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About Dennis Nikrasch
- Dennis Nikrasch (September 12, 1941 – 2010) was a Vegas slot cheater and a former locksmith who was responsible for spearheading the biggest casino theft in Las Vegas history, by grabbing $16,000,000 from rigging slot machines over a 22-year period.
- His career began in Chicago, Illinois as a locksmith.
- He then found out that he could break into any lock he wished, due to his extensive knowledge of the tools, and became associated with members from a key Chicago crime family until his arrest in 1961.
- When he was released in 1970, he realized that he could make even bigger profits by manipulating slot machines in Las Vegas.
- From 1976 until 1983, he obtained $10 million from this method.
- He was then found in 1986 and sentenced to five years in prison.
- He was released in 1991, but didn't return to Vegas headlines until 1996, when he returned, this time with a new approach in response to the higher levels of security.
- He actually managed to keep his cheating secret until November 1998, when one of his accomplices revealed information about his cheating machines.
- He was arrested and sentenced to 7.5 years in prison, being released in 2004.
- He died in 2010 from unknown causes.
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