Since the inception of the card game, players have been looking for ways to add to the deck. Now, with the development of automatic cards, it will appear that a group that is good at such illegal activities – the Costa Nostra Mafia – may have found a new way to run Rig games for easy money. And, coincidentally enough, those games allegedly involved a bunch of current and former NBA officials, who are in pretty good trouble.
A new federal indictment alleges members of organized crime families run games using Card Shufflers. Those shufflers allowed players who were on the ruse to play fair and win big time, fighting claims and claims. The story was originally picked up on a thread, which was able to reproduce a hack of some sort of shuffler card, 2nd edition.
The lawsuit didn’t say what type of Deck Shuffler text is relevant in this case, though the wires reported the following:
In their games … Several defendants are accused of using a 2-year-old hacker that is at a higher level under their control than using hack machines owned by others with their USB Port [the machines can also be hacked, the outlet notes].
However, the alleged tactics at the heart of the case are said to have used a variety of other proven technologies to keep the issues open. Paradoxically, that technology includes “electronic poker chips” that can be secretly read at the poker table. ” They are also accused of using cards to analyze cards “loaded with deceptive mobile phones.” Finally, they are also accused of using cards that have been reduced by hidden “markers” of “only visible favorites” wearing specially designed lenses or glasses. ” Everything is small Godmore James Bond.
The defendants listed include a member of the Bonanno crime family, several associates and members of the Gambino crime family, and the first member of the Genevese crime family, among others conspirators. The Games were allegedly held in New York City, and the lawsuit alleges that the organizers would announce wealthy players and try to promote their participation by including “known hitters” in the Games. Indeed, several members of the NBA were arrested as part of the investigation in that program, including Portland Trail Blazers coach Cuncey Billips, a former Cleveland Cavaliers player and assistant coach Damon Jones. Miami Steight Guard Terry Rozier was also arrested as part of a separate investigation into an illegal sports betting scheme that used insider information, writes ESPN.
Even without the alleged cheating, the games in question were illegal, the lawsuit states (it is illegal to gamble in New York without the proper licenses). For entertainment, the lawsuit says many participants thought they were participating in “straight” illegal games – illegal games that were played well. Instead, the lawsuit states:
… The defendants and their brokers … worked together in cheating groups (collectively, recording groups that “use wireless technology to read the cards facing Poker Games (COOCONSPIRATORS who participate in illegal Poker games (collectively, syndicated games”). The defendants and their affiliated brokers bet accordingly to ensure that unsuspecting victims lose money.
The miracle says that the games in question were “Erekondi” as well, and it works with the approval of the show, members and the sponsorship of the games and is protected in the games and protects the illegal debts from the gambling sector in the law. Miracle added that the defendants made “millions” from the scheme.
This is also not the first time we have heard of swimming equipment hacking. Back in 2023, wired reported on the work of security researchers at Blackhat showing that it is very easy to penetrate the protection of devices like deckmate. Gizmodo reached out to DECKAME’s parent company, Light & Magic, for comment. The company issued the following statement: “We are aware of news reports regarding the undermining of the defendants by the pharmaceutical company and other businesses with gaming facilities.”
