Roulette Scams Man in roulette scam receives prison term

A New Jersey man who took part in a roulette scam at Hollywood Casino Toledo in 2012 was sentenced Friday to 11 months in prison.

Luis Abad, 33, of Paterson, N.J., pleaded no contest to one count of casino cheat, a fifth-degree felony, before Lucas County Common Pleas Judge Stacy Cook. In addition to the prison sentence, Judge Cook ordered him to pay $2,000 in restitution to the casino.

Abad, who failed to appear for his arraignment on the original charges in August, 2012, was picked up by Lucas County sheriff’s deputies Jan. 12 at the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center, where he faces similar charges for cheating offenses at the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland.

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A Paterson man suspected of being part of a ring that cheats at roulette in Ohio casinos has pleaded not guilty, according to published reports.

Luis Abad, 33, skipped two court appearances after being arrested at the Hollywood Casino in Toledo in 2012. He was most recently arrested in Cleveland following alleged cheating at Horsehoe Casino, according to ToledoBlade.com.

Abad is being held on $100,000 bail in the Toledo area.

A 2013 story on Cleveland.com said the alleged cheating ring includes 50 to 70 people based in the New York City area and has struck at casinos in 18 states.

The scheme starts when players enter the game at small amounts, say $1 per chip, and then walk off with the chips when dealers are distracted, the report said. They then give the chips to accomplices in areas where there are no cameras.

Those people return to a roulette wheel to purchase additional chips at larger amounts. At some point, all the chips are cashed out at the higher rate, according to Cleveland.com.

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After reading about it in detail from various sources I understand how it went now.
Roulette had little to do with it, simply walking off with chips and cashing them in later by another person.
I'm shocked he didn't get caught sooner doing something that stupid and obvious.

 

We have a STRICT rule here.....lets say there are some chips missing. That color will not be in use I believe for 1-2 days. Even if the table is packed, they WILL let a person use that color but ONLY for dollar chips.

I saw this the other day.....a guy was using colored quarters (not green). He was done with roulette and left the table with 4 of those chips in his pocket (he had forgotten). He came back FIVE minutes later and yep, they only gave him $4 instead of $100. If you LEAVE the table, those chips are now worth $1 each. (not counting the bathroom of course)

Ken

 

Yeah, color chips denominations may change from player to player. Those who want to pocket chips and forget should use cash chips only.