Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating

Security researchers accessed an internal camera inside the Deckmate 2 shuffler to learn the exact deck order—and the hand of every player at a poker table.

www.wired.com

 

[KVB]

Didn't they do this on one of the Ocean's movie? So the casino owner would get cleaned out?

 

[KVB]

They ultimately found that if someone can plug a small device into a USB port on the most modern version of the Deckmate—known as the Deckmate 2, which they say often sits under a table next to players’ knees, with its USB port exposed—that hacking device could alter the shuffler’s code to fully hijack the machine and invisibly tamper with its shuffling.

They found that the Deckmate 2 also has an internal camera designed to ensure that every card is present in the deck, and that they could gain access to that camera to learn the entire order of the deck in real time, sending the results from their small hacking device via Bluetooth to a nearby phone, potentially held by a partner who then could then send coded signals to the cheating player.

Dayam.

 

[Wagerallsports]

Inside job?

 

[jjgold]

love it!

 

[Tanko]

Love the part where they mention how the casinos could use this to alter the shuffle to their advantage too.

 

[Tanko]

BTW... I'm shopping for a Raspberry Pi online now. Anyone want to get in on the consortium?

 

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Love the part where they mention how the casinos could use this to alter the shuffle to their advantage too.

Tanko, I can see casinos putting cameras under the tables now. They’ll be looking at panties and looking at all of us (except for KVB) counting on our fingers.

 

[Tanko]

Tanko, I can see casinos putting cameras under the tables now. They’ll be looking at panties and looking at all of us (except for KVB) counting on our fingers.

To hell with hacking the shuffler. I'd hack the under the table camera. We could make bank with all those upskirt pics Diggity.

So many great ideas coming out of this thread.

 

[DiggityDaggityDo]

To hell with hacking the shuffler. I'd hack the under the table camera. We could make bank with all those upskirt pics Diggity.

So many great ideas coming out of this thread.

 

[BobbyFK]

Interesting article. I doubt you can get away with that in any casino in Vegas or Atlantic City

 

[Wagerallsports]

Love the part where they mention how the casinos could use this to alter the shuffle to their advantage too.

Yep and true

 

[BigJay]

I love a good heist story or movie