Part II: Table Game Cheating · Fan-Tan
Fan-Tan Counter Switch
How it works
Fan-tan pays the number of counters left after the pile has been counted off in fours. The result is that last small group: one, two, three, or four. The cheat changes the counters under the cover, so the count is not the count the bets were made on. This is not sic bo, and it is not a dice switch.
Where it appears
Fan-tan, in a casino or in a private game
On the record
In Hong Kong, HCMA 402/1996, the court upheld convictions for cheating at fan-tan. The evidence included a chance to interfere with the counters under the bamboo cover while a participant turned away. The case was a private game, not a casino pit.
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.