Former swindler warns Asia's casinos they can't beat cheats

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2007

SINGAPORE (AFP) — Casinos in Asia, take heed: There is no such thing as a foolproof hi-tech system for catching professional cheats.

That's the warning from former swindler Richard Marcus, who says he ripped off 20 million US dollars from the world's gaming tables over more than two decades.

Marcus, 50, is now a consultant to the casinos he used to cheat.

He was never caught despite the array of surveillance gear installed by gaming operators in Las Vegas, Monte Carlo, Macau and Australia, he told AFP in a recent interview.

"I was the most wanted casino cheater ever in the history of the world. They just could never catch me," Marcus said, his face beaming with pride at his 25-year track record.

He says he remained at large partly because...