Inside Job<\/strong><\/h2>\nRondell was a regular at the Dakota Sioux Casino. In December 2015, he hatched a plan with dealers Fem Gill and Jeremy Brown to cheat at blackjack.<\/p>\n
On New Year\u2019s Eve and into the early hours of New Year\u2019s Day, Rondell played blackjack for extensive periods of time, but only at tables where either Brown or Gill were dealing, according to court documents.<\/p>\n
The two dealers had agreed to pay Rondell for losing and pushed hands. On several occasions, Rondell played three hands at a time, gambling $100 per hand, the maximum at the casino.<\/strong><\/p>\nMeanwhile, pit boss Lito Bolocon was in on the scam and allowed the cheating to occur on his watch. Rondell agreed to split the unlawful winnings with his three accomplices, according to the original plea deal.<\/p>\n
The conspirators faced a maximum of 20 years in prison before they agreed to take the deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A convicted blackjack cheat from Aberdeen, SD, has landed more prison time after pleading guilty to intimidating a witness \u2013 his wife. Jordan Anthony Rondell, 36, was part of a team that conspired to bilk the Dakota Sioux Casino near Watertown, SD out of $10K on New Year\u2019s Eve of 2015. Rondell and his accomplices […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":300838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,86430],"tags":[88943,88942],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
South Dakota Blackjack Cheat Sentenced for Witness Tampering<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n