Nikrasch Slot Machine
We're starting with a guy called Dennis Nikrasch, who found a way to cheat slot machines. About Dennis Nikrasch. Dennis Nikrasch was born in 1941. Also known as Dennis McAndrew, he has been labeled as the greatest slot machine cheater of all time. (September 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) 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. Dennis Nikrasch is infamous for creating some of the most elaborate cheating strategies which he evolved to match the advancements in slot machine technology. Nikrasch personally won over fifteen million dollars by orchestrating a group of elite professional cheats to win various jackpots from slot machines of which he was able to rig. Dennis Nikrasch. Over a 22-year period, Dennis Nikrasch cheated Las Vegas slot machines out of around $16 million. Using the tools and know-how he gained by working as a locksmith in Chicago, Nikrasch was able to open up a slot machine, place a computer chip inside that would help him win and close it up in less than a minute.
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.
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- 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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