While it is awkward but not impossible to make cash on casino floors, Australian Casino the crown has owned up to the loss of a £100,000 chip from a high close nit security section of the casinos back office. The stolen chip appears to have been taken in 06 & even though nobody heard of it there and then, one of the major newspaper in OZ has got details of the theft from the freedom of information act. So what just how did it happen?

As it turns out someone unknown simply woke up one day and pocketed a £100,000 chip from the Victoria casino, walking away without discovery, even though the casino has a mass of cameras in place & grilling a lot of staff there is no sign of the skilled thief or the £100,000 chip. The casino is still down a massive $100,000 and I reckon someone is sat at home rubbing there grubby little hands!

Although its not clear what actually happened, this theft is rocking many in the industry who thought that casinos such as Crown had not only perfect security but a high tech camera array that should find everything. It is now known that security and the camera array have under gone a massive upgrade but the $100,000 chip is still no where to be seen and i don’t think it will ever turn up.

While poke May be known as a do or die industry this article shows that poker stars have more than an open heart with a whole selection of well known stars getting up and making the effort to compete in a charity match for of the war torn region of Dar-fur. Dar-fur at the moment is filled with a violent war which has caused millions to leave their homes and hundreds of thousands murdered.

Actor John Cheadle who stared in oceans 11 led the proceedings and the Poker champ Annie Duke turned for a series of Poker matches known as ante up the Africa. All proceeds directly to the charity not on our watch which was originally started by Cheadle and a few of his oceans 11 actors/friends George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt.

In this it shows how popular and strong the game of poker really is and its a credit to the game that it can pull such names together in the name of good causes.

The matches were shown at San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino close to Highland, also the casino itself lead the way with a donation of $500,000 to set the standard for the contestants and once the show got going the casino continually donated in to each game.

Well done people keep up the good work.