The name of the son of the well-known Albanian ex-politician who is accused of collaborating with the employee of a casino in Tirana, benefiting from large sums of money in the game of roulette, is revealed. It is about Artan Lakror, the son of Maqo Lakror, former deputy and former candidate for the head of the SP in 2009, according to journalist Arsen Rusta.
He is suspected of having cooperated with the courier with the initials EB for committing a fraud scheme during the roulette game in one of Tirana's big casinos. The report was first made to the police by the Regency Casino lawyer, but unable to tell whether it was a matter of luck or fraud, the case has already passed to the police.
According to the complaint, Artan Lakrori cooperated with the courier. The latter allegedly tampered with the roll of the roulette dice, pushing it so that it rolled twice instead of the minimum three times required by casino rule.
This gave Lakror space to place the money on the winning number within two seconds, which was then confirmed by the cupper through the casino's computer system.
The entire scheme was caught on the casino's cameras, and the cell phone conversations between him and the casino's waiter are now in the hands of investigators.
The amount that is suspected to have been gained through this fraud scheme exceeds 1 million new lek.
"On 21/07/2022, at 07:21':31", in roulette 5, the croupier Ergi Bakiu who was the croupier at the aforementioned table was seen to throw the ball, which performed only 2 spins (it falls in the number 9) from the minimum of 3 spins which is the internal regulation of the casino and otherwise the game should not be called correct, but the croupier was seen to confirm the number 9 on the electronic screen that serves to connect the electronic roulette terminals to the corresponding number. As a result of not making the minimum 3 spins of the ball, the electronic system, which from the moment the ball is thrown allows you about 6 seconds to place bets, making only two spins allows you to place bets and for another 2 seconds while the number has decreased. As a result, it was seen that the client Artan Lakrori with registration number #***,
The employee of Regency Casino himself rejected the accusations, saying that he did not help any customer.
"I have been working at Regency Casino for 8 months and my job is a card and dice dealer for the various games that take place in the casino. I have not helped any client to earn money as I have no idea how to do this intervention. The machine is electronic, pre-programmed, from where the game is followed according to the programming and not according to the croupier. Also, the croupier's activity is monitored and followed by an inspector who orders the croupier for every action of the game and the plug. I've known him for about a month. I have known him in the casino premises, since Artani is a regular customer, but I have never met him outside", he said.