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The conversation begins with an acknowledgment of the scandal's complexity and the level of sophistication involved. Participants in these illegal gambling activities employed advanced technology—such as x-ray tables capable of reading cards from beneath the surface, and devices that could read the back of cards—to cheat during underground poker games. This high-tech approach to cheating indicates a well-funded and organized operation, one that mirrors fictional spy stories rather than typical gambling schemes.