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It might not be the same, but this sounds similar to what happened in Eden, North Carolina recently. The gambling parlor next door were using jammers to keep "

It might not be the same, but this sounds similar to what happened in Eden, North Carolina recently. The gambling parlor next door were using jammers to keep "fish table" players from cheating. This was affecting key fobs, car starts, etc. in a pretty big radius around the location. https://www.greensboro.com/rockingham_now/business/customers-cars-were-going-haywire-while-parked-at-an-eden/article_f7f76a60-129d-11e9-ac55-370054ab3f40.html https://www.greensboro.com/rockingham_now/business/customers... https://www.greensboro.com/news/local_news/after-complaints-eden-police-remove-jammers-from-sweepstakes-parlor/article_0f679939-e928-593a-a1a9-0d97685202ec.html https://www.greensboro.com/news/local_news/after-complaints-...

duxup 8y ago
Would be interesting to know how they were cheating.
- throwawayForMe2 8y ago
  Looks like maybe they were using some kind of overload device to confuse the machine when it pays out? http://empjammer.com/product/iphone-type-emp-jammer-slot-machine-for-sale-s6 http://empjammer.com/product/iphone-type-emp-jammer-slot-mac...
  - duxup 8y ago
    Ah TY
- dfxm12 8y ago
  Probably by creating current in places there shouldn't supposed to be, fooling the credit counter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LfluP0Ygcg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LfluP0Ygcg
  - duxup 8y ago
    Electronics are such a hassle.
ryandrake 8y ago
Hope the FCC comes down on them like a ton of bricks if they find that the casino was using a jammer. Wonder if they even considered whether they could be inadvertently jamming parts of the spectrum used by emergency services with that thing.
- jdietrich 8y ago
  >Hope the FCC comes down on them like a ton of bricks Oh, they will. The FCC do not mess about when it comes to intentional interference.
- xkcd-sucks 8y ago
  If they are intelligent they just installed a lot of cheap neon signs :)
- SubiculumCode 8y ago
  I get our point, but this is taking place in Alberta. There the FCC is Farm Credit Canada. Not sure what they'd do about interfering with fobs.
Sniffnoy 8y ago
Huh, I hadn't heard of these fish table games before. For anyone else who also hadn't, here's an interesting article on them that explains them: https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/znm8zx/why-cops-are-raiding-arcade-over-a-fishing-game https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/znm8zx/why-cops-are-...

duxup 8y ago

Would be interesting to know how they were cheating.

throwawayForMe2 8y ago
Looks like maybe they were using some kind of overload device to confuse the machine when it pays out? http://empjammer.com/product/iphone-type-emp-jammer-slot-machine-for-sale-s6 http://empjammer.com/product/iphone-type-emp-jammer-slot-mac...
- duxup 8y ago
  Ah TY
dfxm12 8y ago
Probably by creating current in places there shouldn't supposed to be, fooling the credit counter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LfluP0Ygcg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LfluP0Ygcg
- duxup 8y ago
  Electronics are such a hassle.

ryandrake 8y ago

Hope the FCC comes down on them like a ton of bricks if they find that the casino was using a jammer. Wonder if they even considered whether they could be inadvertently jamming parts of the spectrum used by emergency services with that thing.

jdietrich 8y ago
>Hope the FCC comes down on them like a ton of bricks Oh, they will. The FCC do not mess about when it comes to intentional interference.
xkcd-sucks 8y ago
If they are intelligent they just installed a lot of cheap neon signs :)
SubiculumCode 8y ago
I get our point, but this is taking place in Alberta. There the FCC is Farm Credit Canada. Not sure what they'd do about interfering with fobs.

Sniffnoy 8y ago

Huh, I hadn't heard of these fish table games before. For anyone else who also hadn't, here's an interesting article on them that explains them: https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/znm8zx/why-cops-are-raiding-arcade-over-a-fishing-game https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/znm8zx/why-cops-are-...