Splitting hairs, but both cheating and fraud are
illegal.
Victoria
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--- Albert Pearson <a-p@sympatico.ca> wrote:
I wouldn't call it cheating. I'd call it fraud.
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There IS a meaningful difference. Fraud--and I'd regard an
intentionally false claim of a "short" payout as such--is a criminal
offense; as such, valid cause for prosecution.
Certain forms of "cheating", generally involving "visible" attempts
to
induce or take advantage of human error at table games, would fall
into
a "gray area". If a blackjack dealer actually makes 21, but thinks
s/he has "busted", nobody is required to say anything. If I notice
such an error--and correction would affect any other player--I will
remain silent until and unless asked a direct question.
I would not, however, say anything INTENDED to "help" the dealer make
such an error. Nor, after betting $5 and receiving a hand on which I
want to double, stack another $5 on my original bet, and then--at my
turn--say "double". An inattentive or distracted dealer might well
say "you need to put up another $10" . . .
But, as a criminal-case juror, I would support conviction ONLY if an
intentionally-false statement were involved.
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Victoria Rosado <ros4144@y...> wrote:
Splitting hairs, but both cheating and fraud are
illegal.
Victoria--- Albert Pearson <a-p@s...> wrote:
> I wouldn't call it cheating. I'd call it fraud.
>
> Regards
> A.P.