Would that be possible in the USA too? Or are the laws in the US
different in this respect?
Kuacou wrote:
> Sunday Times
> December 05, 2004
>
>
> A TRIO of gamblers who pulled off an audacious coup at the Ritz in Lond
on
> using James Bond-style gadgetry to calculate where a roulette ball woul
d
>
> Scotland Yard, which seized cash and froze bank accounts during a nine-
month
ounds to
> prosecute the gamblers.
>
> It is the second big loss in 48 hours for the Barclay family which runs
the
> hotel and casino. Last week a judge ruled that The Daily Telegraph, whi
ch it
> owns, had libelled George Galloway, the independent MP. He awarded him
e trial.
>
> The police decision will prompt the Ritz and other casinos to heighten
> security.
>
> were alleged to have smuggled a laser scanner linked to a micro-compute
r
> into the Ritz casino inside a mobile phone.
>
> The scanner measured the speed of the ball as the croupier released it,
> identified where it dropped and measured the declining orbit of the whe
el.
>
> These three factors were beamed to the micro-computer, which calculated
into
> which section of numbers on the wheel the ball would finally settle.
>
> This information was then flashed onto the screen of the mobile just be
fore
> the wheel made its third spin, by which time all bets must be placed.
>
> Having reduced their odds of winning from 37-1 to 6-1, the trio placed
bets
> on all six numbers in that section to ensure they would win.
>
win
sh and a
dinner
> to celebrate and left.
>
on
t a
> hotel nearby on suspicion of obtaining their winnings by deception.
>
> They have been reporting to the Yard on police bail but have now been t
old
> they are free to leave Britain.
>
l the money
>
> Legal sources said the gamblers had to be let off because they had not
> violated any law. The scanner did not interfere with the ball or wheel.
It
> provided information but did not manipulate the game.
>
> Dr Mark Griffiths, professor of gambling at Nottingham Trent University
,
ue for
>
>
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-1388748,00.html
>
>
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