Crown decked by cards shuffle, by Jason Dowling - The Age - 5th May 2009

At least one croupier at Crown Casino is not a big Kenny Rogers fan; or if he is, he doesn't listen. He missed the bit about "know when to fold 'em".

Crown has been fined $7500 after a dealer continued to deal a game of poker knowing the deck was incomplete.

The Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation found "play continued despite the constant display of the red light on the automatic shuffle machine" and after the dealer counted the cards twice and found 51 cards. The commission said "it took the attendance of three supervisors before the game was stopped".

Details of the over-zealous dealer have only been released recently by the commission — the incident occurred in January last year.

It is not the first time Crown has been fined for conducting games with less than 52 cards in the deck. Since 2007 it has been detected using less than 52 cards on at least six occasions. (Credit: The Age)

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