New York: Three, including blackjack dealer, charged with felony gaming fraud at Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino

New York: Three, including blackjack dealer, charged with felony gaming fraud at Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino

Article brief provided by The Buffalo News
  • Aaron Besecker, The Buffalo News
September 11, 2022 4:53 PM
  • Aaron Besecker, The Buffalo News

Two guys at a blackjack table in Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino seemed to be having one heck of a night. After nearly 2 ½ hours of playing cards, one of them won almost $5,300; the other, more than $2,200.

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But the game wasn’t on the up and up, according to police and prosecutors, and soon the two – as well as the dealer – would be in handcuffs.

Inside the casino, under the watchful eye of surveillance cameras, authorities came to suspect the dealer was showing the players cards they weren’t supposed to see.

Police arrested two of them the next day – the dealer when she reported to work, and one of the men when he returned to the downtown casino.