I really don’t understand this line of thinking. Plenty of things are mechanically possible but illegal. It’s mechanically possible to use sleight-of-hand to ch

I really don’t understand this line of thinking. Plenty of things are mechanically possible but illegal. It’s mechanically possible to use sleight-of-hand to change your cards in a blackjack game, too. “Violating the rules” in a gambling game with the intent to make money is cheating which is a crime. > Is placing a bet after the roulette wheel has begun to spin a crime or merely a violation of the rules It’s neither, of course. But let’s assume you meant “after the croupier has signaled no more bets”. If you do it accidentally, that’s fine. If you do it surreptitiously with the intent to cheat, yes, that’s a crime and in fact one of the most classic/famous traditional ways of casino cheating.