Roulette Table Case Study
On June 20, 2016, defendant, Cristian Escotto, the co-offender Ruben Cabrera, Edward Calletano, and Emillano Jaquez were discovered by the Peppermill Hotel and Casino surveillance to be cheating on a roulette table. The group had been observed committing “incorrect chip conversion.” All four subjects were observed at the same roulette table. The video surveillance video shows suspect Jaquez buying in at $140.00 in blue $1.00 chips. He covertly placed the 60 chips in his pants pocket in increments of 20 chips each time. He exchanged $60.00 in blue $1.00 roulette chips to regular gaming chips and left the table.
The co-offender arrived at the table and bought $500.00 of $25.00 blue roulette chips (20 chips). The defendant left the view …show more content…
The defendant arrived at the same table and buy $100.00 in $1.00 brown roulette chips in using a $500.00 gambling chip. On the video the unidentified subject is seen placing twenty roulette chips into his pants pockets on four different occasions. The defendant and the unidentified male are setting next to each other while the pocketing of chips occurs.
The unidentified subject cashes out the remaining chips and leaves the table. The co-offender takes the seat emptied by the unidentified subject next to the defendant. He buys in for $500.00 and request $25.00 purple roulette chips. The male subject is observed entering a nearby bathroom. Shortly afterwards, the co-defendant wins $200.00 and then leaves the table along with his chips and enters the same bathroom.
When the co-offender returns to the table, he wins $850.00. On the next bet, he places his chips on top of the ones placed by the defendant. This caused the dealer to become distracted and allowed the co-offender to remove the purple chips he acquired from the unknown male subject. The video captured the co-offender reintroducing roulette chip nine different times. The co-offender cashed out $2,400.00. The defendant and the co-offender were taken into custody by the hotel’s security and held until they were released to the custody of Gaming Control
The co-offender arrived at the table and bought $500.00 of $25.00 blue roulette chips (20 chips). The defendant left the view …show more content…
The defendant arrived at the same table and buy $100.00 in $1.00 brown roulette chips in using a $500.00 gambling chip. On the video the unidentified subject is seen placing twenty roulette chips into his pants pockets on four different occasions. The defendant and the unidentified male are setting next to each other while the pocketing of chips occurs.
The unidentified subject cashes out the remaining chips and leaves the table. The co-offender takes the seat emptied by the unidentified subject next to the defendant. He buys in for $500.00 and request $25.00 purple roulette chips. The male subject is observed entering a nearby bathroom. Shortly afterwards, the co-defendant wins $200.00 and then leaves the table along with his chips and enters the same bathroom.
When the co-offender returns to the table, he wins $850.00. On the next bet, he places his chips on top of the ones placed by the defendant. This caused the dealer to become distracted and allowed the co-offender to remove the purple chips he acquired from the unknown male subject. The video captured the co-offender reintroducing roulette chip nine different times. The co-offender cashed out $2,400.00. The defendant and the co-offender were taken into custody by the hotel’s security and held until they were released to the custody of Gaming Control