World renowned championship poker player Phil Ivey has an extremely successful night at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City when he won a grand total of $9.6 million at the baccarat table. He did so using a method called edge sorting which involves spotting and memorising any perceivable defects in specific cards, as to spot when them they come around again.

While an intelligent move and not illegal, it of course is frowned upon by casinos looking to maintain their edge. On this occasion Ivey had noticed that the back of some cards had a full diamond pattern, whereas on other cards they were cut in half. The Borgata filed a lawsuit against Ivey. This is the second such edge sorting lawsuit that Ivey has faced.

The cutter gang managed to cheat their way to millions in 2011 via a baccarat specific plan. The scheme involved accepting an offer to cut the deck once the dealer shuffled the cards. A member would then drag one card  along the deck before placing it back in the deck. This was all picked up via a tiny camera that the member had concealed on his person. Once this information was passed on it was possible to have a winning hand every time.

Later in the same year after a suspiciously successful stint on baccarat at the Cosmopolitan casino the group were arrested but later released without charge. They were also arrested shortly after in the Philippines, but managed to escape the scene and have not been seen since.