The person in question, Juan Gutierrez-Zambrano, 31, was already charged on May 2 with theft of $100,000 to $1 million and his bail has been set at $525,000, according to court documents.

The Man Who Took the Money in the Parking Lot in March

The theft at Monarch Casino, Black Hawk happened on March 12 and was an interesting one as it was bizarre. On the day of the heist – but do not think of it as guns blazing – a cashier, Sabrina Eddy, removed ten bricks of $50,000 each from the casino’s vault and drove away in her minivan.

She was going to St. Anthony’s Hospital in Lakewood where she met with a second suspect. Eddy was quickly apprehended over the theft and questioned over her involvement but she said that a person, introducing themselves as a “casino boss,” had called and requested the speedy delivery of the money lest the casino ends up in a “breach of contract.”

Following her arrest and questioning, Eddy was finally released, but she too faces the same charge of theft of $100,000 to $1 million. Now, the documents indicate that Gutierrez-Zambrano is the second suspect in the case, and he is indeed the person to have received the money at the parking lot in the hospital.

There have been some inconsistencies in the versions Eddy offered as well, and this is precisely why she remains a suspect as well. For one, she insisted that the person was driving a silver Chevrolet Avalanche when she met him in the parking lot.

Evidence and Eddy’s Account Do Not Match

Security footage shows a black Trailblazer instead. Eddy was also subject to a polygraph and the police records show that she finally broke down and offered another account of the story. She was approached by former “associates” of her late husband, who threatened her and her family and said that they would hurt her family if she failed to comply.

Police tried to retrieve the money by searching Eddy’s home but no money was found there. This is the largest casino heist in the history of the state with a second suspect now facing justice and no clarity as to what happened at least not publicly available.

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NeoGames’ subsidiary fresh launch is a gangster-themed game with medium to high volatility where players are invited to discover wild symbols, scatters, Big Block symbols, and three pots part of the Gold Reserve minigame.

La Mafia Heist Metrics Overview 

• Reels: 5
• Rows: 3
• Paylines: 40
• RTP: 94.16%
• Hit Freq: 31.69%
• Max Win: x3072 
• Volatility: Medium-High
• Min/Max Bet: 0.20/160
• Release date: May 10, 2023

Grab the Flowing Bags of Cash for Big Wins

The provider that mixes proven recipes with fresh ideas to deliver value-driven experiences to players in globally regulated markets announced its titles would be integrated into Caesars Ontario via Pariplay Integrates in March. 

Now, the fresh gangster-themed La Mafia Heist slot is ready to welcome players passionate about the genre with overflowing cash bags representing the wild symbols in the game.

Provided a Big Block Mafia symbol is seen landing while engaged in the gameplay, players could see it change into a Big Block 3×3 symbol that would take over the middle reels for enhanced win potential.

When players manage to land a minimum of three scatter symbols will engage the Vault Free Spins round. During this round, reels two, three, and four will mix and generate a guaranteed Big Block 3×3 symbol. The latter will trigger even more generous rewards. 

At the same time, players who land an additional scatter symbol during this round receive three additional Free Spins.

The Gold Reserve Feature 

When the Big Block Gold Bullion bar lands while playing the base game, players will see the Gold Reserve feature get triggered. When this will occur, the symbols will remain in place during three respins. 

The respins counter will automatically reset every time a new Gold Bullion symbol is seen popping up. Similar effects are generated when a minimum of six regular gold bars are seen landing during base gameplay. 

La Mafia Heist is the freshest release joining Wizard Games’ portfolio of 130 top-quality games created to match players’ preferences and casinos’ business goals. Prior to that, the company released Book of Eternal Romance at the end of April and Princess Celina and the Frog in February. 

Wizard Games is currently getting ready to release Majestic North, a 5×4 slot with 1024 winning ways and a majestic Canadian wilderness theme in place. 

Wizard Games’ director of games studio Simon Jagdhar has expressed their thrill about “bringing players on a fast-paced adventure” with their freshest release, mentioning the numerous winning opportunities that include the Vault Free Spins and the Gold Reserve bonus. 

At the start of April, Wizard Games released the Funky Boombox, a groovy 5×3 slot carrying players back in the eighties. 

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Monarch Casino Spa – Black Hawk in Colorado became the scene of the largest casino heist in the state on March 12 after a cage cashier drove off with $500,000.

Cashier Believed She Was Following Orders

An inside job or a casino personnel becoming a victim of a well-executed con job – that is for investigators to find out but what happened at Monarch Casino on that morning is unprecedented and hard to explain.

Investigating the missing money, a Division of Gaming inspector wrote in an affidavit that casino cashier Sabrina Eddy appeared in the video footage at 12:45 in the morning, grabbing bricks of $50,000 each from the casino vault, carefully placing the stacks of money in a box and then taping the box shut, reported 9News.

Around 12:55, Eddy walked out of the casino cage carrying the box, went to the parking garage, got into a gold minivan and drove off. An hour later, she returned to the cage and grabbed four more bricks of bills, rounding the total amount of money taken to half a million, and drove off again.

According to the affidavit, 44-year-old Eddy believed she was doing nothing wrong as she believed she was following orders from casino personnel, Monarch’s head of operations and a cage manager.

Eddy told investigators that there was a phone call on the casino’s phone from a man claiming to be the Monarch’s head of operations who told her the money was needed to solve an ongoing issue with a UPS order and if the problem was not solved, the casino would “be in breach of contract.”

At the same time, she was exchanging texts with another man who she believed was a cage manager and that man confirmed the story about the problematic UPS order, playing a part in convincing her that the money is needed for the business.

Well Executed Con Job?

Both men told her that the money should be delivered to a lawyer and acting on their instructions, Eddy drove the box to St. Anthony’s Hospital where around 4:36 in the morning, she gave it to a man who came to her door, the affidavit further revealed.

Officials from Monarch Casino confirmed a theft occurred but did not provide any further details due to the ongoing investigation. Spokesperson Erica Ferris commented that businesses sometimes experience “unfortunate things” and until this moment, Monarch Casino was fortunate to avoid such things.

Division of Gaming’s spokesperson Suzi Karrer refused to comment on the story and did not provide answers to any follow-up questions.

Ron Kammerzell, a former head of the Colorado Division of Gaming and now a regulatory consultant for the gaming industry, commented that he had never heard of a casino theft of such magnitude since 1991 when casino gaming in the state became legal.

“For something like that to happen, it would have had to defeat a number of different levels of casino controls within the property,” he said.

Eddy, who was apprehended on a theft charge, remains in arrest as she has not made bail.

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