In July 2016, an Italian gambler stole a batch of chips from one of the tables at the Monte Carlo Casino. A little over two years after the incident, the Monaco Criminal Court sentenced him to two months in prison.
Live Dealers tells you this unusual story that allowed an Italian player to get his hands on more than €1,100 in record time on a roulette table at the Monte-Carlo Casino.
Roulette Chip Theft: €1,100 in 40 Minutes…
While some players come up with ever more ingenious schemes to beat or defraud casinos, others don’t bother too much and use the most traditional methods.
This is the case of this regular at the Monte-Carlo Casino who, on July 20, 2016, simply chose to steal chips from one of the casino’s roulette tables. Skilled in palming techniques, the man managed to steal 10 chips worth €100 each, as well as four chips worth €25 each .
This represents a total of €1,100 that the unscrupulous player pocketed in the space of 40 minutes before taking off.
Clearly well prepared, he managed to evade the vigilance of the dealers and the casino’s security personnel; the crime was only discovered long after he had left.
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A not very clever theft
But while he managed to slip through the security net of this prestigious Monegasque establishment, he clearly hadn’t planned for what came next. Indeed, like any self-respecting casino, the Monte Carlo Casino has state-of-the-art video surveillance. It’s hard to imagine how such a theft could escape such a system.
Furthermore, access to the private lounges of the Société des Bains de Mer establishments is subject to the presentation of an identity document at the ticket office. The theft was therefore quickly unmasked and his personal details were quickly made available to the police.
An impregnable repeat offender
But in terms of personal details, the Monte Carlo Casino robber didn’t really have much. Indeed, the copy of his identity card provided little information. It did, however, reveal that the culprit was a Turin resident who was fairly well known to the Italian police.
His Italian criminal record was indeed rather extensive, with seven convictions for various offenses: fraud, theft, receiving stolen goods, drug trafficking, and even bouncing checks. Between 1984 and 2011, he had appeared in court numerous times. But beyond this information about his past, the police had little information about his present life. He had neither job nor a known address. It had taken the Monegasque police more than a year to locate the thief.
Absent at the bar
That day, it was no great surprise that the accused was not present at the sentencing hearing. But that did not prevent justice from doing its work. Following the prosecution’s submissions, the criminal court sentenced him to two months in prison.
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