Borgata Casino Lawsuit Alleges Gambler [Phil Ivey!] Cheated, Won $9.6M

NBC News ^ | 11 April 2014

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The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa [Atlantic City] filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Phillip Ivey Jr., considered one of the best poker players in the world.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Card counting is not cheating, and is not much of a threat. It is, however, disruptive to their business, which is taking money from suckers. They pay dealers to rake in money, not shuffle and switch decks.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

A spokesman for the casino, speaking off the record, said, “Damn, wisht I’d thought of that!”

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I tried accessing the story with IE last night immediately after above post and works perfectly. However, it does not work with Firefox.

Thanks for the response.

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They could end card counting if they shuffled the decks more often, but doing so would mean less time taking money from suckers and bad card counters.