“Jobless Poker Player” Pleads Guilty to Card Marking

Mihai Lacatos, 61, has pleaded guilty to 18 different charges of fraud relating to a six year spree where he cheating UK casinos out of thousands of pounds using a technique known as ‘card marking.’

Life must be tough for casinos these days.

The ingenious trickery of the fraudsters is challenging the security standards of the casino industry like no time before.

Take 61-year old Mihai Lacatos for example. A criminal mastermind if there ever was one. The Daily Mail broke the story that Lacatos has been found guilty of cheating UK casinos out of thousands of pounds using an innovative technique known as ‘card marking.’

Card marking I hear you ask?

What’s card marking?

Brace yourself. It gets a whole lot more technical from hereon on.