The uproar recently caused in the US  by a blackjack card-counting application on the iPhone has once again brought to the fore some issues about the advent of  high-tech forms of casino cheating. It raises concerns  about how continued vigilance and equal doses of technology can thwart the industry’s evil players.

Men in suits playing in a plush poker room while their cohorts hunch over laptops in an adjoining suite to tell players their next move are stuff better seen in Bond movies. But they did happen in real life, if you’d take a look at the Borgata Poker Scam.

How about the use of invisible ear pieces,  micro-cameras and laser scanners in cellphones to predict where roulette balls will land? Just think about the 2004 Ritz Roulette Scam . (continue reading…)