Land Casino Scamsters Busted

Published: Thursday, September 15, 2005 Online-Casinos.com

LAND CASINO SCAMSTERS BUSTED

Hi-tech micro camera scam defeated

Two men and a woman - accused of operating across the UK - have been arrested, Sky News reported this week.

The trio are thought to have netted more than GBP250,000 from six London casinos.

They are the first to be arrested in the UK for allegedly using such a hi-tech operation, police said. The Metropolitan Police's Clubs and Vice Gaming Unit was brought in to investigate the con after a number of casinos in the capital became suspicious about people playing three-card poker.

They carried out a sting operation to snare the suspects as they played the game at a casino in the centre of the capital. Detectives said the scam worked by two players playing the game and using "micro-cameras" to beam pictures to a third person watching on a computer monitor.

The third person then instructed the two players, who were wearing hidden earpieces, whether to bet or not.

David Mills, of the UK Casino Security Managers Association, said: "We have been tracking the increasing trend towards technical casino crime for some years now and are pleased that our internal procedures proved successful once again."

All three suspects have been bailed to return to a central London police station in December pending further investigation.