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- Nikrasch was convicted in 1986 of scamming $10 million from Las Vegas casinos by rigging slot machines between 1976 and 1979. He was released on parole in January 1991 and returned to the trade.
- “With slot machine cheat ripping off Nevada Casinos for an estimated $40 million a year, gambling regulators hope the master of the game (Dennis Nikrasch) can shed some light on how it’s done before he returns to prison.” That’s exactly what he did.
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Dennis Nikrasch (September 12, 1941 – 2010) was a Vegas slot cheater and a former locksmith who was responsible for spearheading the biggest casino theft in Las Vegas history, by grabbing $16,000,000 from rigging slot machines over a 22-year period. His career began in Chicago, Illinois as a locksmith. He then found out that he could break into any lock he wished, due to his extensive knowledge of the tools, and became associated with members from a key Chicago crime family until his arrest in 1961. When he was released in 1970, he realized that he could make even bigger profits by manipulating slot machines in Las Vegas. From 1976 until 1983, he obtained $10 million from this method. He was then found in 1986 and sentenced to five years in prison. He was released in 1991, but didn't return to Vegas headlines until 1996, when he returned, this time with a new approach in response to the higher levels of security. He actually managed to keep his cheating secret until November 1998, when one of his accomplices revealed information about his cheating machines. He was arrested and sentenced to 7.5 years in prison, being released in 2004. He died in 2010 from unknown causes.
Dennis Nikrasch is a Las Vegas legend, not for spectacular luck or skill at poker; but as one of the biggest slot machine cheaters of all time. Back in the 1980’s Nikrasch stole imprints of slot machine cabinet keys and used them to open up secured machine access panels to rig jackpot payoffs.
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References[edit]
- Vince Beiser (05/03/1999). 'Silicon Crackers Tackle Casinos'. Wired.com. Condé Nast. Retrieved 14 September 2013.Check date values in:
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