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The Tommy Hyland Team Trial in Windsor: Circus, Caesars, and the Hilton Corp. Team Up to Try to Frame Blackjack Players for Cheating
By Arnold Snyder
(From Blackjack Forum Vol. XV #4, December 1995)
© 1995 Blackjack Forum
The initial news reports on the arrests of Tommy Hyland blackjack team members Christopher Z., Barbara D., and Karen C. came to the Blackjack Forum offices from newspapers all over the U.S. and Canada. On May 28, 1994, the three were arrested at the brand new Casino Windsor and charged with cheating at blackjack. The initial cheating charge was based on use of a "device"-pop-off beads the two women players were wearing to count the percentage of aces they had successfully tracked with an ace prediction strategy. When it turned out there was no law against players using a device in a casino in Canada, the province charged the players with fraud for use of signals at the table.
The Oakland (Michigan) Press reported: "While Chris Z. played the actual game, Barbara D. and Karen C. watched the cards. The practice is called 'counting cards.' ... Keeping track in your head is OK. Using anything else is not. Dancey and Conroy used beads concealed in their clothes to count the cards... All three are charged with conspiracy to cheat at play and cheating at play, both of which carry two-year prison sentences... Gaming officials said they expected cheaters would test the dealers at Windsor, hoping to find inexperienced people manning the tables."
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By Arnold Snyder
(From Blackjack Forum Vol. XV #4, December 1995)
© 1995 Blackjack Forum
The initial news reports on the arrests of Tommy Hyland blackjack team members Christopher Z., Barbara D., and Karen C. came to the Blackjack Forum offices from newspapers all over the U.S. and Canada. On May 28, 1994, the three were arrested at the brand new Casino Windsor and charged with cheating at blackjack. The initial cheating charge was based on use of a "device"-pop-off beads the two women players were wearing to count the percentage of aces they had successfully tracked with an ace prediction strategy. When it turned out there was no law against players using a device in a casino in Canada, the province charged the players with fraud for use of signals at the table.
The Oakland (Michigan) Press reported: "While Chris Z. played the actual game, Barbara D. and Karen C. watched the cards. The practice is called 'counting cards.' ... Keeping track in your head is OK. Using anything else is not. Dancey and Conroy used beads concealed in their clothes to count the cards... All three are charged with conspiracy to cheat at play and cheating at play, both of which carry two-year prison sentences... Gaming officials said they expected cheaters would test the dealers at Windsor, hoping to find inexperienced people manning the tables."
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