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7 Ways People Cheat in Casinos

by Sonal Shukla

Ever since the first luck-based game was invented, people started developing methods of turning the odds in their own favor. Now, this greatly eliminates luck from luck-based games, which is problematic for a number of reasons. First, it’s unfair, seeing as how it puts other betters at a disadvantage. Second, it cheats the house out of their profit, defeating the purpose of its existence to begin with.

Even though completely wrong from a moral and ethical standpoint, this is a topic that so many people are interested in. With that in mind and without further ado, here are top seven ways people cheat in casinos, as well as how casinos usually avoid succumbing to these threats. Also, here’s how some of these cheats translate to online casinos!

1. Using fake chips

One of the earliest forms in which people cheated in casinos was the use of fake chips. The way this works is quite simple and, for a long time, did have some effect. Today, nonetheless, these chips are chipped themselves (no pun intended). This means that they can get scanned and recognized right away. Not to mention the fact that fake chips are incredibly hard to make. This means that a regular person, with their modest means and connections could never pull it off.

Using stolen chips is similar to this, in a way. The biggest difference lies in the fact that you actually have to lift these chips off someone for the strategy to work. The thing is that present-day casinos have cameras all over the place. In online casinos, the equivalent to this would be stealing someone’s credit card or their account and betting with their own funds.

2. Capping

There’s one more chip-trick that we need to mention as a standalone problem, seeing as how it is, indeed, a standalone issue. Namely, when playing in an online casino and betting with chips, there are not a lot of people who can accurately guess (at a glance) how many chips are there on a pile.

So, if the beat goes right, there’s nothing preventing these fraudulent third-parties from adding a couple of chips to the pile. They might also pinch a chip or two in order to minimize their losses, if things go wrong. The only way a casino can prevent this is by keeping a closer eye to this. On the other hand, such a thing is impossible in a digital environment.

3. Using magnets

People who were trying to figure out the answer to the question:”how do you trick a slot machine?” in the past found magnets to be quite effective. The methodology is quite simple, they would hold the magnet against the slot machine and it would keep spinning until they get the combination that they’re looking for.

Now, there are two problems with this in 2022. First of all, slot machine manufacturers are more than aware of this flaw. This made them develop slot machines that are resilient to magnetism. Moreover, there are more and more people playing slot games in online casinos. Thanks to cutting-edge cybersecurity, the RNG of these online slots is nearly-impossible to crack.

4. Late betting

This is one of the simplest, and the most outright ways to cheat a casino. Namely, if you bet late, you have a decent chance of seeing where the ball (in roulette, for instance) lands. The simplest way to describe this method would be to say that it’s the equivalent of playing rock, paper, scissors and waiting to see the sign that the other party will present before showing your own hand.

Keep in mind that dealers don’t look kindly upon this. Therefore, in the past, it only worked in groups, with someone to distract a dealer while you’re placing your bet. In online casinos, such a thing would be impossible.

5. Card cheating

Card games are some of the most popular casino games and they have their own category of cheats and hazards. The most popular two are card marking and card counting. Now, keep in mind that there’s a great distinction between the two. First of all, while card counting is frowned upon and you may be asked to leave, it is not illegal and it’s not as fraudulent. Card marking, on the other hand, is much worse and it requires you to be in touch with the dealer in question.

Either way, the way in which casinos handle this is via shuffling machines and a closer oversight of their premises. In online casinos, it’s impossible to accurately count cards, seeing as how the shuffling process is handled by software.

6. Unreliable dealers

Previously, we’ve mentioned that in order for card marking to work, one would have to be in cahoots with the dealer. Sometimes, this means bribing them, blackmailing them, or intimidating them. Each of which is a serious offense. At other times, they would be splitting profits with the fraudulent party or even being masterminds behind the organization.

There are only two ways in which a traditional casino would be able to handle this problem – a more careful vetting process and better oversight. An online casino can usually put more fate in their software, although this can be tampered with, as well. An internal threat is never to be taken lightly.

7. Malware

So far, we’ve mentioned online casinos and casino gambling several times. Therefore, it’s only fair to mention one threat that is endemic to online casinos. We’re, of course, talking about the threat of malware.

The only way in which online casinos can combat this threat is via anti-malware software and airtight cybersecurity on their own. On the other hand, the players need to be careful as well. Their own credit card information and account can be stolen via malware even if the online casino does nothing wrong.

Final thoughts

As you can see, the casino cheats are not the only ones who develop their methods. In order to survive for so long, these gambling institutions had to adapt and develop methods of their own. With the appearance of online casinos, these methods were further improved but this also gave birth to a new threat – cyber-cheats. So far, nonetheless, online casinos are fairly successful at fending off this digital threat.

 

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