former dealer at a Lake Charles casino has pleaded guilty to conspiring to rig roulette games.

5teamparlay · Mar 24, 2012

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Published: March 24, 2012

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Ex-casino dealer pleads guilty in cheating plot

By | Associated Press

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) A former dealer at a Lake Charles casino has pleaded guilty to conspiring to rig roulette games.

Forty-five-year-old Stephen Mouton, of Iowa, La., is the third defendant to plead guilty in the plot.

Federal prosecutors say Mouton and another dealer at L'Auberge du Lac Casino allowed two other men to place bets after the ball had fallen into the winning number.

Mouton pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Prosecutors say the scheme cost the casino more than $1 million.

Mouton faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison. His sentencing is set for July 12.

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Tacopants · Mar 24, 2012

Is letting them place bets after the ball had stopped rolling really "rigging the game"? Sounds like the casino has horrible security and management controls. Should the taxpayers really be footing the bill for this stuff because the casino cannot manage its own employees? Wouldn't this be obvious to see if they hired a competent pit boss and security manager?