A man attempting to steal poker chips was foiled at a Las Vegas casino. The poker room activity was interrupted when an armed man grabbed chips and ran. The would be robber failed to fund his own poker game with these chips, however, as he dropped them and fled once he was confronted by an employee of the casino poker room. The robbery attempt took place after midnight at the Stratosphere casino. According to Las Vegas police no shots were fired and no injuries were reported.
Ashley Mitchell has plead guilty to stealing online poker chips. The 29 year old hacked Zynga Poker and stole $12 million worth of chips. The game allows poker players to go online and play poker games in various applications such as through facebook. He committed his crime in 2009 and stole 400 billion virtual chips. He sold off a portion for $86,000, about a third of his haul. Had the full balance of chips been sold via the Zynga poker site it would have been worth twelve million. He would have made $297,000 if he had sold all the chips.
