Few places on the planet are as carefully watched over by security guards and closed-circuit television cameras as large casinos. So it was amazing to read in the South China Morning Post of Feb. 12 that suites in top hotels had, unbeknownst to management, been “decked out to look like genuine gambling halls with security staff, dealers and other customers,” setting up a phony casino to trick mainland punters of millions of dollars. Customers were, it said, drugged with spiked drinks and provided with bogus chips.