Poker online piracy and fraud for 4 years

The U.S. magazine 60 minutes and the daily newspaper The Washington Post revealed a vast computer fraud which endorsed parts of poker on the Internet case was discovered by players who were surprised when inconsistencies parties. Bilan, a group of hackers have managed to squeeze no less than $ 20 million.

It all started on the site Absolute Poker. A player with no real talent for the poker had a chance that some might consider as a cuckold.

The player, called Gray Cat (Gray Cat), played like a donkey. Taking the Blind for boxes unnecessary. Except it never lost.

As a result, the site Ultimate Bet, marveled other players hands more than happy with other players just as bad.

Serge Ravitch, a passionate poker software lawyer, used to analyze the parties. Poker Tracker has revealed that the hands were simply space so it seemed surprising. What I saw beyond comprehension, says the lawyer, the player earning too much money since his style of play, and with very wrong hands. When a player bluffs, he announced systematically carpet. If another had a good hand or a hand already formed, he always followed.

A look behind each player? Yes. The directors of Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet were pirated. A former employee of Absolute Poker is quickly shown the finger. An Excel document, mysteriously arrived in the wrong mailbox of a player, will reveal the pot to pink.

The casino did not wish to lodge complaints. Just a quick agreement between friends. The former employee describes how his identity and will not be revealed. This means that the casino very well have to teach him to swim in concrete ... in exchange for the solution to pirate competitors.

According to a user, the scam has lasted 4 years, one of the pirates is nothing other than a former champion of World Series of Poker, Russ Hamilton.

Early sauterie, which was still played with the fans money online poker, will be reported to thieves, more than twenty million dollars.

In France, for now, casinos and other gambling on the web is the Internet. The European Commission fold France, which should break the monopoly of the French games and ARPU, from the second half of 2009. M6, the private television channel, plans to open its own online casino.

Hacking, casinos and dollars galore Is it possible to hack a casino? Cheating at a poker table? To return to the server of a casino?

Return to the history of 6 students from MIT. The nest was math field experience completely crazy. In 1993, a professor of the prestigious Boston University led several of his students to cheat the casino. How? By mental arithmetic. The craziest is that they are able to earn between 1 and $ 5 million directly through the Black Jack tables of Las Vegas casinos.

It should be noted that unlike other casino games, the Black Jack has a memory. The idea is to score 21 points to win every time. The six students will find a method that allowed them to define the maps contained in the six packages of fifty two cards used by the dealer.

First of a scam. Each student with his own role. There was one that counts one who plays gambler to divert attention one that shows that account and crashes, ... Assets, 154% return on investment.

Casino Quebecers equipped with new poker machines.

The croupiers are digital and have difficulty countering cheaters. Texas Holdem poker, the new global madness.

A good business point that casinos in Quebec set up electronic tables without dealers, the firm Poker Tek.

But croupier people take a dim view of the arrival of digital competitors. They indicate that cheating is possible, without control between players. [more]

The 1 790 machines of Las Vegas Treasure Island Casino, since 2006, be controlled remotely. In twenty seconds, the bureau director, can recalibrate computers. It is even possible to modify, always at a distance, a particular machine, promoting a loyal customer, for example. According to the law of Nevada, the symbol of a game can not be manipulated for a tourist manipulates the machine.

Far from being immune to a bug

August 2008, the Twin River Casino in Providence spit during two months through a poorly configured penguin bandit 450,115 dollars. The machine, due to a computer bug, doubled the stakes of bettors. A player put U.S. $ 1, the machine had 2.

In France, three people were arrested in 2004, According to police, at least 20 000 Euros have been diverted by the trio through fourteen different casinos.

Mini camera and roulette ... Russian!

February 2007, a trio of cheaters had established a process like no other to win the Black-jack. The pirates have simply set up wireless mini cameras hung wrists players accomplices. This filming cards output by the dealer. The image is returned in a van, a few dozen meters away from casinos trapped. In the van, software displays, image by image, over the current game. The brain had more to tell how to cheat and play bet. Six casinos have been trapped, and at least 400 000 Euros pocketed.

A few months ago a program offered by a website dedicated to poker players who was shown pointing. Trapped by a Trojan horse, the program was able to spy someone infected. The program, called RBCalc.exe, was released in May 2006. A program aired a few hours, the site checkraised.