Gangsters, gamblers and Crown casino: How it all went wrong.

Jenny Jiang's world was turned upside down when the Crown employee was arrested and jailed for breaking Chinese gambling law. But even she didn't know the extent of what her company was up to.

NOTE:  THIS IS A LONG, GREAT, FACTUAL READ EXPLAINING THE WORLD OF CASINO GAMBLING OPERATIONS, SKIRTING THE LAW, BREAKING THE LAW AND ULTRA HIGH ROLLERS ENGAGING IN THEIR MORONIC PLAY.

https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/gangsters-gamblers-and-crown-casino-how-it-all-went-wrong-20190725-p52aqd.html

Quote from: KungFuBac on July 24, 2025, 04:15:57 PMPost #1351 above. Great B run(s).

Good W for you. Was that a recent win at your local casino??




Continued Success,

Yes local casino.  From approximately end of 2023. 

The Florida Gaming Control Commission has shut down an internet cafe in Sumter County and arrested the owner on charges of money laundering and keeping a gambling house.

https://www.villages-news.com/2025/07/23/gaming-commission-seizes-200-slot-machines-from-internet-cafe/#

First of all, problem with advantages or what seems to be advantages to many is, that most all players will 'test' their advantages/triggers and then if successful go bigger with subsequent wagers.

The subsequent wagers may or may not come through.  (Of Course).  If they do, fine!  However, so many times they will not and that is when the 'give back' and the damage begins.

Hence, Sections.  Sections will isolate and separate the shoe into what it is actually doing, 'if' one can focus on that current Section without taking into consideration earlier parts as well as, what has not yet appeared.  Without offending some here I know, that frame of mind where one takes into consideration what has not yet happened is not greater than 50% IMO and experience with brick and mortar table play.

Sections will highlight many advantages.  Clumping, chopping, doubles, triples, ones and twos, ones and threes.  Chops w/streaks forming, etc., etc.  As well as one that hurts most players and also can be a great insight as to pure and definable patterns coming—the bridge or the pathway, AKA "Event Gaps".  How about we just call it, "The Prelude".  Because in countless shoes the best presentments are usually (highest majority of the times over) preluded by 'The Event Gap' or 'The Bridge'.

Triggers are good, don't get me wrong.  However, triggers do run exclusive and sporadic without definitive application.  If there was definitive application for triggers, then the game of Baccarat would not exist or it would be pulled real quick.

IMO and I'm attempting an explanation of thoughts here (not too easy to do) is to fall into a frame of mind (and maintain it) where we are conscious of what is happening, rather than what we desire to happen.  What we desire to happen, really has nothing to do with the forthcoming preset presentments. 

When you see it, the sky is the limit.  But not after it happens, hence losses.  Losses complicate most all of our thought processes and frustration levels.  And those IMO and experience work totally in favor of the casino most every time.

Gambling, especially in a game such as baccarat is a mixture of experience, knowledge, emotions and frustrations (for the experienced player probably more so, "I should have done such and such instead of so and so", etc.  For the new and less experienced player, just the loss of money or his opposition to the other players at the table. 

IMO when the player applies his experience, knowledge and a rock solid Money Management Method with a complete clear frame of mind, he is advantaged over the casino and can take large profits from certain shoes.

 

If I recall the shoe I posted above with 47B and 16P, most made some decent profit/wins with the first 2 bankers streaks, but most did not or wagered players more so than bankers on the latter out of control super dominant bankers from the 13 iar streak and on.  Most kept saying, it has to be players, players has to make a come back, players coming out, etc., etc. 

As I always say, do not wager for what you desire.  Wager with what is happening.  Not always easy, but at times it is if you have a frame of mind and thought process, that is clear and non frustrated.

Make it simple

There is a world of magic within simplicity.  Although baccarat is a game that most players turn into complexity and difficulty understanding, my suggestion to you is keeping your thought process very simple.  Identify three to five things happening, such as the Big Road sticking or not, Naturals producing same side additional wins or opposite side cutting, Players side continuously receiving a third card that solidifies the win, etc., etc.,  and focus on those things for your wagering. Let the other stuff go.  Too much to remember and too much to apply at the table will confuse you, make you frustrated and simply wear you down the highest amount of times. 


Larger results while narrowing your focus

Focus  your efforts on smaller areas and sections of the shoe.  If you attempt to conquer the whole shoe or the majority of it, chances are you will grind yourself down of profits already realized or discount your probability to win.  When your wagering is engaged over a wide area of the shoe, you are discounting and possibly blinding yourself to great repetitive presentments as they are happening.  And as a norm, those repetitive presentments are usually within one section of about 20 or so wagers.    So focus on smaller areas and your efforts will be felt  with a greater amount of wins.  It could take time for this to happen, but keep that focus narrow and the results will come in time.

Event gaps are a signaling trigger to a certain point depending on the way they are interpreted.  A quick $20k on a lower limit table was realized here, but if that was in Vegas or a higher dollar table, I could have easily realized into the 6 figures.

Event gaps can and will be tricky.  They can lead advantaged players to much larger wins and as well, lead any type of player to losses. 

The Claridge Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City.  Lots of history there and yes, Marilyn Monroe used to stay there.

Here is the Wiki on it.  Lots of unique history for sure.  Read the 'Casino Era'.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Claridge_Hotel_(Atlantic_City)

Anyway we used to play there (maybe stayed there once) as The Claridge to myself, my close friends and casino playing associates, was labeled as a 'neutral ground' property.  It was where players met up and we were all on the same level. 

We all had our favorite and primary properties that were much bigger and offered a lot more than the smallest of all, The Claridge. 

And yes, The Claridge was located at Park Place and The Boardwalk (remember Monopoly's most expensive places to land?). 

The main entrance to the casino, after walking through the hotel lobby, one would step down a few steps and there it was, the one big 14 seat, 2 sided kidney shaped, 2 banker table. 

Lots of great games happened right there for sure in the late 89's and the 90's.  But one thing unique for the majority of the baccarat players that walked away from our primary properties for a few hours or a night, was that we all seemingly went there with good wins from our other casinos we all predominantly played at. 

Don't forget, all of this occurred before the electronic scoreboards, the side bets, etc.  No hand count, no stats showing, no 'roads' being shown or tracked, etc., etc.  During the late 80's and throughout the 90's we were content in taking the shoe and dealing the cards ourselves.  To this day I still say, the way we used to play at those big tables made it much easier to win, follow streaks, chop chop, doubles and more.  As well, the camaraderie amongst the players was unconditionally greater than what it is these days.

I found this mug stashed away in a box the other day.  Such beautiful memories by and large!!

Florida man sues NC casino after $500K in winnings withheld, instead receives a lifetime ban.


https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/florida-man-sues-nc-casino-after-500-winnings-withheld-lifetime-ban/RSXWM4TSP5C35MQHFVY63RO3VI/#

An element of the OBBBA that hasn't garnered nearly the same media coverage as it relates to the gaming industry is "Section 70433 C — Application to Reporting on Remuneration for Services."

The text increases the tax reporting threshold on gambling winnings to $2,000.
The minimum win amount to initiate a W-2G form becomes effective Jan. 1, 2026. It is then increased annually based on inflation.


https://www.casino.org/news/one-big-beautiful-bill-has-silver-lining-for-gamblers/

Article written by; Dennis Conrad.

A Las Vegas casino recently changed its tip policy for its table game dealers. The individual dealers now keep half of the tips that they personally receive from players, and the other half go into a tip pool that's shared equally among all the dealers. I'm not sure how that policy change is working out.

Having been a tipped casino employee decades ago, I certainly have some thoughts on the topic. I was always in the top 2% of tip earners in whatever casino job I had, because I always gave great service and made sure my customers had fun. And I hated whenever I had to share my tips with fellow employees who had bad attitudes, put in minimum effort, and didn't give two hoots about the customer.

There are three perspectives on tip policy: those of casino employees, casino management, and (the often-forgotten perspective) casino customers.

Good casino employees always prefer to keep their own tips. Bad casino employees (and those on the slower shifts and in low-limit sections) usually prefer pooling tips and being carried by the better tip earners in the busier sections.

Casino management typically prefers casino employees to pool their tips. It gives them more flexibility in scheduling without charges of favoritism by tip-earning employees. It creates more accuracy and standardization in tip disbursement and accounting, especially with government agencies. And truth be told, it allows management to keep a cap on how much in tips an employee can make, as in many situations tipped employees keeping their own tips can earn more than supervisors or managers, creating a disincentive for good employees to progress into management.

It may seem that casino customers don't really care what the casino's tip policies are, but trust me, they do. They enjoy tipping employees who provide them a fun exceptional experience. They're disappointed when they learn that their generous tip to a great employee might have to be split 20 ways (or more), especially when it goes to the "lumpy" employee who ignored them earlier.

My fervent belief is that every casino employee everywhere should personally keep their own tips. Very few now do. Casinos claim it creates scheduling, accounting, and perception-of- fairness issues. They say that some employees will "rough hustle" customers for tips, that they'll have a bad attitude on slow tip nights or, conversely, have a great tip night and want to go home early. Or sneer at customers who don't tip much or not at all. I say get over it. One of the best things casino management can do is connect tipped employees better to the fruits of their labor and be better paid for providing better experiences to guests.

That's not to suggest that changing a longstanding casino tip-pooling policy into a "go for your own" one will be without its challenges. But here's a step-by-step plan on how to do that and what you can expect when you do.

Let all your tipped employees know why you want to change the tip-pooling policy and why you think that would be better for them, the customers, and the casino.

Ask for the employees' input and buy-in for the changes. Have them help you identify all the potential challenges to the changes and how best to overcome then. Answer their many questions.

Be sure to make it clear that the new policy will have zero tolerance for employees who rough hustle customers for tips or who treat non-tipping guests any less well.
By whatever objective metrics you have for measuring who your best employees are (amount of tips should be a new criterion!), use them to allow your best employees preference to choose their shifts, hours, or work sections where tips will be generated. Add a system for improving employees to move up in their "tipping hierarchy" and declining employees to move down. Create a training program for all employees on how to generate more tips through great service and improved focus on guests.

Communicate to customers what the new tipping policy is and why it's being implemented. Ask for their feedback on how it's working and if they see anything that could be improved.

Post signage throughout the casino where employees have tip-earning opportunities. My message would be something like, "XYZ Casino encourages our customers to tip generously for employees who provide truly great service."

Monitor the new "keep your own" policy diligently and make needed adjustments as necessary.

Now, for those of you who say this doesn't seem fair (what's not fair about your best employees earning the most tips?), or it's too tedious to implement and supervise, or the owners, tribe, or senior management would never allow it to happen, I can only say look at the results. And here's what will happen.

Top tipped employees will earn a lot more money. Lagging employees will either have to accept making less tips, step up their game, or find another job where providing great service isn't such an absolute and enforced mandate. Great employees from competitors' casinos or other service businesses will want in, addressing that never-ending challenge of finding good employees in a tough labor market. Morale will go up. Guest service will dramatically improve and great guest interactions will become the norm, not be the exception. All by letting your employees keep what they have fairly, diligently, and skillfully earned.

Then if "no tax on tips" becomes more than a pipe dream or an empty promise, well, that will become the icing on the proverbial tipping cake.

NOTE:  I have written numerous times about tipping, both waitresses and dealers.  I know the game well and have experienced exactly what the author of the above article wrote about countless times, by both exceptional employees as well as the lackadaisical and plain bad ones.  There is one Indian property I play at regularly and their tipping policy is, that dealers keep 75% of their tips and 25% goes into a shift pool to split.  There is a notable difference in attitudes without a doubt, no questions about it when compared to the other regional properties without such a policy.

Great job on your trip.  Absolutely!

And in reference to the non stop talking player.  Yes in deed!  Know it well!

"I saw a narcissistic player increase what appeared to be a $15k-17k buy in to just over 40k(twice). Then, departing the table with only 3k—4k. He incessantly claimed expertise in numerous subjects and frequently placed wagers, often verbally stating the outcome of the next hand to those at the table(He was equally right and wrong)."  And more what you wrote regarding him...... 

There are players that actually wholeheartedly believe their unrealistic and impossible theories, such as:    "OMG, this guy would not stop talking about his Bac prowess et al expertise. He had all kinds of crackpot theories on Bac. He once told us the casino arranges the cards to beat players that wager only Bank (& why he NEVER wagers B). Then, a couple hands later he was wagering on Bank".  And of course, the players I have witnessed repeatedly behaving the same way, when they lose they say the exact same thing, when they win—they either cite the casino didn't set the cards up or they figured out how to beat the casino, etc., etc.

There is a huge difference between verbal camaraderie and discussion and what you wrote about here. 

Oh yes, please shut up so I/we can think a bit....thought I was the only one experiencing this, should have known better!

Good ole Atlantic City!  I miss it, seriously!

https://6abc.com/post/police-investigate-shooting-atlantic-city-casino-parking-garage/17093468/#

https://www.myleaderpaper.com/news/police_fire/illegal-gambling-devices-found-at-gas-stations-festus-hillsboro/article_89fd9c3a-51e4-4e9e-b2fc-17055bd5da5c.html