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Las Vegas is often romanticized in movies and TV shows as a glamorous playground full of games, shows, nightlife, and the chance to strike it rich.
But behind the bright lights and excitement lies an unseen battle – the constant war between casino security and cunning cheaters trying to illegally beat the odds and walk away with huge stolen winnings.
$7 Million Mini Baccarat Scam
In this eye-opening video exposé, the content peels back the curtain and takes you inside major Vegas casinos’ high-tech security nerve centers.
You’ll see surveillance footage revealing brazen cheaters in action using tricks of the trade to try scamming games, slots, tables, and more for millions in ill-gotten gains. Plus, you’ll get the full review on the Baccarat gang that took casinos for over $7 million!
The Las Vegas Gang That Stole Millions From Casinos
The also gives you an inside look into the advanced facial recognition, 360-degree tracking cameras, and other clever technologies casinos now use to catch the bad guys. And you’ll hear directly from former cheating insiders who have crossed to the dark side – employees, athletes, and criminal networks that exploit their access to attempt elaborate insider scams. You’ll see how one Las Vegas gang managed to con casinos out of millions.
Talking Points in the Video
- A lady and her partner in crime block the camera view in a casino to tamper with a video poker machine to trigger the jackpot.
- A player has gotten his hands on one of the casino’s exact deck of cards. He’s swapping cards while playing to cheat the blackjack table. We have a full blackjack guide here if you’d like to learn more about the game.
- Another blackjack player leaves notches on cards as he adds or collects a bet; he marks the cards.
- And there are Craps players who throw in late bets, sneak in dice with only 4, 5, and 6 numbers, and dice sliding.
See Common Cheating Techniques in Action
Some of the most common cheating techniques caught on casino surveillance cameras include:
- Past posting: Illegally adding more chips onto a winning bet after the outcome is known. In the video we see this tactic used many times. It begins with an example of player past posting on a roulette table. We also have a full roulette guide for of you that want to know more about this game.
- Card marking: Subtly bending or marking playing cards to identify high-value cards later.
- Dice sliding: Carefully sliding rather than rolling a die to manipulate the outcome.
- Distraction scams: Having an accomplice distract the dealer while illegally adding to bets.
Get ready to enter the hidden world of cheating in Las Vegas – where security experts and cons are locked in an around-the-clock underground war with money and reputations on the line!
The Fong Tron Casino Dealer that Scammed Casinos $7+ Million
Casinos caught a team of Baccarat scammers using inside dealers. Casinos were already on to them before they made it to Vegas. The table’s house edge showed that the Mini Baccarat game was 20% down or more for the night. Thanks to the eye in the sky, experts managed to figure out the scam.
A group of casino dealers and their associates managed to cheat Las Vegas casinos out of millions of dollars by using insider knowledge and manipulation. The elaborate scheme began in 2002 when a dealer named Fong Tron was fired from a small California casino for suspicious behavior. Fong then hatched a plan with his wife Van Tran, also a dealer, and her brother Tai Tran, a casino manager.
They focused their scam on the game mini baccarat, taking advantage of the fact that players can openly track card sequences. A member of their group would track the order of cards. Then a dealer in on the scam would perform a ‘false shuffle,’ manipulating the cards while making it look like an ordinary shuffle. Players in their group then massively increased their bets, knowing which cards were coming next.
The group, which grew to about 15 people, spent months perfecting their system, netting hundreds of dollars in test runs. By early 2003 they expanded operations, hitting casinos across California and making up to $158,000 in a single month. To access more lucrative targets like Las Vegas, they recruited more casino insiders willing to fix card decks. Their recruits were often dealers themselves facing financial struggles or looking for excitement.
How did the gang get caught?
By late 2004, the criminal organization felt ready to take on Vegas. But the city’s top-tier casino security had been tipped off about them from intelligence shared between casinos. Surveillance footage eventually captured Fong Tron openly tracking cards at a baccarat table and signaling players about coming winning hands. Authorities collected enough evidence over three years to bring down the whole operation.
They already had him on camera ripping up the paper that showed them order of the cards. Casino investigators went to each trash can and put the chat card back together. It was enough to prove he cheated. They also set up Fong Tron on camera recruitiung a dealer who had made a deal with the FBI after being caught.
In the end, Fong Tron and 46 others were indicted for charges like racketeering and theft. The group was proven to have stolen $7 million from casinos across their multi-year scheme through rigging card games. It was greed for higher profits that drove them to take bigger risks that led to their eventual downfall.
Even live dealer studios take dealers cheating seriously. They can easily spot these patterns by checking the game’s house edge or profits/losses. On top of this, live casinos use pit bosses. Both the techniques meant an Evolution Gaming dealer was fined for cheating. You can read more about that news story in our new report Evolution Employee Rigging Games to Defraud $47,000.
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