In 2015, I stumbled upon a post in an underground forum, discussing how someone was ripped off at a poker table by a very advanced poker cheating device. From what I understood at that time, the post being in Chinese, the device was able to remotely read card markings to inform the cheater who will win the next hand.
>>25576 I do wonder about the viability of these things. They're no good in the wild as they need marked decks, and there are surely cheaper and easier ways to con people than spending thousands of dollars on a special phone and even more on setting up a credible game.
These things emit infrared light, right? Casinos would easily be able to pick that up on camera. Assuming they don't require you to surrender your smartphone at the door anyway.
>>25581 Oh I didn't realise the decks were really marked. I didn't click the link or watch the video, I just assumed from the diagram that the device was able to pick up the subtle variations in the printing of the design on the reverse of the cards, or something.
Obviously casinos are going to stop you whipping out a "phone" at a table and you're not going to be able to see the cards - this is still seriously impressive.
Yeah, this isn't something that is going to work in a proper casino but could potentially be used to scam people in some shady poker club/tourney. Having a smartphone out is a bit of a giveaway that something fishy is going on of course, but the basic functionality could most likely be ported to a smartwatch or other device in future.
