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Beating Roulette With Computers & Lasers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the games-people-play-for-cold-hard-cash dept.

MeerCat writes "The BBC are reporting that a group of gamblers who won more than £1m at the Ritz Casino by using laser technology have been told by police they can keep their winnings. A laser scanner linked to a computer was allegedly used to gauge numbers likely to come up on the roulette wheel. Of course this could be Labour spin to try and get people excited about the idea of cheating at mega casinos"

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  1. Of course no law was broken! by bigtallmofo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unless they were using a laser to shoot the ball into the number they wanted, there's nothing at all illegal about this in the U.S., and I'm heartened to read the U.K. either.

    "No more bets... And the number is 7... ZAP! I mean 19... ZAP! I mean 22... ZAP! I mean 13... ZAP! I mean 3... The winner is 3! You win again."

    --
    I'm a big tall mofo.
  2. Re:Easy fix by The+Ultimate+Fartkno · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, but then you have the problem of the "ball" jumping up and biting into some poor guy's head. The next thing you know you've got a casino full of zombies running around and eating the cocktail waitresses - and have you ever tried to bludgeon a zombie with a croupier's rake? It's no crowbar, that's for damned sure.

    Oh... wait.

    "Hermit" crab?

    Never mind...