Pair Accused of Scam in $100,000 Keno Win

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A Nevada gaming regulator was arrested with another man on charges of hitting a $100,000 keno jackpot using a highly confidential computer code.

Ronald D. Harris was fired as an electronics expert for the Nevada Gaming Control Board after his arrest Sunday in the alleged scam at Bally’s Park Place Casino Hotel.

Harris was accused of using the “source code” for the program that runs the keno game at Bally’s and using a duplicate processing chip to predict what numbers were likely to be selected by the computer.

The other suspect, Reid E. McNeal, purchased 10 keno tickets for $10 each, choosing eight numbers on each ticket. All eight numbers on one ticket matched and he won the casino’s largest jackpot ever.