Eleven people believed to part of an organized crime ring of casino cheats were indicted by a federal grand jury in San Diego on conspiracy and racketeering charges. The indictment, announced Friday, accuses the gang of targeting dozens of casinos across the United States, including five Indian casinos. The indictment was reported in the San Diego Union Tribune.
According to the indictment, the defendants and others executed a "false shuffle" cheating scheme at some of the listed casinos during blackjack and mini-baccarat games. The indictment alleges that the suspects bribed casino card dealers and supervisors to perform false shuffles during card games, thereby creating "slugs" of un-shuffled cards. After tracking the order of cards dealt in a card game, a member of the organization would signal to the card dealer to perform a "false shuffle," and then members of the group would bet on the known order of cards when the slug appeared on the table, the indictment said. By doing so, the indictment alleges that members of the conspiracy repeatedly won thousands of dollars during card games. More details on the scheme are available here.
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