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Who doesn’t love a bit of gossip? Especially when it comes to card cheats in the casinos. Today’s Livecasinocetnral iGaming news, we look at some major legal stories coming out of North America, and there is one that will blow your mind!
It is not uncommon to hear of land-based casino dealers cheating, but when news of an online live casino dealer cheating the webcam system comes out, it’s top news. Check out the news story of the Evolution live dealer cheat caught manipulating the system netting US$50,000.
Although it was a reasonable chunk of change, the live dealer’s gamble didn’t pay off. However, that amount is small potatoes compared to an alleged theft from two Canadian online casino operators.
In an ongoing court case, two operators in Canada claim a staggering C$18 million worth of cash was part of a heist that the operators say was unlawful. In comparison to the $50k taken by the Evolution live casino dealer, we are talking mega money!
Want to know how the live dealer at Evolution almost got away with it? Or how C$18 million was allegedly unlawfully lifted from two Canadian casino operators? Read on for all the gossip…
Evolution Live Dealer Cheat Arrested
A 23-year-old man from Norwalk, Connecticut has been charged with cheating and first-degree larceny after being accused of defrauding an Evolution online live casino of almost $50,000.
It is not clear if Evolution live dealer employee was a dealer or was simply employed as a card shuffler. Often when the card needs reshuffling, the eye in the sky pit boss requests a shuffler, or in some cases, a pre-shuffled set of cards are placed into the shoe.
He allegedly took advantage of his access to manipulate gaming cards by memorizing or tampering with them. The exact games he did this on we do not know. It seems highly unlikely that this would have happened on Blackjack as the shoe is regularly shuffled to avoid card counting. However, Dragon Tiger and Baccarat games rarely have the decks shuffled, so it is likely to be one of these tables the crafty dealer manipulated.
His tricky deception included re-sequencing cards so that when he logged on to his live dealer accounts, he knew which cards were coming next. Naturally, he raised the stakes to take advantage, leading to a relatively small amount pocketed. If Evolution had not spotted the scam, the money involved could have grown into millions.
As an attempt to cover his tracks, he placed bets through multiple online accounts. I assume he signed up to different casinos streaming the same live dealer table he had fiddled with. Although the scam is reasonably clever, the live dealer turning cheat was using accounts under this name making it easy for Evolution to sport him.
The location in question was Evolution’s live dealer studio in Connecticut, nicknamed ‘The Constitution State’ by all accounts. It is a land-based venue that provides live dealer games for big-name online and live casino brands such FanDuel and DraftKings by streaming games via webcams to the operator’s platforms.
How was the con uncovered? According to NBC Connecticut, Evolution caught the scam thanks to its vigil monitoring. There are mechanisms in place to ensure all games are fair, dealers and croupiers are delivering results as per the state’s legal requirements, and to ensure the game equipment is operating correctly.
Evolution Live Dealer Cheat News Summary
- 23-year-old Evolution employee arrested for defrauding Evolution online live casino
- Access used to manipulate cards by tampering or memorizing them
- Resequenced cards and bet through multiple accounts
- Fraud was detected by Evolution’s monitoring system.
Canadian law firm faces $13.4M lawsuit from online gambling companies over alleged theft
Jazette Enterprises Ltd. and Go Forward Solutions Ltd. have filed a CAD18 million ($13.4 million) lawsuit against Beadle Raven LLP and R. James Beadle.
The case has come about for allegedly unlawfully transferring funds from the plaintiffs’ website in 2016 through a trust account administered by the defendants. Although the allegations remain unproven in court, evidence suggests CAD18 million ($13.4 million) passed through the trust account. When you look at the Evolution cheat scam above and compare the numbers, this could be a fraud on a completely different scale.
The case is also undergoing litigation in Qatar. A contractor was hired to investigate the lost funds, and a discovery examination was declined by Charlotte Payne, one of the Jazette owners. The Beadle defendants’ request for dismissal was denied by the judge.
Both Jazette Enterprises Ltd and Go Forward Solutions Ltd are well-known operators in Canada connected with online casinos such as Yukon and AllBritish.
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Summary of New Story
- Beadle Raven LLP sued for $13.4M theft of online gambling funds.
- Evidence shows money transferred through a trust account in 2016.
- Jazette owner declined examination, judge rejects dismissal request.
- Judge orders owner to attend discovery hearing.
- Defendants warned about exercising discovery right.
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