Gang arrested after £1.3m win at Ritz casino

Comment #7

LottoBuddy — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 04:46:27 GMT

Gambing houses are always such sore losers. Using a mobile phone or card counting should not be illegal. Some lotteries are also bad in that they put a maximum limit on the prizes they pay out, then if that limit is ever reached, the winners get a lot less than they expected.

Comment #6

RJOh — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:47:20 GMT

Makes one wonder if there was a program that could suggest lottery numbers that were more likely to hit, would it be legal? Or it you won a big jackpot more than twice, would you dare continue to play in hopes of winning again. Apparently, there no worry about that happing with the lottery software now available.RJOh

Comment #5

CASH Only — Tue, 23 Mar 2004 20:55:58 GMT

Notice the story had no 00 on the wheel.

Comment #4

arkan — Tue, 23 Mar 2004 16:56:14 GMT

I want to get that thing. if anyone has an idea about it, write to me.

Comment #3

Millennium — Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:12:33 GMT

Go read The Eudaemonic Pie. I'm sure they did.

Comment #2

Bradly_60 — Tue, 23 Mar 2004 02:01:43 GMT

I hate when casinos do that. I mean they make you feel like you did something wrong when you win. Take for instance blackjack these days. I mean you kinda learn how to count cards and they consider that cheating. HOW???? Its part of the game isn't it? And I mean having a little calculator that tells you were the ball could possible drop thats cheating too? And you can get arrested for that? Darn you take the houses edge down a little bit and they arrest you. That calculator wasn't 100... [ More ]

Comment #1

JAP69 — Tue, 23 Mar 2004 00:15:56 GMT

They dont like it when you walk away with their cash. The bet was placed each time and where they chose to place the bet should be no concern of the casino. In that case it is illegal to use calculations to find where to place the bet.Will they take away a lottery players win if the player said they used a system to find the numbers.

Gang arrested after £1.3m win at Ritz casino

Lottery Post — Mon, 22 Mar 2004 21:41:46 GMT

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of using James Bond-style electronic trickery to win almost 1.3 million at a London casino.The Metropolitan Police said today that two men and a woman, all from Eastern Europe, had been arrested for allegedly obtaining money by deception.They are accused of using a scanner inserted into a mobile phone and hooked up to a microcomputer to calculate where a roulette ball would probably fall after the third turn of the wheel.The Daily Mirror newspaper re... [ More ]