Friday, October 18, 2013

four Ohio casinos have been hit by a New York crime ring that operates a roulette scam.

Ohio’s casinos spun by NY crime ring’s roulette scam
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Authorities say all four Ohio casinos have been hit by a New York crime ring that operates a roulette scam.
The director of enforcement for the Ohio Casino Control Commission says the organized group of about 70 people travels the country pulling off the scam. They’ve hit the casinos in Cleveland, Toledo, Columbus and Cincinnati.
The Columbus Dispatch reports the scam involves chips used on the roulette table. The scammers buy a certain color of chips that allows the bettor to set the value.
Chips then are secretly passed off to someone else who returns to a table and assigns a higher value to that color of chips.
There have been 13 arrests so far. Four men are scheduled to be sentenced Friday in Cincinnati.
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steveny34
steveny34
When one plays roulette they get color chips. They tell the dealer what the color will be worth while they are playing. So lets say one came to the table and played yellow chips and told the dealer they will be worth a buck a peice. They leave then another guy comes and says there worth 5 bucks a peice. i guess the first guy pocketed some chipsand gave them to the next guy
tslsports
tslsports
From the article I still can't tell how they  do it. Even if the chips are exchanged at the table, the new player can't just declare that his chips are a higher amount! So mr reporter, tell us how the scam actually works please.

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