I know this belongs in the Casino News section, but please go to Facebook and give this article a like, maybe we can get Bellagio to reinstate Dominator https://www.facebook.com/groups/13620749084/
By David Ferrara
Las Vegas Review-Journal
For nearly two years, a pair of Bellagio craps dealers and two friends stole more than $1 million off the tables, prosecutors said Wednesday.
The dealers, Mark M. Branco, 42, and James R. Cooper Jr., 43, along with Jeffrey D. Martin, 38, and Anthony G. Granito, 49, were indicted on dozens of counts of cheating at gambling and theft, according to Chief Deputy District Attorney J. P. Raman.
Cooper, who cooperated with authorities and testified before a grand jury, was given $1,000 bail, while District Judge Jennifer Togliatti ordered a no-bail warrant for the others pending arraignment hearing next week.
Between July 2012 and July 2014, when the timing was right, Branco and Cooper conspired with Granito and Martin to pay off bets that never transpired, the prosecutor said.
Because the craps table is often crowded with base dealers, a boxman, a stickman, a floor person and other players, there had to be a "very select set of circumstances that had to line up for them to pull off," Raman said.
They would focus on lower limits at tables with dealers who weren’t paying enough attention to the action.
Granito and Martin would make some real bets, but mutter some sort of craps wager as the dice were tossed and Cooper or Branco would pay them "as if they had bet on it," Raman said.
But last year, a fellow dealer noticed suspicious behavior and informed Bellagio management and an investigation began. Cooper told authorities the group had been running the scam for about two years, and Bellagio started tracking the records of the players.
Throughout their play, Granito collected nearly $700,000 while Martin collected more than $800,000, according to Raman.
The prosecutor said authorities have "mathematical, statistical analysis of the improbability of them being able to achieve the results they did."
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Posted by: sevenout on November 12, 2015, 4:18 am
Posted by: Pit Boss on November 12, 2015, 4:44 pm
If you look a the post on Facebook, there is much more written there than just a post of the story.
The post needs involvement and passionate responses addressing the oddities of the ejection. By just liking a story you are giving credence to the writer of the story from the Journal, it does nothing to the statement that is projected and aligned with the story.
What I was trying to illicit from our members was to actually write a comment that hopefully gets some traction and alerts the management that their actions need to be reconsidered.
I hope this has clarified my intentions. If it is still unclear, please tell me how to fix it. Writing is not my strong suite.
Posted by: getagrip on November 12, 2015, 6:20 pm
I just don’t do social media so I have no access to Facebook. Would you please send me a private email if you have time? I would be happy to help anyone in our GTC community and especially Dom who has been so cordial and helpful to me over the years. If there is something I can do through another channel other than Facebook then please let me know. If you have the time to respond to me then I will definitely take the time to act on that information. Thanks!
Posted by: sevenout on November 13, 2015, 6:02 am
That being said, anything I can do help, let me know.
