Field guide

The Bellagio Heist (2010)

How it works

An armed robbery where a man stole $1.5 million in chips from a Bellagio craps table. The case demonstrated both the vulnerability of high-value chips and the value of RFID tracking. How It Was Executed: Anthony Carleo entered the Bellagio wearing a motorcycle helmet, drew a gun, and grabbed chips from the craps table before fleeing on a motorcycle.

This entry documents the method only. Detection and prevention guidance for this technique is covered under related methods in Historical Famous Cases.

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.