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Cheating at Blackjack Podcast
Real stories. Real moves. Demonstrated on camera. Two former cheating dealers who beat the casinos from the inside tell the real story — including live demonstrations of the actual moves.
About the Show
Two Guys. Real Moves. Forty Years of Trust.
In the 1980s, Dustin Marks dealt blackjack in Las Vegas casinos and cheated them from the inside for four years. Over 500 plays across multiple iconic properties. He was never caught.
Now he sits down with The Kaiser — his former agent and a fellow cheating dealer — to tell the real stories and demonstrate the actual moves on camera. Two men who beat the casinos together, now telling the world exactly how they did it.
New episodes every Friday on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music.
The Hosts
Meet Dustin & The Kaiser
Dustin Marks
Former Las Vegas blackjack dealer. Author of three books on casino cheating. Featured on the History Channel, Discovery Channel, TLC, and Amazon Prime. Speaker at the World Gaming Protection Conference and Global Game Protection Conference. He cheated the casinos from the inside for four years and was never caught.
The Kaiser
Former casino boss and cheating dealer who served as Dustin’s main agent. He wasn’t watching for what Dustin was doing — he was doing it alongside him. Now the two men who beat the casinos together tell the full story from both sides of the blackjack table. He was other side of the table — literally. Now the two men who operated on opposite sides of the law sit down together to tell the full story from both perspectives.
Episodes
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Episode 1
Two Men Cheated Las Vegas Blackjack Tables for Years — and Were Never Caught
The introduction. Who are Dustin and The Kaiser, what did they do, and how did they get away with it?
▶ Watch on YouTubeEpisode 2
The Flash: The Blackjack Cheat Move That Got the Money
The move that made it all possible. Dustin introduces The Flash — the technique that gave his agent 100% knowledge of the next card.
▶ Watch on YouTubeEpisode 3
The Flash: An In-Depth Look at the Move That Got the Money at the Blackjack Tables
The reveal. What was actually happening at that blackjack table while the pit boss watched and never suspected a thing.
▶ Watch on YouTubeEpisode 4
Impossible? We Stacked the Deck Night After Night Under the Bosses’ Stare & the Eye
Stacking the deck in a real casino. How Dustin arranged the cards so his agent received winning hands — right under the surveillance cameras.
▶ Watch on YouTubeEpisode 5
Dummy Up and Deal — What It Was Really Like to Be a Las Vegas Blackjack Dealer in the 1980s
Before the cheating — the world it happened in. Getting hired, learning the game, and what Dustin was really thinking the whole time he stood behind that table.
▶ Watch on YouTubeEpisode 6
Secret Agents! Truly Invisible to Pit Bosses!
How do you stand right next to a pit boss while your agent is stealing from the casino? You become invisible. Dustin and The Kaiser break down the art of the secret agent — operating in plain sight for four years without anyone knowing what was happening right in front of them.
▶ Watch on YouTubeEpisode 7
Blackjack Cheating. We Stacked the Deck Every Night — Advanced Techniques the Casinos Never Caught.
Advanced deck stacking — the sophisticated techniques used night after night in real Las Vegas casinos without ever being detected. This is the real work. The actual moves used in actual casinos for four years.
▶ Watch on YouTubeEpisode 8
Decisions
Every hand meant a choice — and in this business, a wrong one could end everything. Dustin and The Kaiser go deep into the psychology and theory behind the split-second decisions made at the blackjack table: managing confidence without tipping into overconfidence, reading the room, and knowing exactly when a play wasn't worth the risk.
▶ Watch on YouTubeEpisode 9
Moves We Did (And Shouldn't Have) — Moves We'd Never Do
Dustin and The Kaiser break down the sleight-of-hand moves they got away with but shouldn't have — second deals, peeks, bent cards — and the moves real cheats never touch, from the Greek bottom to the classic cooler. Filmed with green screen graphics for the first time.
▶ Watch on YouTubeEpisode 10
Meet the Kaiser
For 9 episodes, you've heard about what we did. This time, you finally get to know who Kaiser really is — his life as a Vegas bar magician, how we actually met, how he got his nickname, and what it meant for him to trust Dustin with everything on the line for over 40 years.
▶ Watch on YouTubeEpisode 11
Casino Heat Explained: How Blackjack Cheats Avoid Suspicion
Every cheat fears the same thing: heat. Dustin and The Kaiser break down the voodoo rituals bosses actually believed in, the escalation from floor boss to surveillance, how agents stayed under the radar, and real close calls — including a $24,000 double-down that worked as pure misdirection while every eye in the pit was watching.
▶ Watch on YouTubeEpisode 12
The Computer Cooler, Part One: How We Beat Blackjack With Star Wars Technology
From a switched deck in the 1950s to a hidden computer strapped to a man's back in the 1980s — Dustin and The Kaiser trace the full evolution of the cooler, the team it took to run one, and the play that almost went sideways when the wind caught a recorder's jacket at the wrong moment.
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