top hatting n.— «The long-term goal of the unit is to be involved in the handling of crimes peculiar to the gambling industry as a whole. Examples of these would be late betting, top hatting, theft of credit cards from slot machines and...
past-poster n. a gambler who places a (surreptitious or illegal) bet on a game or race after its outcome has been determined. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
past-posting n.— «The judge’s story is that Alvin Kaiser, Houma third baseman, admitted he had clipped the bookie for $185 through the ruse of the past posting and the turned back clock. He said he didn’t have anything to do with the...
past-poster n.— «“He (Atlas) is well known in New Jersey as a man who bets with bookmakers after the horse is in the barn,” Kitzler testified further. This type of bettor, the detective said, is known as a “past...
past-poster n.— «At the roulette table the subject is the “team past post,” a deft system that accomplices use to slip a huge bet onto the table after the ball has dropped on the winning number. The best past-posters distract...
pastposter n.— «The casino industry’s first coordinated counterattack aimed at roulette pastposters, those plastic cylinders were invented by an ex-cheater working in surveillance for the Sands. Its purpose was to deny pastposters access...