The names of the devices are as colorful as the people who used them. Monkey paw. Kickstand. Yo-yo. These are some of the cheating devices criminals brought to Nevada casinos to trick slot machines ...

The ElectroMagnetic Pulse (EMP) devices, which are prohibited by the Federal Communication Commission, are used to "jam" the inner workings of a slot machine. EMP generators create electromagnetic ...

A convicted slot machine cheat on Thursday became the first nominee in almost four years to Nevada’s Excluded Person List, commonly referred to as the Black Book. The Gaming Control Board unanimously ...

Four Russian nationals have been indicted by the federal government for allegedly traveling to the United States to cheat at slot machines in Missouri, California and Illionis. According to KSDK, the ...

Slot machines at a St. Louis-area casino are shown in this file photo. ST. LOUIS • Federal prosecutors on Wednesday said that a grand jury indicted three Russian nationals and a man of Russian ...

The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday added Larry Keith Green, a convicted slot machine cheat, to the state’s List of the Excluded Persons. The list, commonly referred to as the Black Book, makes ...

In early June 2014, accountants at the Lumiere Place Casino in St. Louis noticed that several of their slot machines had—just for a couple of days—gone haywire. The government-approved software that ...

Natasha Dow Schüll is an associate professor in the program in science, technology and society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the author of "Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in ...