Casino FleasA path to a perfect crime, you have in your possession the highest quality fake casino chips you have ever seen, even the weight seems perfect. You lay the chips down at the table, a nice neat stack of fake dollar chips. The dealer smiles, and starts up a distracting conversation, just as they are trained to do, you chat calmly and politely in order not to draw any suspicion. All of a sudden the dealer innocently proclaims “Hey you must have one of those rare misprint chips, it spells ‘dolar’ instead of ‘dollar’”. You try hide your guilt while bolting for the nearest exist, leaving your “neat pile of rare dolar chips” scattered over the table. The above is an example of a casino flea, this is the term used by casino security for individuals who are constantly on the lookout for a scam or cheating opportunity. The casinos investigators are always on the lookout for them, which is apparently a challenging task as the “fleas” come at them from all angles. The onset of new technology has also changed the types of cheating methods. The current cheating methods that casino security is being warned about are: - Slugs are blank metal discs with the same composition and size as real tokens which are used on the older slot machines.
- The security staff has been asked to concentrate on high-denomination games due to shaved or counterfeit tokens.
- Devices used to disrupt the coin-counting mechanisms. The devices have been found on the internet. It is in fact so popular that cheaters have been caught renting the devices right outside the casinos.
- Employee impersonators who dress like the real thing while taking you cash to make change. The impersonators then disappear.
Security personal are constantly upgrading their skill on order to catch the latest scams and cheats. The conventions and trade shows are popular places to brush up with the latest technologies. The unfortunate thing is the crooks also eventually gain access to the technology and begin devising ways to circumvent the systems. |
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