Las Vegas Casino Accused Of Having Housekeepers Take Out Millions In Credit For Secretive High RollersThe Venetian, Palazzo Under Investigation For Using Front Gamblers |
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The state of Nevada is investigating casino operator Las Vegas Sands over the alleged use of housekeepers to take out markers for high-stakes gamblers.
According to a report from Reuters, the Nevada Gaming Control Board is taking a look at allegations that Sands allowed Chinese high rollers to play for millions of dollars using front gamblers. The Board is also seeing if such tactics are in violation of gaming regulations, the report said.
The incidents allegedly happened at the Venetian and Palazzo.
The report said that the allegations surfaced after Clark County prosectors last year charged two women for not repaying millions in gambling debts incurred at the two casinos.
Lawyers for the women said in their defense that they were actually local housekeepers used as front gamblers. High rollers would sit next to the housekeepers, and the women would let the gamblers bet with their chips, the lawyers said.
Allegedly, the whole idea was to avoid a paper trail, the report said.
The charges against the two women were dropped this past spring.
Sands’ Las Vegas gaming tables had a lackluster second quarter, according to a company financial report. From the beginning of April to the end of June, the amount wagered at the tables was $375 million, down nearly 20 percent from the $467 million in table games drop during the same period a year prior.
Third quarter results are set to be released Nov. 3.
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