Among the many casino games in the illegal casinos run by criminal organizations, there is a dice rolling game, which causes many gamblers to lose a lot of money. “I know a gambler who lost more than a million dollars in one night betting on dice rolls,” describes a former illegal casino owner. Gamblers have reached a point where they have lost all their property to criminal organizations.
A significant number of gamblers had difficulty repaying loans and credit they received from the owners of the illegal casinos, and as a result were extorted by them and required to pay high interest. “They didn’t let me breathe,” said one of the blackmailed. “I was harassed and threatened all day and all night that I would pay back the loan. I lost hundreds of thousands of dollars there. I had no where to get food for my kids.”
One of the popular gambling games in the illegal casinos was rolling the dice. The players would bet in advance on an outcome, roll two dice and lose or win money depending on the result of the roll.
Gamblers addicted to dice game lost a lot of property – apartments, savings plans, cars and more. They were blackmailed by the owners of the places when they had trouble repaying the debts. There are gamblers who testified that the dice games ruined their lives.
“It’s an addictive game that costs a lot of money,” says Steve (pseudonym), who gambled in an illegal casino. “You roll a dice and you have to bet what the number will be. People haven’t moved from their chairs for 24 hours. It’s crazy. People have lost everything – cars, apartments.”
“On a good day, an illegal casino owner can earn around a quarter of a million dollars,” describes a former illegal casino owner, “getting rich at the expense of addicted gamblers. I know a gambler who lost $100,000 in one day, just by playing dice. He even took credit from me to keep gambling. He was not the only one who lost a lot of money. People got divorced, families fell apart because they had nowhere to pay back the loans they took.”
