A world-famous gambler who admitted marking cards at a Barona Casino blackjack table was sentenced Wednesday to three years probation and ordered to pay $6,860 in restitution.
Anargyros Karabourniotis, also known as “Archie Karas,” pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to felony burglary.
At Wednesday’s sentencing, Judge Daniel Goldstein told the 64-year-old defendant that he would consider reducing the felony conviction to a misdemeanor after a year if Karas remained law-abiding and had paid restitution.
Prosecutors said Karas was seen on Barona surveillance cameras making cards in July 2013.
Karl Bennison of the Nevada Gaming Control Board said it had investigated Karas multiple times and arrested him on four occasions dating back to 1992.
Between 1992 and 1995, Karas had a run of luck in which he turned $50 into $40 million by playing poker and dice games, winnings he subsequently gambled away.
— City News Service
