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“With slot machine cheat ripping off Nevada Casinos for an estimated $40 million a year, gambling regulators hope the master of the game (Dennis Nikrasch) can shed some light on how it’s done before he returns to prison.” That’s exactly what he did. (September 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Dennis Nikrasch (September 12, 1941 – 2010) was a Vegas slot cheater and a former locksmith who was responsible for spearheading the biggest casino theft in Las Vegas history, by grabbing $16,000,000 from rigging slot machines over a 22-year period. They would position themselves so that surveillance cameras couldn't watch, then Nikrasch would open the slot machine, replace the computer chip and close it back up in under a minute. Another accomplice would play the machine, triggering the jackpot, and everybody won.
Dennis Nikrasch is a Las Vegas legend, not for spectacular luck or skill at poker; but as one of the biggest slot machine cheaters of all time. Back in the 1980’s Nikrasch stole imprints of slot machine cabinet keys and used them to open up secured machine access panels to rig jackpot payoffs. Even after being found out and serving a prison term, he returned to Vegas under a new name and a new scam. In that scheme, he used an electronic device that attached to slot machines to alter the internal programming for big wins. It required a second cheater who stood as a blocker to hide Nikrasch’s little device from security cameras. With that modern update on his scheme, he and his partners scored nearly 16 million dollars before going back to serve a second incarceration. His time served was reduced in return for consulting gambling authorities on how to spot and stop similar slot scams. Today, however, Nikrasch is permanently banned from Nevada casinos under any name, having made onto the “Black Book” of blacklisted cheaters in 2004.
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