HACKERS GAIN CONTROL OF CASINO CARD SHUFFLING MACHINE FOR GODLIKE CONTROL OVER GAMES

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Shifty Shufflers
The house doesn’t always win.

Researchers at the security firm IOActive say they’ve discovered that a card shuffling machine called the Deckmate, widely used by casinos and long thought to be impervious, is actually vulnerable to hacking, Wired reports — an exploit that could give a skilled cheater omniscient knowledge of every player’s cards.

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