atleast ONE person can get away with it .

 

[BigJ]

That is awesome.

 

[JDub02]

I say good for them. No "cheating" involved in my book. Just some good mathematics and science.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
the casino cheets millions of people out of their money, so i'm glad atleast ONE person can get away with it .

Technically the casino isn't cheating the people out of their money since the odds are known and they're not manipulating the game

 

[Kev]

nm

 

[TuxDave]

That's interesting, I didn't know you could make bets once the person tosses the ball.

 

[Colt45]

muhaha. crazy yugos. That is a lot of money.

 

[MetalMat]

How exaclty did they cheat? It just says they used some computer system..... isn't roulette pretty much random?

 

[Jzero]

This thread title is misleading. They WERE arrested; the charges were later dropped.

 

[MustISO]

That is VERY cool.

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: MetalMat
How exaclty did they cheat? It just says they used some computer system..... isn't roulette pretty much random?

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/...rce=Evening%20Standard

 

[Zee]

Originally posted by: MetalMat
How exaclty did they cheat? It just says they used some computer system..... isn't roulette pretty much random?

laser coming out of cell phone examines the ball as it's spinning. calculates where it will land

 

[mugs]

Dr Mark Griffiths, professor of gambling at Nottingham Trent University,

Wow

 

[TranceNation]

Originally posted by: MetalMat
How exaclty did they cheat? It just says they used some computer system..... isn't roulette pretty much random?

see bottom of the article, has a link ...

 

[amoeba]

Originally posted by: mugs

Dr Mark Griffiths, professor of gambling at Nottingham Trent University,

Wow

perhaps he commutes with the love doctor.

 

[calvinbiss]

how much did it cost to develop and manufactor this device? These peeps are smart!!

 

[maziwanka]

How they did it

A laser scanner concealed within a mobile phone and pointed at the roulette wheel measures the speed of the ball as the croupier releases it and where it first lands on the wheel from the croupier's hand.

The scanner also analyses the declining orbit of the ball as it begins to lose momentum and spin in smaller circles.
By recording one revolution of the wheel the scanner can calculate the rate the ball and wheel, which has been spun in the opposite direction, are slowing at.

It then beams these factors to a separate microcomputer which analyses the thousands of possible spin simulations and sends a message back to the mobile phone indicating the most likely landing quarter on the wheel.

The high-speed calculations by the microcomputer allow the gambler to place a bet on several numbers before the third spin of the wheel, by which time the croupier calls "no more bets"

Estimates suggest the device can cut the odds on winning from 37-1 to 6-1.

that is freaking awesome.

 

[notfred]

That's awesome. I want a laser cell-phone gambling machine.

 

[LordSnailz]

wow, 6:1 to one odds, no wonder they came away with that kind of money.

 

[KB]

That is pretty amazing. How do I get one of those gadgets is the next logical question.

 

so where can one get these tools and applications

if they hadn't been so greedy, they could realllllly reap some cash

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: calvinbiss
how much did it cost to develop and manufactor this device? These peeps are smart!!

surely!! this is why i'd take knowledge over money. can make money off knowledge...cant make knowledge off money...well you CAN go to college with money...but if one already has money i dont think he/she will bother going to college

 

[EagleKeeper]

Wait until this hits America.

Cell phones will be banned from the casino gaming areas. Already banned in Sportsbooks.

 

[BentValve]

That is awesome, I wish I had one.