Cheating Expert Exposes Rigged Gambling Tech Used in Mafia Schemes

Mafia-Linked Sports Rigging Scandal

• 🚨 A major mafia-linked sports rigging scandal has surfaced, leading to over 30 indictments in an FBI crackdown on illegal gambling rings.
• 🏀 Notable figures arrested include Portland Trailblazers head coach Chanty Bips, Miami Heat guard Terry Rosier, and former NBA guard Damon Jones.
• 🤝 Suspects are accused of collaborating with four of the five major crime families in New York City to establish gambling empires.

Deceptive Gambling Technology

• 🃏 Cheating expert Sal Piacente states that the technology used in these schemes is not new, but the collaboration between the mafia and athletes is what's attracting attention.
• 📸 A Deckmate machine, typically used by casinos to record cards and detect missing ones, was altered by cheats.
• 💡 This altered machine used its camera to identify players' hands and relay information about who was going to win.
• 📱 A scanning device, disguised as a regular cell phone, was also employed to analyze shuffled cards.

How Scanners and Transmitters Work

• 👂 The scanning device could indicate the winning hand by outputting numbers, which were then transmitted via an earpiece to the player.
• ♠️ For example, the device could identify a spade flush, informing the player if they had a strong hand.
• ⌚ A watch could also be used to scan cards and transmit information to a cell phone, making detection difficult as players commonly use their phones.

Identifying Cheating in Games

• ⚠️ Cheating can often be identified by observing players staying in games with hands they shouldn't, or making unorthodox plays, indicating something is wrong.
• 🕵️ The investigation into these schemes is ongoing, with the play of participants often being the first clue.