Wednesday, April 24, 1996 | 11:59 a.m.
The scam was uncovered in September after casino surveillance noticed that two blackjack players were "capping," or increasing their bets after the last cards of the game had been dealt.
Six people were arrested, including three Foxwoods dealers who have been fired and banned from the casino.
Details about how the scheme was carried out were provided by one of the customers, Robert T. Warren of Fall River, Mass., who is cooperating with the investigation, according to a police affidavit made public this week.
Warren told police that in the five months he was involved, the illegal betting was done about five times a week. Each night, they made about $10,000, he said.
The dealers were promised 25 percent of the night's illegal bets, Warren told police. The players, after collecting their winnings, met the dealers nightly at a truck stop off Exit 93 of Interstate 95 in Rhode Island to pay them off, he said.
Paul Robillard, 48, of Fall River, and Edmond Moreau, 36, of Tiverton, R.I., both former blackjack dealers, were arraigned in Superior Court on Monday on conspiracy and first-degree larceny charges.
The third dealer, Joseph Luz, 34, of Westerly, R.I., was scheduled to be arraigned today.
Warren and another Foxwoods patron, John L. Charves of Westport, Mass., were charged with third-degree and fourth-degree larceny.
A sixth person arrested in the scheme was Lucien Huard, 46, of Westport, Mass., who Warren told police was an organizer. Huard also faces larceny and conspiracy charges.
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