Poker player takes UK casino to court over unpaid winnings
Genting, which owns more than 40 casinos in the UK, said the technique of ”edge-sorting” he used – which involves identifying small differences in the pattern on the reverse of playing cards and exploiting that information to increase the chances of winning – was not a legitimate strategy and the casino had no liability to him.
The 40-year-old American is challenging a 2016 majority decision in the Court of Appeal dismissing his case against Genting Casinos UK, which owns Crockfords Club in Mayfair.
Ivey did not personally touch any cards, but persuaded the croupier to rotate the most valuable cards by intimating that he was superstitious.
“It is for the court to determine whether the interference was of such a quality as to constitute cheating. In my judgment it had that quality, ” he said.
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