Tommy Glenn Carmichael

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Tommy Glenn Carmichael (July 5, 1950) is considered one of the greatest slot cheats. After being introduced to the "top-bottom joint" by his friend Ray Ming, he began his first theft campaign. However, Las Vegas casinos started to replace the old slot machines with new ones, which forced Carmichael to smaller off-the-strip casinos. At one of them, he was caught and sentenced to jail. Carmichael was placed in the Nevada Gaming Control Board's black book.Jail didn't stop Carmichael. Instead he figured out a way to beat newer high-tech machines. Carmichael invented the slider or monkey paw, which slipped through the payout chute and traveled through the machine until it tripped a switch that would cause the machine to pay out. The machine manufacturers responded with more advanced counter-measures, which Carmichael easily defeated using a tongue shaped device that interfered with the circuitry of the slot, adding credits to the machine which could then be cashed out.