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gettotext.com | Machines used to shuffle poker cards in US casinos can be easily hacked, researchers have found. The method, very discreet and almost undetectable, allows you to have “total control” of the parties. In American casinos, for some major poker tournaments, dealers use card shuffling machines. The devices are supposed to prevent cheating and ensure that the cards are properly shuffled using several tools, including a camera and a cryptographic hash. Above all, according to the builder of the Deckmates, a model of these machines, they would be ”…

bitdefender.com | Security researchers have demonstrated how they were able to exploit a flaw which allowed them to hack the card-shuffling devices used in casinos and poker rooms. The “Official Shuffler of the World Series of Poker”, the DeckMate 2, came under the scrutiny of researchers from IOActive who wanted to find out if it contained vulnerabilities which could help somebody cheat in a game of cards. To understand why the DeckMate 2 became the focus of attention, one has to know a little background on a recent controversy which…

bonus.com | No electronic system is ever completely impervious to attack, and security research firm IOActive has demonstrated that card shufflers commonly used in retail casinos and poker rooms are no exception. Inspired by the investigation into the Robbi Jade Lew cheating allegations, consultants Joseph Tartaro, Enrique Nissim, and Ethan Shackelfordattempted to compromise a Deckmate card-shuffling system. He presented his findings at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, where Wired picked up the story.

futurism.com | “BASICALLY, IT ALLOWS US TO DO MORE OR LESS WHATEVER WE WANT.” 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.

tomshardware.com | Gambling is big business, and a casino’s revenue will make the highest of high-stakes bets on the floor look like peanuts. Therefore, casinos implement rigorous procedures and processes, to make sure there is no cheating by customers. However, compared with computers, some security researchers reckon gambling regulations and security technologies are “a bit out of date.” and this leads to interested parties fabricating its own proof of concept tools, using the Raspberry Pi Zero.