The immense amount of cash flowing through casinos naturally attracts the world's most ambitious criminals.

These legendary stories read like Hollywood movie scripts, involving insider knowledge and incredible audacity.
The Stardust Casino Inside Job
Unlike elaborate armed robberies, this heist involved a single man and a backpack.

Brennan simply packed half a million dollars into a bag and walked out the front door.
Bill Brennan vanished completelySecurity cameras missed the actual theftIt remains a classic unsolved mystery The Edge Sorting Controversy
While not a traditional robbery at gunpoint, Phil Ivey's baccarat session cost casinos millions.

Ivey and his partner won nearly $20 million from casinos in London and Atlantic City.
The Ocean's Eleven Style Heist
In 2013, the Crown Casino in Melbourne was the victim of an incredibly high-tech heist.

Information was then secretly relayed to the player at the table via a wireless earpiece.
MethodTargetStatusInside JobStardust VaultUnsolvedCamera HackVIP TableCaught
While physical heists are incredibly rare today, cyber-attacks remain a modern threat to gambling operators.