{"id":231385,"date":"2022-09-12T10:13:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T15:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=231385"},"modified":"2022-09-12T14:22:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T19:22:32","slug":"buffalo-blackjack-dealer-two-players-appear-in-court-for-alleged-casino-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/buffalo-blackjack-dealer-two-players-appear-in-court-for-alleged-casino-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffalo Blackjack Dealer, Two Players Appear in Court for Alleged Casino Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former blackjack dealer and two players recently appeared in Buffalo, N.Y., court for alleged fraud at a gaming table. The incident took place last month at Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_231392\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231392\" data-style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-231392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/seneca123-142x107.jpg\" alt=\"Entrance to Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-231392\"class=\"text-description\">The entrance to the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino, pictured above. A trio was arrested recently for an alleged fraud scheme at the venue. (Image: Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week, Emily M. Torres, 20, of Lackawanna, N.Y., who worked as a dealer at the tribal casino, and Mark M. Watson, Jr., 28, of Buffalo, appeared before a judge. The two are charged with first-degree gaming fraud, <em>WGRZ<\/em>, a local TV station, reported.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Rahat Hossain, 34, of Buffalo, also appeared in court. He was also charged with first-degree gaming fraud.<\/p>\n<p>All three are scheduled to reappear in court next month. They were ordered to stay away from the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino and other Seneca gaming venues. They could face a year in jail if found guilty of the gaming fraud counts.<\/p>\n<h2>Incident Details<\/h2>\n<p>The incident dates back to a two-and-a-half-hour playing spree on August 14 and 15, when Torres allegedly showed Hossain and Watson face cards before a final play, <em>WGRZ<\/em> said. Before leaving the table, Hossain and Watson won thousands of dollars, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was recorded on surveillance cameras, authorities said. Both players made restitution of the ill-gotten money. Watson repaid $5,287.50, and Hossain repaid $2,210.<\/p>\n<h2>New York Gambling Fraud<\/h2>\n<p>Statewide, it is unusual in New York to see arrests for gaming fraud, the <em>Buffalo News<\/em>, a local newspaper, reported. Between January 2017 and this past June, only four suspects were arrested for the charge, the state Division of Criminal Justice Services told the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino is located in Buffalo\u2019s inner harbor area. The casino is operated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/seneca-nation-gives-564m-to-new-york-pagels-calls-for-fairness-in-next-compact\/\">Seneca Gaming Corporation<\/a> (SGC). SGC is a tribally-chartered corporation of the Seneca Nation of Indians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former blackjack dealer and two players recently appeared in Buffalo, N.Y., court for alleged fraud at a gaming table. The incident took place last month at Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino. Last week, Emily M. 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