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TUNE IN -- The History Channel presents BREAKING VEGAS, The Ultimate Cheat Tune In: Tuesday, March 1 @ 9pm ET/PT Imagine the ultimate cheating move--so outrageous, audacious, and simple that not even the best casino detective can come close to catching the g enius behind it... In this hour of a series profiling people who took Ve gas for lots of cash, we meet Richard Marcus, who perfected the craft of casino cheating from the 1970s through the early 90s. Join Marcus and teammates Mark "Balls" Abromowitz and Pat Mallery on a raucous robbery r omp through the world's toniest casinos. Past-post ing--laying down or swapping out chips after a winning bet is known. Hot on their tail is casino investigator Andy Anderson who's made it his mi ssion to bring them down. We also explore past-posting's history, securi ty systems' evolution, and the psychology of casino cheating. Features e xclusive interviews with Marcus, Abromowitz, and Mallery, and their neme sis, high-tech cheating sleuth Anderson.
Another New Project: Identity Theft Take a peek at a new book project I'm working on that will offer unique i nsights into the headline grabbing world of Identity Theft, entitled IDE NTITY THEFT INCORPORATED: A Wild Wealthy Existence As Someone Else (by Anonymous (AKA Glenn Hastings) written by Richard Marcus). IDENTITY THE FT INCORPORATED is written with a past associate of mine. I met many fas cinating people in my days as a casino cheater. IDENTITY THEFT INCORPORATED is a true-crime memoir that follows Glenn Ha stings as he and a handful of partners, computer illiterates at their o utset, come to manage scores of identities. From simple trips to the lib rary, they quickly grew their enterprise. Soon they were crisscrossing t he nation maintaining identities, residences, phony businesses and legit imate employees in cities across the US. While netting millions in cash and merchandise, Hastings criminal ambitions eventually reached beyond A merica as he manipulated identities to set up larger corporations, takin g out sizeable loans from respected financial institutions. Despite seve ral close calls with authorities from several jurisdictions as well as w ith shady fences, drug dealers, and other less than trustworthy associat es, Hastings and his identity theft partners were never caught. Even before the recent ChoicePoint and T-Mobile attacks, Identity Theft h as been regularly cited as THE crime of the 21st Century. This book is the first on the su bject told by someone who's assumed hundreds of identities. Not only is the author revealing how ID theft is done, with previously unknown metho ds and details, he's candidly disclosing his wildly unbelievable yet abs olutely true story about his lucrative impersonations.
Richard Branson's FLYING CASINOS have nothing to fear from me Virgin to Offer Gambling on 'Superjumbos' TOULOUSE, France - High-paying passengers aboard Virgin Atlantic's Airbus "superjumbos" will be able to work out in the gym, get a makeover, gamb le in a casino then head to the bar for some cocktails before easing ont o a double bed.
Richard Br ansons flying casinos, that does not mean others with whom I used to wo rk are not planning to. With Pat and Balls, I did used to cheat casinos with difficult escape rou tes, the United States many riverboat casinos. I was always wary of the se cheating excursions on boats. Even the docked boats presented problem atic escape routes, something that is always important even for the most expert of cheating teams. The riverboats usually only had one way off: a narrow gangway and then up a hilled embankment. However, that is obvio usly nothing compared to a boat in the middle of a river. Once Pat needed to employ the extreme escape measure of jumping overboard . He encountered some steam while we were in the middle of a river. He, of course, did what he knew he had to do, and jumped ship. He swam away scott free, holding on to the profits from his move all the while. The f unniest part is when he made his way to a hotel to call us for a ride he told us You should've seen the look the desk clerk gave me when I walk ed in. Pat was al ways good for a laugh even in some of the strangest and tense spots.
my book While Virgin Airways has nothing to fear from me, I would warn Sir Richar d that Pat is still out there working and he is definitely crazy enough to pull a D B Cooper move from a flying gambling hall.
my book), New Years is THE BIG NIGHT for casinos, high-stakes gambler s, card-counters and cheaters. Well, even though the strip experienced a bit of a power outage, there was no stop in the cheating action. Severa l of my former colleagues took advantage of the premier cheating weekend , as I knew they would. While the pinch mov e, Savannah, seems to have brought in the most loot during this years h oliday season, Blackjack pastposts were brought into the rotation. The t ime honored blackjack pastpost used to hold the status as the fastest an d most efficient move in our repertoire, that is until I developed Savan nah. Ive been regaled with several stories about this new years from friends and former teammates. The best one seems a bit touchy to relay on the bl og at present. I am still working out how I might be best able to pass i t along to readers without those involved facing any unneccessary attent ion. In the meantime, a Japanese television show wants to do a segment about m e and my book. I should be filming a piece with them in the next few wee ks.
Despite a handful of arrests, several adept crews continue to operate quite profitably. In pursuing slot cheats, the industry has d rawn the line at dealing with a reformed cheat who has offered bit of he lp. A developer of light-wands and other slot cheating devices who made quite a name for himself in the gaming industry has been turned away in offer ing his help. The developers unsavory reputation and felony convictio ns in three states have gotten him banned-for-life from Nevada casinos. After 20 years of tricking slot machines, he's trying to sell his patent on a device, which cheats the cheater, The Protector Nevada gaming of ficials banned The Protector once they learned who invented it. They w ere afraid it could be converted into a cheating device; Besides that, the former slot cheater says he's a changed man, one who could help his former victims save a lot of money. So, instead of turning to someone truly in the know about the casinos we aknesses, the industry has chosen to bury its head in the sand. In other insider casino cheating news, Bats and his crew report increased success at hole-carding and tracking Aces, again up in Reno. I know tha t this is not the most exciting update as its the same thing he was up to last time I passed along word from him. But, that simply means he is doing well without any significant steam from the casinos security depa rtments. With The holidays approaching, especially NEW YEARS, the most profitable night of the year, I am sure I will have more from Bats and other former teammates coming soon.
my book know that MANY scams for beating the ca sinos have been introduced to me over the years. I was always very discr iminating and only took up a few of the offers. In fact, I almost got burned on the one temp tation to use a device. But, given that the law in the UK would, for the time being, seem to stil l allow for the legal operation of such devices, Id be curious enough t o check this out were in the UK right now. There are many determining fa ctors Id consider before investing in such a device. To name a few, Id need to field test it on a neutral wheel and get a sense of the dynamic s of implementing the device, how many partners would be needed, the ris k of exposure, etc. I would also need to research what other jurisdictio ns would likely view the use of such a device as legal or at least not strictly illegal. I will be in the UK in the coming months so perhaps Ill check it out the n If anyone else out there tries out one of these scanners, Id be curious to learn how they do with it (confidentiality guaranteed).
This Newsday (AP) Story offers no Big Surprise, but is interesting no netheless. W...
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