The Famous Casino Cheater - Brent Eli Morris

The successful cheater

Brent Eli Morris was born in 1956 and during the whole was accused at several occurrences of casino cheating . Though he has been caught several times during his career he is still considered to have more successes than the most part of other famous casino cheaters . Brent's specialty had been in craps and for more than twenty years he had terrorized several casinos in the US.

Professional competence

Bet pressing had been one of his favorite cheating moves. Morris added more chips to his bets when he knew that his bets were about to win. His moves were so perfected that it was almost impossible to detect them. He worked behind the pass line frequently. This was the line behind which the players used to place their bets on the table. The players were allowed to make their bets when the dice were not rolled and Morris took full advantage of it. He successfully decreased and increased his odds legally and actually even used it illegally to alter his bets. However, his moves were used to be disguised because any dealers or pit bosses never know what he was doing.

Morris also frequently used to bet his chips on the do not pass bar, which was a bet against the shooter and with the house. However, even though Morris used to be outnumbered he managed to use it for his own advantage. He put his bet on the inward corner which was closest to the dealer on the table and then hide his move when he used to push the losing chips on the pass time which turned them to winners.

Cheating as a job

He even managed to perform the same cheating techniques on the same table several times without getting caught mainly because his skills were so perfected that it was not possible for pit bosses to notice them. He had worked on several different types of scams on craps tables during his career with more than one going on at the same time. He used to steal chips from other players very efficiently.

Brent cheated at casinos for around eight hours every day and he had made it is his only job. This was the reason why he managed to attract the attention of several casinos which resulted into the many arrests over his career. He had been sentenced to prison and banned by all Nevada casinos forever.