PBS - Cheating Vegas (2013)
English | PDTV | 3x~47min | H264 | 832x468 | 25.00fps 2041 Kbps | AAC 127 Kbps 48.0khz | 2.05 Gb
English | PDTV | 3x~47min | H264 | 832x468 | 25.00fps 2041 Kbps | AAC 127 Kbps 48.0khz | 2.05 Gb
Las Vegas holds a mesmerising charm for gamblers and tourists alike – a kitsch city built in the desert by gangsters as a centre for money-spinning casinos to legitimately fleece punters of cash. This three-part series examines the lengths people will go to, from counting cards and marking decks to computer hacking, to turn the odds in their favour.
Part 1: Game Changers
Security must stay one step ahead of the -game changers,- cheats who are constantly creating new casino scams; Investigators track notorious cons with inventive devices; Gang members rob casinos, and forever change security in the cash cages.
Part 2: Insiders
Casino employees and other -insiders- commit gaming crimes; security team uses thousands of cameras and high-tech devices to thwart cheaters; millions lost in a -false shuffle- scam; Arizona State basketball star conspires to fix college basketball games.
Part 3: Hall of Fame
Meet the most brazen cheaters in Vegas; two men create fantastically fake poker chips; a cheat and his cronies manipulate payouts by reprogramming slot machines; a thief on a motorcycle robs the Bellagio at gunpoint snatching $1.5 million in chips.