A former baccarat dealer at Star Entertainment has been convicted for his part in a scam that cheated the casino out of almost AU$500,000 in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Australia.-\u00a0The New South Wales Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority (ILGA)\u00a0<\/strong>has reported that Hieu Duc Lam, a baccarat dealer who worked at\u00a0Star Entertainment<\/strong>, has been convicted for involvement in a scam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hieu Duc Lam<\/strong>\u00a0was captured on CCTV footage colluding with another employee and a patron to cheat the casino. He was seen memorising a number of cards<\/strong>\u00a0that were to be used in a game of baccarat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once the former Star employee had memorised the cards, he would then\u00a0use a secure messaging app on his phone to inform his accomplice<\/strong>, a player in the upcoming game, of the order of the cards. The player would then participate in the game knowing what cards were coming. The scam netted AU$467,700 in less than a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ILGA reported that Lam has been sentenced to an aggregate term of two years’ imprisonment. <\/strong>He is also required to perform 250 hours of community service work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A former baccarat dealer at Star Entertainment has been convicted for his part in a scam that cheated the casino out of almost AU$500,000 in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A former baccarat dealer at Star Entertainment has been convicted and sentenced for his role in a AU$467,700 cheating scam at the casino in 2020. The New South Wales Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority reported that Hieu Duc Lam colluded with an accomplice to exploit baccarat game integrity, resulting in a two-year imprisonment term and community service. This incident highlights critical internal control vulnerabilities and regulatory enforcement actions within the iGaming sector.","focusai_entities":"Star Entertainment, New South Wales Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority, ILGA, Hieu Duc Lam","focusai_location":"Australia, New South Wales","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Star Internal Controls?","query":"What specific enhancements to internal controls and surveillance protocols has Star Entertainment implemented since 2020 to prevent recurrence of similar employee-led collusion and game integrity breaches?"},{"label":"Regulatory Response Impact?","query":"Beyond this conviction, what broader implications does this incident have for the New South Wales Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority's ongoing oversight and enforcement strategy concerning operator governance frameworks and anti-fraud measures?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,439],"tags":[229,1295],"class_list":["post-20668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legal-news","tag-gambling","tag-star-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20668"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20695,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20668\/revisions\/20695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}