It was an inside job where t he cheaters relied on a superuser account with the nickname “Auditmonster2,” that would observe tables and was able to see everyone player’s hole cards. This time the was no rigging of the software. This is the most recent confirmed case of cheating in a casino game and it is linked with online poker. This was back in the ’80s and as you can imagine it is not possible to happen today because of very specific regulations for video gambling machines and local regulatory bodies that inspect and monitor not only the games and the casinos but also the software providers of the games. The company that was involved, American Coin, had altered the programming in their machines’ chips so as to not allow players to draw a top-paying royal flush or achieve a top Keno jackpot.

The first confirmed case of a rigged casino game is also known as American Coin Scandal. Let’s have a quick look at these confirmed cheating cases. The only confirmed stories about rigged casino games that made the news are linked with slot machine games back in the 80s in the USA ( where online slot games didn’t even exist) and with online poker a few years ago. Until today, there hasn’t been any confirmed case of a rigged live roulette game or a rigged blackjack game and this is absolutely normal because there are many reasons that justify the fact that live casino games can’t be rigged! Confirmed Casino Games Rigged Stories But this is happennig because this game is what we call “automatic roulette” and works with pressured air hence the ball is heavier compared to your traditional roulette tables. Other players claim that Lightning Roulette is rigged because the ball drops without a lot of bouncing. Both these claims need the croupier to be part of the scam/fix which is very unlikely. Another rumour is live blackjack or baccarat can be rigged with the use of shuffling techniques which make the game unfair to players. Some of these rumours for example are that roulette can be rigged with the use of a device, usually under the roulette table, which controls the ball or the wheel.

So these stories can only be classed as rumours. However, until today we don’t have a confirmed case yet of a live casino game being rigged. There are many stories that you can find in casino forums about players suspecting that the game they were playing was rigged and also about the ways that a casino can rig a game.

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