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Canadian Loser Claims Montreal Casino's Games Are Rigged

``…In a suit filed in Quebec Superior Court last week, Robert Gurreri said he lost $73,000 at the Montreal Casino between 1992 and 1999 as a result of "corrupt, fraudulent and, in the very least, unfair" practices at the gaming tables.

``Mr. Gurreri, a 44-year-old manufacturer of school uniforms, seeks repayment of his losses, plus $5-million in damages. He claims that in May, 1998, he obtained a roulette ball from the casino after it skipped off the table and was grabbed by a friend.

``…He had the ball X-rayed twice by dentists in 1999, who found that the X-rays could not penetrate the ball's surface. He then went to a laboratory at the Université de Montreal to have the ball analyzed microscopically.

``The results -- the ball consists of a barite core surrounded by a shell containing barium, sulphur, silicon, zinc, copper, iron and other elements -- confirmed his suspicions.

"`The highly interactive material composition of the said ball can be used in certain excitation modes in advanced electronic systems, as will be shown at the hearing,' his suit reads. He is not sure exactly how, he explained in an interview, but he is convinced the casino has the wheels rigged so it can make the ball avoid those numbers where bets have been placed.

``…Mr. Gurreri recognizes that the odds are stacked in the favour of the house in all casinos, but he said Montreal went too far.

"`I've sort of lost the love for gambling. There's no fun in it any more. If they can do this, imagine what else, with technology, they can do,' …"

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