Cache Creek: Potential Inside Job on Mini-Baccarat
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"When the casino's win rates for the tables fell more than 3 percent below what's called a "volatility index," casino security, following detailed tribal regulations, increased surveillance."
"Because players bet on only one of two hands and are playing against the house, [tribe lawyer] Dickstein said, the fact that players in on the [card stacking] knew what was coming did not
affect the chances of other players at the table."
I love lawyer-speak. Yes, it is literally true that the cheating players' "knowing what was coming" isn't what affected the outcomes. It was the stacking itself which did!
Maybe he's vying for a job with the Nevada Gaming Commission.
Lefty
Maybe he's vying for a job with the Nevada Gaming Commission.
LOL
Untold millions of dollars are being lost to the unregulated Indian casinos, on both sides of the table (mostly by the players, I suspect). I'm not a big fan of govt. regulation or micro-management of business, but this is a big, wait a minite, HUGE deal across the whole USA.
Where are the elected representatives, and why aren't most of them responding to these scams??? Well, you know the answer...campaign contributions!
Send a letter, make that phone call, let your opinion be heard!
The lawyer was correct...
He never said that it wouldn't affect the outcome...he said it wouldn't "affect the CHANCES of other players at the table".
He's right, since there can be only 2 bets made (not inncluding the tie bet), the other players still can luckily guess the outcome of the next hand.
Why is it "Lawyer-speak" as you put it? There's no grey areas here. It was a straight-forward and intellegint statement.
The article said:
"The 10 employees were detained by tribal police Thursday after a three-month investigation by the tribe's gambling regulatory agency. They were then turned over to Yolo County sheriff's deputies".
I'm wondering why they still enjoy the law enforcement services of the local government, and at the same time, they're not bound by local government rules?
Sounds to me like they got their cake and they're eating it too. They should only be exempt from local authority control on activities that are part of the ancestral heritage and culture. It shouldn't include having the freedom to run a world class billion dollar casino. What the hell is going on here?
What good is cake if you can't eat it? Is it some kind of work of art that you wouldn't want to eat? I mean there is that fake cake that people make for store displays and such but most cakes are pretty tasty and made for the purpose of eating. What kind of people hang out and stare at cake all day anyway. Hey I've got some cake in the fridge, wanna go and watch it? In all my young years that situation has never come up so please let me know if you are a cake watcher, I'd like to know what makes you tic.
I was just trying to say that the Indians are exempt from many government rules & regulations, while at the same time they enjoy the full complement of the government services (like law enforcement when they arrest someone in their casino).
So what's your point with the staring of the fake cakes? Have you never heard of the expression "to have your cake and eat it too"? You're not meant to take it literally.
But just to answer your question anyway...there is a purpose for fake cakes. They're useful for cake stores to display their products at the front, while the real cakes are stored refridgerated in the back cool room.
As for what makes me "tic"...justice makes me tic.
Anything else you want to know Sporkboy?
You wrote:
Untold millions of dollars are being lost to the unregulated Indian casinos, on both sides of the table (mostly by the players, I suspect). I'm not a big fan of govt. regulation or micro-management of business, but this is a big, wait a minite, HUGE deal across the whole USA.
YEAH! RIGHT! Like corrupt DC politcal cronies are going to do a better job of protecting the public than the Indial Gaming Commission.
Where are the elected representatives, and why aren't most of them responding to these scams??? Well, you know the answer...campaign contributions!
YEAH! They are taking all they can get from whoever will come up with it and you want them regulating the Indian Gaming Commission.
Send a letter, make that phone call, let your opinion be heard!
YEAH! I don't believe that our corrupt DC politicians should regulate Indian gaming. I trust the Indian Gaming Commission more.
