Ritz coup trio keep £1.3m: Gamblers who "won" £1.3million on the Ritz hotel's roulette wheel with the help of hi-tech computer gadgetry have escaped prosecution. [...]
Casino managers became suspicious after the trio won £1.3 million over two days in March. On the first night they won £100,000. They returned the next night to win a further £1.2 million, which they quickly cashed. After declining offers of free caviar and champagne, they departed soon afterwards.
How they did it: A laser scanner concealed within a mobile phone and pointed at the roulette wheel measures the speed of the ball as the croupier releases it and where it first lands on the wheel from the croupier's hand.
Did technology help beat the house?: because the alleged device would not have interfered with the ball or roulette wheel, it would not technically be illegal.
