Gang 'used 007-style gadgets' to cheat casinos

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MillionsWanted — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:16:28 GMT

Sounds like an old movie with Steve McQueen in it. They used a military computer on board a navy ship.

The Honeymoon Machine I think it was called.

Comment #7

truecritic — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:33:20 GMT

If it was a movie, you can bet I'd be watching

Comment #6

DetroitJazzMan — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:10:49 GMT

The roblem is there is no indication that restitution is a part of the sentence. nine months suspended sentence is no deterrent. They still have the money

Comment #5

cps10 — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:52:46 GMT

The greed part is what gets me...if you were going to devise a plan like this, you need to throw a few hands to keep them off your trail. Just increase a bet down the road to get your money back, that's all. But not right after you lose one...or maybe that is one way to throw them off. You lose a bet, then being a stupid gambler, you double your bet to try and get it back. OH! Wow! I won that one...lucky me!

That is stupidity right there with the greed.

I agree with GameGrl in that they... [ More ]

Comment #4

TheGameGrl — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:55:59 GMT

A person is only considered stupid if they get caught? If stupidity involves conjuring and divising a plan that took some intellect and created an income, then the mere mention of stupidity is insignificant. I commend even a criminal method if they had the intellect to outsmart a system. Do I agree to such antics no, but I give credit to the *method* and creativity used.

They had their fun and are paying the piper. That is the little lesson learned from the article.

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hjones — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:17:34 GMT

Shaken or stirred?

Does it look like I give a damn

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Rick G — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:32:53 GMT

These guys are guilty of three crimes. Theft, greed and stupidity. As we all know, we don't win 34 of 44 bets no matter what game we're betting.

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DoubleDown — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:31:32 GMT

They had better be glad this is Euro Casino 2007 , not Vegas circa 1967... they would never have had the chance to see a prison...

They would have been back roomed and had their hands broken first, then their legs, then............................

..DD

Gang 'used 007-style gadgets' to cheat casinos

Lottery Post — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:15:49 GMT

A chef who turned high-tech poker cheat with an array of James Bond-style spy equipment to pocket an estimated 250,000 (US$491,000) was jailed for nine months today.

Yau Yiv Lam, 45, and two other partners in crime, repeatedly preyed on casinos throughout London using miniature up-the-sleeve cameras and virtually invisible earpieces to reverse the odds and chalk up a string of spectacular wins.

As he filmed cards dealt by the croupier, footage was beamed to an accomplice in a van equipp... [ More ]