CCTV Hack Takes Casino For $33 Million 308
iComp writes "A sophisticated scheme to use a casino's own security systems against it has netted scammers $33 million in a high-stakes poker game after they were able to gain a crucial advantage by seeing the opposition's cards. The team used a high-rolling accomplice from overseas who was known to spend large amounts while gambling at Australia's biggest casino, the Crown in Melbourne, according to the Herald Sun. He and his family checked into the Crown and were accommodated in one of its $30,000-a-night villas. The player then joined a private high-stakes poker game in a private suite. At the same time, an unnamed person got access to the casino's CCTV systems in the poker room and fed the information he gleaned back to the player via a wireless link. Over the course of eight hands the team fleeced the opposition to the tune of $33 million."
Re:Er, what? (Score:5, Funny)
Blackjack.
Ask me how I know you've never stepped foot in a casino in real life.
33 Million!? (Score:1, Funny)
Why is anyone even allowed to HAVE 33 Million when there are people in this world who don't even have anything to eat?
We have a serious problem with our own race when humans allow other humans to accumulate excessive and unnecessary wealth and resources while allowing other humans to starve to death.
I'm starting to think Karl Marx had it absolutely right. Personally I am fine with allowing certain important people to accumulate more wealth than they need once there is no one left who doesn't have food or shelter or other basic life needs.
But nobody, and I mean NOBODY, _needs_ 33 million dollars... for ANYTHING. It's just outrageous that we even allow it when 90% of the world's population lives in poverty.
Re:Turnabout is fair play. (Score:4, Funny)
Can you loose that autism?
"Loose" it on whom? And how?
Re:Turnabout is fair play. (Score:5, Funny)
i think it is safe to say that Google Glass won't be allowed in any casino past the front doors