Field guide
Baccarat card-order camera cheat
How it works
A collusion scheme specific to VIP baccarat rooms where the “ladderman” (a supervisor who watches the table from a raised seat) or other staff provide information about card values to confederates during the dramatic card-revealing process. In high-stakes baccarat, the squeeze ritual involves slowly revealing card edges. A corrupt ladderman, dealer, or camera operator may signal card values to confederates through subtle gestures, electronic devices, or by manipulating the reveal angle. A sleeve camera used to film the card order during the cut can also capture the squeeze.
On the record
Macau police have charged suspects in a sleeve-camera case during the card cut in a baccarat room. The high value of individual hands (in one 2024 survey, as high as HKD1 million a hand) makes this an extremely lucrative cheat vector.
Detection & preventionADVISORY
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Published as a detection reference for surveillance, compliance and gaming-operations professionals. Thresholds and tuning are set by the property. Nothing here is instruction: the method is described so it can be recognised.