Everything went fine, but I did learn a valuable lesson about getting into cars with strangers, in foreign countries. I saw the guy again and continued to maintain occasional correspondence.infrared contact lenses
Of course, this guy was not the only interesting character I met through my site. I recently went to Korea where I met a professional cardsharp (and his partner) that runs his business in many of the illegal gambling joints around Seoul. I also met another interesting character in Korea, but perhaps I should leave that for another post.
On my travels to Macau and China I met a professional casino cheat that actually shared a lot of interesting information about his work. I'll have to tell you about that in another post, but keep in mind that I won't really be able to say much.
One of the most interesting characters I've ever met is a guy that is involved in some pretty high stakes operations. He actually picks up high rollers in various countries and brings them to destinations where he organizes games. This guy is based in Europe (I can't tell you which country) but he runs games in other continents. Again, I can't share too many specifics.
In Europe I met a couple of guys that run bustout joints, i.e. totally crooked gambling dens where actual cheating equipment is in use. These places are not as uncommon as one may think.
I've also met a lot of people that run illegal poker clubs, but most of those contacts were not made through my site. Those clubs just charge a time fee, so the house wins no matter what, as long as the place is busy. In a busy club, a single poker table can easily make over $20,000 in cash, just form the time charge. There's really no incentive to cheat the players. marked cards
But I don't only research crooked gambling. So, in the world of legitimate gambling I had the opportunity to meet many people, ranging from some casino owners, surveillance directors as well as lower ranking employees, all the way down to dealers. Even outside of actual casinos I've had many dealings with people that do business with casinos.
So, since this post is getting quite long, I'll have to wrap up here and leave some details for some upcoming posts. At least this gives you some idea about what you may expect to read in this blog, in the future.