With a boom in interest in the UK for casino games and poker over the last decade, there has also been unwanted extra interest from scamsters out to cheat their way to a fortune.
Two men recently became the first to be sent to prison in the UK for cheating in a casino thanks to the Gambling Act 2005.
Mehmet Mersin and Suleyman Arik where caught swapping cards while playing three-card poker at the Empire Casino in London, and were seen performing carefully practiced moves seven times to pick up more than £5000 illegally.
Arik got six months in gaol and Mersin eight months. Arik is a Turkish National and will be deported on his release, while Mersin has received a UK casino ban for 10 years.
Both were recorded by vigilant security staff using high-tech cameras and owned up when presented with the volume of evidence. Their crime is just one in a series of scames that UK casinos now have to be on the lookout for.
Pictures released of the offending duo show what otherwise appears to be a regular casino tables, texas holdem table, but both men were exchanging cards in order to give each other strong hands to pick up winnings.
The Independent newspaper took a closer look at the security and expertise which is behind the casino gaming industry's fightback against commen.
07 July 2009
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