High-roller pulls off €25m casino scam

Australia’s largest casino has alerted police to a betting scam in which a high-roller reportedly netted Aus$32m (€25m) in bold move which seemed to draw its inspiration from a Hollywood script.

Melbourne’s Herald-Sun newspaper said a foreigner staying at the Crown Casino was involved in the betting scam, which it believes accessed the venue’s own surveillance cameras, which are trained on players and croupiers.

Information gleaned from the images taken by the high-resolution cameras was apparently signalled to the high-roller as he played cards, the paper said.