A: They cheat!
By ARNOLD M. KNIGHTLY
REVIEW-JOURNALIn the big money world of casino security, Steve Forte played like a high roller.
Harrah's Entertainment, the world's largest gaming company, bought copies of his books and videos to give to employees.
Forte's Web site boasts of consulting work with gaming companies and law enforcement agencies around the world that would have made him privy to the gambling industry's most sensitive secrets.
"The rest of us are small change compared to him," said Bill Zender, a gaming consultant for Last Resort Consulting and a longtime friend of Forte. "There is nobody out there in the industry right now that you can put on the same level."
But Forte's reputation took a heavy hit with his June 7 arrest in Atlantic City for allegedly conspiring to scam high-stakes poker games in a private room at the Borgata.
© Jed Lewison