Conspiracy theories abound in many fields and we all love mysteries and stories of shady underworld characters who no one ever gets to meet who seemingly control everything and make millions in the process. Whether these people exist in organised crime, the stock market, politics or whatever, we are guilty of sometimes thinking and believing that our fate and destiny is guided by a handful of very powerful and extremely clandestine characters.
The gambling world is certainly no different in this aspect. The world of Horse Racing is awash with stories of big betting coups with certain “in the know” punters who have the inside knowledge to hit the bookmakers very hard indeed. But gambling establishments of whatever capacity are fair game as are casinos and there to be shot at for the handful of people who are shrewd enough to hit them where they are at their weakest.
Only a fool takes on a multi-million pound organisation that possesses unparalleled expertise at its disposal in the deluded belief that they can get the better of it by attacking it where it is at its strongest. But whether it is the bookmakers, casino owners or whatever, all of them have strengths and they all undoubtedly have weaknesses. The small time shrewd punters who hit them never get noticed as their winnings are lost in an absolute sea of money that is lost by losing punters.
But sometimes be it in Horse Racing, sports betting or Casinos, there belongs an individual that has aspirations to hit the gambling organisations not just for a few thousand but for tens of millions. The name of Vladimir Granec is a name that few people who will read this article will ever have heard of and that is not exactly surprising.
Firstly because the events that I am talking about happened from the mid nineteen seventies to the mid nineteen eighties and secondly because of the fact that once again most of the story was swept under the carpet. In fact even many people within the gaming industry itself will not have heard of the name Vladimir Granec. But in and around 1975, many casinos across the world experienced big losses on Roulette and several casinos were hit so severely that they actually failed to make their yearly targets.
The European gaming police and even the police forces from many different countries were brought in as casino bosses were suspecting a sting on a potentially massive scale. But despite the fact that the gaming industry were receiving substantial help from these authorities, all they basically had was suspicion and nothing else. They had no idea what was happening or indeed who was behind it but they knew that something was not quite right.
But it was the sheer size of Granec’s organisation that enabled him to remain anonymous and successful for so long. The casino industry has long since been aware of biased wheels and they were beginning to suspect that they could be on the receiving end of a massive biased wheel operation of some description. But there are biased wheels and there are biased wheels. Look out for part two of this story coming soon.
Carl “The Dean” Sampson
Author – “Killer Roulette”
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