Former Roulette Dealer Faces Criminal Charges For Telling Gambler About 'Lucky Number'56-Year-Old Ex-Employee Of Meadows Casino Accused Of Conspiracy |
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Robert “Rudy” Valle, a former roulette dealer at Meadows Casino in Washington, Pennsylvania, is facing criminal charges—“conspiracy” and “using illegal methods to win a bet”—for allegedly telling a gambler that his (Valle’s) lucky number is four and that he’d try to hit it for the gambler.
However, experts say that it is impossible to guide an honest roulette in this manner and Valle, along with co-workers, say that what he said to a gambler was basically just your standard customer service that you find in literally every casino in the U.S.
According to TribLive.com:
Court documents say a confidential informant recorded Valle telling customers he could help them win at roulette. If they bet on 4 and the numbers near it on the roulette wheel, he would aim the ball for that section of the wheel, according to the complaint. Although many dealers claim to be able to hit a specific group of numbers, it’s impossible to do with an honest wheel, say Charles R. Mousseau of Total Gaming Science in Winnipeg, Canada, and Bill Zender, one-time director of casino operations at the Aladdin in Las Vegas and author of two “Casino-ology” books about managing casino games.
One of the elements to the case that should help Valle is that apparently no one who works at the casino, including supervisors, thinks Valle did anything wrong.
“This is going to affect how (police) treat every employee in the gaming industry,” Meadows pit manager Danny Gillies told TribLive.com. “If they were to win, which I can’t believe they will, we’re all puppets at that point. They can come after us at any time for anything.”
Valle defended himself by saying: “When somebody comes up and asks what your number is, customer service is you’re supposed to tell them. What am I supposed to do — tell them to go to the Rivers [a competing casino] and maybe they can hit your number? Put your money down. I can try to hit your number. There’s no guarantee.”
The 56-year-old Valle refused a plea deal because he said the deal would result in him losing his license to work at a casino. Fundraisers have been set up to help pay for his mounting legal costs.
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