I will leave it entirely up to you to decide whether the content of this series is fact or fiction but what you are about to read is based around events that have all happened to a certain extent. The names are fictitious and so is the name of the chemical substance that is used but this chapter tells the story of what could easily be a real scam perpetrated against a casino. It once again underlines the fact of just how vulnerable casinos are and especially when you include inside assists. Like I said, the characters in this series are fictitious but the events are certainly not based on fantasy.
The year was 1991 and Duncan Elway and Matthew Mcdermott were having a meeting around at Matthews house to discuss the possibility of hitting a casino from the inside. Like many other people, they were seduced by the thought of scams and were enthralled by the tales of con men and swindlers. There has always been something appealing and loveable about some of these characters and that is partly why they interest people so much.
But there is an element of the crook in all of us because of how exciting the life sometimes seems from the outside. But Matthew and Duncan have taken this interest to another level and situated inside Matthews basement is a full sized Roulette wheel made by the Paul Tramble Roulette wheel company in Reno. The wheel looks to be in excellent condition and the metallic rotor, canoes, frets and spindle still glimmer and shine like new under the single light that illuminates Matthew’s basement.
Where Matthew came by the wheel he is certainly not prepared to say but Roulette wheels like these can be bought on the open market these days and reconditioned ones can be purchased for a couple of grand. Matthew had his own double glazing business which was hardly pulling any trees up by way of profit and it would be no surprise if the entire thing folded. Matthew was certainly not averse to folding businesses as he had done so several times before and had been officially declared bankrupt owing his business associates considerable sums of money.
But that did not bother Matthew and to say that he never lost any sleep over it would be a colossal understatement. Duncan worked on reception at the casino near to where Matthew lived and he and Matthew had been very good friends for a long time, since they were school kids in fact. Because of their close friendship, Duncan would regularly reveal information to Matthew that ordinary punters would not have had access to. Duncan was very close friends with an assistant General Manager who worked there, close enough to find things out that would interest a charlatan like Matthew.
Matthew would know first hand how the casino had done on any particular shift either on the gaming tables or on slots, if they had met their targets, who was being promoted and all kinds of confidential stuff. Duncan was a likeable guy and even the gaming staff themselves would open up to him and tell him information simply because everyone trusted him. Nobody perceived him as a threat and he appeared to love his job as he was always smiling and telling jokes. Look out for part two coming soon.
Carl “The Dean” Sampson
Author – “Killer Roulette”
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