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Tommy Glen Carmichael, 53 year old resident of Tulsa,
is a professional slot cheater. Authorities have called him an absolute
professional at his job, which is to cheat slot machines. He is a master
inventor, who has managed to rip off slot machines across the United States
and the Caribbean for the past 20 years. He got his start with a small tool
called a “top-bottom joint”, which was, at the time, the best cheating tool
there was. He had his first offence for cheating when he was 35 years old,
using that specific tool.
While in jail, Carmichael came up with a better way of cheating, and hooked
up with Mike Balsamo – the two of them created a slot cheat gang. However,
when they were released from prison, they found that their ideas of what a
slot machine were had become outdated. The casinos had found new ideas for
games, and made it much harder to cheat. Over the next few years, Carmichael
came up with several different tools for cheating, such as the “slider” or
“the monkey paw”, which enabled him to release roughly $1,000 an hour. Once
the effectiveness of that was lost, he created the “light wand”. This would
trick the sensor into releasing the money instead. From there he moved on to
the “hanger”, selling it to clients and making money with it on his own as
well. He had the perfect life.
Then, in 1996, Carmichael got caught with a light wand. Charges were
dropped, but then he was caught again in 1998. He ended up losing
everything. But today, Carmichael takes care of his elderly mother and
creating anti-cheating devices. He has one called “The Protector” which he
believes cannot be beaten. But for now, he remains barred from the casinos
for life.
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