Pure cash’ promise to beat Las Vegas casinos leads to indictment

When it comes to roulette, craps, blackjack, and baccarat, Mark T. Georgantas knows what it takes to win, especially in Vegas.

He has created a documentary revealing the system he uses. If you send him over$1000, he will tell you his secrets.

Georgantas, also known as “Mark G,” convinced two people (at least) to fork over $350,000, based on an indictment that happened recently.

Georgantas claimed he helped celebrities like Matt Damon and George Clooney. He claimed to have been a member of the CIA.

Georgantasalso boasted about being a student at Princeton University. There, he conducted studies on spectroscopy, which involves interactions that happen between electromagnetic radiation and matter.

But above all else,Georgantas claimed never to have left the casino without a profit.

Georgantas, who is 53 years of age, started to receive inquiries from students asking what happened to their investments, but he was nowhere to be found. According to the office of the Atty. Gen. in Nevada,Georgantas had fraud charges filed for securities and theft. A warrant out for his incarceration exists. Endeavors to contactGeorgantas by email, social media, and phone wentunanswered.

Georgantas had outlined intricate contracts and proposals for his victims, according to authorities. Prosecutors brought his elaborate scam over to a Clark County grand jury last week.

Georgantas created projections about his companies earning mountains of cash. For instance, one of his companies (Monster Gaming Entertainment LLC) earned $250 million on an investment of $700,000. $400 million was earned on an investment of $50,000 by Monster Intellectual Holdings LLC. $4 billion was earned on an investment of $250,000 by Monster Gaming Products LLC.

Georgantas drew up lists of casinos located in Primm, Mesquite, Laughlin, and Las Vegas,where he gambled for his documentary. Georgantas had budgeted the amount risked for each property.

Georgantas would tell people that many gamblers weren’t winners because they didn’t remain focused. They played intoxicated or lacked discipline; or they had lackluster skills for money management and/or insufficient bankroll.

He didn’t explain how he achieved those victories, but did promise that his system was capable of making as much as $3.9 billion. He said he had pulled in $400 million more with a TV show, merchandise, books, a movie, and more in the works.Georgantas referenced a card-counting team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as a successful handicapper of horse tracking, both of which serve as proof that gamblers are capable of beating the house.

He began by visiting local venues, as seen in “Vengeance on Las Vegas,” a documentary, and “Living Large in Las Vegas,” a reality TV show.

Georgantas’ success brought him from one part of the world to another.

He expected casinos to stop him from coming in, but realized that would probably lead to exposure for his upcoming “blockbuster movie,” “best-selling book,” and “crazy media appearances.”

The Nevada State Secretary says thatGeorgantas has the title of “President” for a company called 21 Matrix Inc., but what the company does is unclear. Prosecutors believe that no system exists to legally beat the house, and that no proof exists ofGeorgantas intending to produce any kind of documentary.

Georgantas has been in trouble with the law before. He was a convicted felon in California. Apparently, he once attempted to break out of jail via storm drains.

In 2006,Georgantas was arrested after getting caught holding a briefcase containing stolen information about people’s credit cards, as shown on court records found online. Authorities believe he used someone’s credit card that wasn’t his to buy things for a company called Fire on Ice Inc., which is currently listed on his LinkedIn profile.

A few years later,Georgantas escaped a trial for charges of credit card fraud. Court records suggest that he spent time in a state prison.

After being released, Georgantas relocated to the city of Las Vegas. He dyed his hair with a dark brown shade of blond.

Here is how his profile on LinkedIn describes him:

Marcello Caraveo sold his home in 2003. He wanted to invest his money. Caraveo was introduced toGeorgantas through a mutual friend. That is when the gambler pitched his documentary while promising extravagant profits.

A contract was signed by both parties, and $300,000 of Caraveo’s money went toGeorgantas.

Needless to say, that money was never seen again, based on a testimony by the grand jury.

Georgantas claimed that his parents had recently passed away. But according to online obituaries, ClarenceGeorgantas, his father, passed away in the summer of 2014. TeresaGeorgantas, his mother, died one year later.

Georgantas met Evan Rodich playing craps at a place called “The Quad.”

Flanked by a couple of men, Rodich saidGeorgantas was:

He asked about what was happening.

Georgantas talked about is documentary plans. Rodich inquired about his background.

It wasn’t long before a contract was drawn up.

In a bold font, a section read the following:

$55,000 of Rodich’s money went toGeorgantas. Rodich was told $250,000 would be earned on his investment by 2014.

Shortly afterward, Georgantas claimed somebody in his girlfriend’s family had passed away. He had to go to Chicago in order to make funeral arrangements and be her.

People in the gambling world have been cautious of this man for many years, calling him a professional con man.

Here is howGeorgantas responded with the username “mrsmooth” in caps when being called out on a forum about craps: