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flashl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-14-08 04:24 PM
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Agents learn to cheat at Iowa 'Gaming Lab'

It's no ordinary casino.

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One tipoff: The players have handguns on their hips and gold badges on their belts.

This is the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation's new "Gaming Lab." It's better known as the "Royal Diaz Casino" in honor of retired DCI Assistant Director Joe Diaz.

The Des Moines facility will be used to train more than 120 DCI agents about gamblers who try to cheat at Iowa's 17 state-regulated casinos. Some of the gamblers' tricks range from sliding dice on the craps table to "capping" bets during blackjack by adding chips for a larger payoff after the outcome is known. "Pinching" bets involves taking chips back before the dealer collects them.

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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-14-08 04:32 PM
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1. Can't the casinos pay for their own security?
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flashl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-14-08 04:38 PM
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2. IIRC, the casinos are state owned. nt
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