Team PokerStars Members Sued For Allegedly Cheating At Craps

According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, the Wynn is suing Leo Fernandez, a member of Team PokerStars Pro and Veronica Dabul, a former member, for allegedly cheating while playing craps this summer at their Las Vegas casino.

The Argentinian duo reportedly won over $700,000 by using a dice throwing technique known as “sliding” to give them a better edge. After the two were spotted on security tapes performing the illegal technique, the Nevada Gaming Control Board was called to confirm and the two were arrested on July 18.

Dabul was released from custody after two days and Fernandez was turned over to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service. Dabul has nearly $200,000 in lifetime live tournament earnings with numerous cashes at the World Series of Poker and on the Latin American Poker Tour. Fernandez has earned over $1.1 million, the majority of which was earned for a runner-up finish at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure High Roller event last January.

Dice sliding gives the shooter a significantly higher chance of avoiding “crapping out” after a point has been established. If a shooter can slide a specific die to stay on a six, for example, then the other die, which is tossed in the air and far enough to hit the back wall, only has a 1 in 6 chance of losing. Savvy gamblers will then bet the higher numbers around the point and “box cars,” which is when a 12 is rolled. The odds of rolling a box car decrease to 1 in 6, but get paid out at 30-1 when it is hit.

Casino floormen or boxmen instruct shooters to make sure that both dice hit the back wall to make the roll truly random, but have been known to let improper rolls stand to appease beginners and those with weaker throws. To combat sliding, casinos have begun to install table bumps to force dice to tumble randomly. Fernandez and Dabul are suspected of employing others to distract the floormen so that their rolls were allowed.

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