Mohegan PA Casino Dealer and Outside Partner Caught in Craps Cheating Attempt

Casinos are a lucrative business with big money on the table most of the time. Popular enterprises draw a vast customer base, with many people involved in dealing, playing, and moving money in the casino. With high stakes, being malicious can pay off. In the case of Pennsylvania casinos, such scams are hard to pull off because of the high levels of surveillance that monitor potential cheaters and thieves.

The security paid off because a dealer and his patron at Mohegan, Pennsylvania, allegedly conspired to cheat at an electronic craps game last month.

The state police arrested dealer Jason Richard Kutney and casino visitor Louis Attilo Grasso for the elaborate cheating attempt.

Cheating Scheme That Took Place at Mohegan Pennsylvania

The accused couple worked on the electronic craps game with a 30-second clock where patrons place bets before the dealer presses a button to reveal the winning numbers. The 52-year-old dealer admitted to pressing the button earlier so that his complaint could see the numbers before placing his bet. Such schemes are not uncommon, so many players choose online PA casino apps for the reason that there is minimal human involvement and most of the action is due to algorithms.

Police claim Grasso won over $20 thousand in two instances. On December 30, the two schemed for $17,521 and another $4,125 the second time. Grasso and Kutney are charged with criminal conspiracy, theft, receiving stolen property, and fraud. Both are currently in jail at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility. The bail is set at $25,000.

Penalties for Cheating in PA Casinos

If you attempt to cheat at a Pennsylvania casino, you could get a prison sentence between 1 and 6 years with an additional $10,000 fine.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board website has a comprehensive list of all people involuntarily banned from the state casinos. The list contains 1100 names, and reasons for their exclusion. They are not all forbidden from cheating. The December record shows four people were banned from PA casinos because of cheating, including the dealer and patron collision at Wind Creek.