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The Vegas Dealer Who Broke Every Casino on the Strip — Then Disappeared Forever

Old Vegas Legends

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In the summer of nineteen ninety-nine, a blackjack dealer walked into the Golden Nugget Casino in downtown Las Vegas for his evening shift. By morning, he'd vanished without a trace, leaving behind twenty-three million dollars in casino losses and a legend that still haunts the Strip today. His name was Tommy Chen, and what he did over eighteen months would force every major casino in Nevada to rewrite their rulebooks. This is the story of the man who beat Vegas at its own game, then disappeared into thin air.

20 Comments

@ronaldbarnes1746 7 months ago

No one would walk away from a max bet in blackjack with an 11 vs 6. I need my time back

@RenataCantore 7 months ago

Thanks for the fun story. 🎰

@MichaeleugeneWilliamson 3 months ago

I have seen people disappear in casino walls . I can sit here and tell you all the things I know , but that one statement alone is enough..

@StrangerTownsUSA 7 months ago

Very entertaining video!

@josephsisson 7 months ago

After reading a few comments that this is complete fiction, I’m out after just a few minutes!

@judithstarker9513 6 months ago

Never happened but it was a good story.

@martinlaursen7972 7 months ago

Good one. Tommy Chen never existed. This is a novel. Totally fabricated story. Got me for a minute. LOL. Still very entertaining. You are a great story writer.

@Mondodarts 7 months ago

That place is fine with me. You say fail, we say bargain. Not wanting to pay $500 a night for a foo-foo hotel. Rather spend my money on entertainment, meals, shopping, and gambling.

@mikemikemikemike4507 3 months ago

am i the only dealer that doesnt know whats the next card ? lol

@billmiller6274 3 months ago

Not believable that every dealer would react the same way for the same situations. Most dealers are probably bored anyway and not giving off signals.

@Dr_Reid_Sheftall 7 months ago

Former card counter here...No substance to this. The dealer doesn't know what the cards are until after the bets have been locked in place. They cannot react while there is time. Therefore no "tells" possible in blackjack.

@cliffwoodruff1794 7 months ago

The dealer has no idea what the down card is(except whether or not is an Ace) or what the next card out of the shoe.

@SaintLewis 3 months ago

Only a real gambler will know why he left the bet in play 💯

@frank127-t5s 7 months ago

why doesent Google have a record of Tommy Chin?:face-orange-raised-eyebrow::face-orange-raised-eyebrow::face-orange-raised-eyebrow::face-orange-raised-eyebrow::face-orange-raised-eyebrow:

@kenmartin1919 3 months ago

How does a dealer know the next card??? They are just dealers?

@vpking77 7 months ago

Richard DeMarco was same name used in his magician's video. This story is the biggest load I have ever heard. Dealers don't know the next card that is dealt. If they were able to see it they could signal confederates at table. There are no tells. Maybe in the old single deck BJ game where a dealer could look at the edge of a card. There hasn't been hand held games in decades.

@tommyguns9008 7 months ago

They show a picture of Archie . Lol
He wasn't even a dealer.

@MysteriousMe-p2m 7 months ago

Tommy Genius!

@smoothlyrough512 7 months ago (edited)

This vid is full of shite. You cant call in a missing persons just because an employee quit and left, makes no sense. Second, if he broke no laws, they shouldnt have had the right to check his bank account. This all sounds made up. Also, like another commenter said, google has nothing on this guy other than THIS video. No legendary tale like the one portrayed here, to be found.