Spanish Police Arrest Three for Scamming Casino on World’s Largest Cruise Ship

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Spanish Police Arrest Three for Scamming Casino on World’s Largest Cruise Ship

[CFLRetired]

It's amazing what some people will do.  

[BND]

I mean, who doesn't know that casinos have cameras everywhere?  Plus the ships have them in public spaces all over.   

[Plum Happy]

You have to be pretty dumb to think that no one is watching.  Eyes in the skies are everywhere on the ships.

[cruisequeen4ever]

Whoa! Glad they were caught!

[OCSC Mike]

Not that I'm condoning anyone cheat in any way, but the manner in which they tried to cheat is beyond hilariously stupid.

[kw1816]

Many (many!) years ago while working for Carnival we caught someone using a Monkey paw on the slots - they knew they’d been rumbled and ran up to the open decks and threw the device overboard. Not a lot we could do without the evidence but after calling the shoreside office, I understand their disembarkment was ‘uncomfortable’ and they spent some time with customs.

 

These were the days of Griffin investigations and they were banned from all the major cruise lines who shared information.

[Lady_E]

5 minutes ago, kw1816 said:

Many (many!) years ago while working for Carnival we caught someone using a Monkey paw on the slots - they knew they’d been rumbled and ran up to the open decks and threw the device overboard. Not a lot we could do without the evidence but after calling the shoreside office, I understand their disembarkment was ‘uncomfortable’ and they spent some time with customs.

 

These were the days of Griffin investigations and they were banned from all the major cruise lines who shared information.

In terms of gambling, what's a monkey paw? 

[OCSC Mike]

7 minutes ago, kw1816 said:

These were the days of Griffin investigations and they were banned from all the major cruise lines who shared information.

 

Nice. That brings back memories. I learned how to count when I was 21 (in the late 90's) and used to play for low stakes just for fun.

Edited September 2, 2022 by OCSC Mike

[ngrund]

2 minutes ago, Lady_E said:

In terms of gambling, what's a monkey paw? 

a monkey paw is a device that can be inserted through the machine's payout chute to trick the machine into releasing a jackpot, this was back when slots were mostly mechanical

[kw1816]

5 minutes ago, ngrund said:

11 minutes ago, Lady_E said:

In terms of gambling, what's a monkey paw? 

a monkey paw is a device that can be inserted through the machine's payout chute to trick the machine into releasing a jackpot, this was back when slots were mostly mechanical

In this case it was using a light source to fool the optical payout sensor on fully electronic slots (IGT S-Plus if I remember). So technically a Light wand I guess.

 

https://www.gamblingsites.org/biographies/tommy-glenn-carmichael/

 

 

[neverbeenhere]

Many years ago, the staff was poorly trained on the craps payouts, so they consistently paid incorrect amounts. Not many mentioned the incorrect payouts to the good. That lasted for a year or so, then the training got better. 

[bucfan2]

4 hours ago, neverbeenhere said:

Many years ago, the staff was poorly trained on the craps payouts, so they consistently paid incorrect amounts. Not many mentioned the incorrect payouts to the good. That lasted for a year or so, then the training got better. 

One could argue they chose to simply lower the odds to agree with the less-than-favorable payouts lol. 

[neverbeenhere]

2 hours ago, bucfan2 said:

One could argue they chose to simply lower the odds to agree with the less-than-favorable payouts lol. 

Dreamer….