Bellagio Poker Chip Bandit Probably Won’t See A Dime

Written by :

Jagajeet Chiba

Published on :

15 December, 2010

A man who robbed the famed Bellagio Hotel Casino early Tuesday morning of over $1.5 million in chips probably won’t be able to cash out. That’s because the Bellagio’s chips are supposed to be encoded.

The unidentified man, who entered the establishment wearing a motorcycle helmet, held up a craps table around 3 am Tuesday. He fled on a motorcycle. Authorities believe he robbed another casino just days before.

Anthony Curtis, an expert on the Las Vegas casino scene, tells KTNV each chip is marked with an embedded code, or at least they should be.

"There's RFID – chips that have radio devices in them."

Once the chips are scanned, a casino can then determine where they came from. The high profile nature of this brazen robbery will have casinos across the country on notice.

The Bellagio has not released an official statement on the incident, prompting concerns that the chips may not have been encoded.

- Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com

Crime

Gambling News

Las Vegas

Kentucky $167M Powerball Winner Arrested Again for Allegedly Strangling Woman

James Farthing, a former convict, had already plead guilty of assaulting a police officer while celebrating his big win during a trip to Florida. Now he's been charged with strangulation and assault – both for domestic violence.

Man Convicted for Gunpoint Robbery, Followed Two Men Home From Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood Florida

Kwame Antawan Moorer was found guilty on two counts of robbery with a firearm. Moorer was accused of robbing two men at gunpoint in the summer of 2022 after he followed them from the casino floor to the parking garage and back home to their Boca Raton condominium.

Mob Rat Gets His Clock Cleaned - What Really Happened During the Detroit Funeral Home Incident

The title says it all. This video exposes what happened at the funeral of a close relative of deceased Detroit LCN Boss Joseph Zerilli, and leaves questions as to why certain Mob genre content creators refuse to report when Rats and Snitches misbehave. The incident in question happened back in April.

Chevy Chase Maryland Supreme Court Litigator, Poker Pro Gets 6 Year Prison Sentence for Tax Evasion

A judge ordered Thomas Goldstein to serve 6 years behind bars without the possibility of parole plus five years of supervised release thereafter with a jury having found the retired Supreme Court litigator guilty on 12 counts that included tax evasion.