article_snippet: The 61-year-old fleeced customers at casinos across the country - including in Leicester, Salford, Nottingham and Birmingham .
article_snippet: Lacastos targeted the Playboy Club in Mayfair in London and cheated players out of more than £40,000 .
article_snippet: Officers seized £1,485 from he, but while on bail he duped at least another three casinos during the six year spree.
article_snippet: In 2011 a gang used a similar technique in Cannes to steal £55,000 in two trips to the poker table.
article_snippet: The group are believed to have used the scam at casinos across the continent.
highlights_snippet: Fleeced Playboy Club in Mayfair, London, out of £43,400 in just a week .
  