A gambler cracked a video poker glitch in Vegas and walked away with $500K+ before the feds showed up.
John Kane found a bug in IGT's Game King machines in 2009. Hit a specific button combo after enabling "Double Up" and replay a low-stakes win at max denomination.
$500 four-of-a-kind? Now pays $10,000.
Kane called his buddy Andre Nestor. They ran the circuit—Fremont, Silverton, Wynn. Kane pulled $500K+. Nestor flew back to Pittsburgh, hit The Meadows for $480K in two months.
Casinos caught on. Surveillance + memory dumps confirmed the bug existed for 7 years.
Both got arrested. Feds charged them with computer fraud and wire fraud. Called it "hacking."
Courts tossed the case. Pressing buttons the machine literally offers you isn't illegal access.
The punchline? They let these guys lose for years without a word. The second they started winning big, the house cried foul and called the cops.
Casino always wins—until it doesn't. Then it's a crime.
John Kane found a bug in IGT's Game King machines in 2009. Hit a specific button combo after enabling "Double Up" and replay a low-stakes win at max denomination.
$500 four-of-a-kind? Now pays $10,000.
Kane called his buddy Andre Nestor. They ran the circuit—Fremont, Silverton, Wynn. Kane pulled $500K+. Nestor flew back to Pittsburgh, hit The Meadows for $480K in two months.
Casinos caught on. Surveillance + memory dumps confirmed the bug existed for 7 years.
Both got arrested. Feds charged them with computer fraud and wire fraud. Called it "hacking."
Courts tossed the case. Pressing buttons the machine literally offers you isn't illegal access.
The punchline? They let these guys lose for years without a word. The second they started winning big, the house cried foul and called the cops.
Casino always wins—until it doesn't. Then it's a crime.