The Wired article describes a scheme that alters actual machine payout and isn't analogous with "card pulling" (which seeks to mess with the casino recordkeeping of recorded wins/losses, but not actually alter machine payouts).
The implication of being identified as a card puller is typically limited to loss of participation in slot card benefits.
In actuality, over the last few years the major software vendors who provide slot accounting systems to the casinos have largely addressed the hole that card pullers took advantage of (most systems now don't close out a slot session after a player card is pulled until the current game in play is concluded).
I'm not personally aware of any serious players that still engage in the practice.
---In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, <boblittle1@...> wrote :
I know a few card pullers out there. Some are still able to use this method (although not in many casinos anymore). I now wonder if they too could also be arrested for fraud due to manipulation. Anyone out there know of any card pullers who ended up getting a nasty surprise?
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