Winning millions in court without cheating

Edge sorting is a technique using the tiny manufacturing imperfections of cards to gain an advantage in gambling. In 2012, the poker player Phil Ivey thus pocketed 9.6 million dollars at the Borgata Atlantic City casino and 7.7 million pounds sterling at the Crockfords casino in London. The American and British courts subsequently ruled against him, considering that he had violated the rules and committed a civil wrong despite the absence of characterized fraud.