"As early as 2019, the defendants used "wireless cheating technology" to run rigged poker games in cities including Manhattan, the Hamptons, Las Vegas, and Miami, Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella said at a news conference on Oct. 23. The victims, known as "fish," were lured into the games with the chance to gamble with celebrities known as "face cards," including Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and former NBA player Damon Jones,"
""The defendants used other cheating technologies, such as poker chip tray analyzers, which is a poker chip tray that secretly reads cards using a hidden camera, special contact lens or eye glasses that could read premarked cards and an X-ray table that could read cards face down on the table," Nocella said. Victims were fleeced out of hundreds of thousands of dollars per game, including one who lost upwards of $1.8 million, officials said."
Defendants used wireless cheating technology to run rigged underground poker games across Manhattan, the Hamptons, Las Vegas, and Miami. Victims called "fish" were lured with the chance to gamble with celebrity "face cards" such as Chauncey Billups and Damon Jones. Cheating tools included a rigged shuffling machine reportedly stolen at gunpoint, modified shufflers that read cards and predict hands, an off-site operator relaying information to a table "quarterback" who signaled players, poker chip tray analyzers with hidden cameras, contact lenses or eyeglasses to read premarked cards, and an X-ray table. Victims lost hundreds of thousands per game, including one who lost about $1.8 million, and more than 30 people were indicted in overlapping federal investigations.
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