The runner carried the camera to a gaming analyst in a nearby hotel room, where the analyst transferred the video to a computer, watching it in slow motion to determine the order of the cards.
A small camera, hidden under his forearm, recorded the order.Īfter a few hands, the cutter left the floor and entered a bathroom stall, where he most likely passed the camera to a confederate in an adjoining stall. The player probably rubbed the stack for good luck, at the same instant riffling some of the corners of the cards underneath with his index finger. Before play began, the dealer offered one member of the group a stack of eight decks of cards for a pre-game cut.
In January, at the newly opened $4-billion Cosmopolitan casino in Las Vegas, a gang called the Cutters cheated at baccarat. Cheaters are increasingly using technology, hiding cameras up sleeves and in betting chips.
