U.S.A. and India take the win as the biggest casino cheaters worldwide
To begin... where did cheating actually stem from?
The winners, the losers, and well the cheaters… With the good inevitably comes the bad, and for casinos worldwide - cheaters make a small (or mass) fortune off finding new ways to swindle the house. And it's not just casinos that encounter cheats, all around the world, people are cheating on a wide variety of video games, lottery, and anywhere they can make money. Through walkthroughs, cheat codes, hacks, social engineering techniques, and other unauthorized software, individuals are continuously sourcing new innovations to cheat the system. Essentially anything you can win or lose - you can also cheat. Most people cheat in one way or another… Some are just more savvy with getting away with it than others. So, the question is: how exactly do people cheat? And where in the world has the most cheaters? To determine, The Game Day gathered data on the top 5-10 cheating search terms globally across different casino games to show which games have the most people looking for methods/ways to cheat. We additionally looked into the countries with the highest search volume for methods to cheat on games.
THE Biggest Casino Cheater Globally
Based on monthly Google search volumes
The u.s. takes the crown as the biggest casino cheater globally
Our data has shown, out of all countries analyzed the U.S takes the crown as the biggest casino cheaters worldwide - ranking the highest for casino cheat search terms in 3 out of the 4 casino games analyzed, with India close behind. Across all analyzed countries, the U.S. ranked highest for poker cheats with an overall search volume of 9,040 for all poker cheat terms. Both blackjack and baccarat had fairly low search results across all countries. Still, of course the United States takes the win as the most likely blackjack and baccarat cheats. India takes the winning title as the biggest roulette cheats across all countries. A total search volume of 2,670, with 'roulette winning trick' being the most searched term.
Most people want to cheat on poker and baccarat
From our collected data based on Google and YouTube search volume, it's clear to see that there are huge volumes of people searching for ways in which they can cheat the casino system. While they may not become the next Tommy Glen Carmichael, Ida Summers, or Richard Marcus - it's interesting to see which casino games are sparking the most interest. We looked at Google Search Volume, across poker, roulette, blackjack, and baccarat - and, from this assembled data, poker ranked the highest in overall global search volume at a huge total of 26,530 searches per month!
The highest ranking phrases split between: 'cheat in poker' and 'poker cheat' at 9,990 global searches each. Interestingly, the terms individuals were most commonly searching for example 'cheat in poker' and 'poker cheat' were actually down on trend when compared to previous months. However the search term 'poker now cheat' (attributed to the online Poker Now app) saw a recent trend increase of 129%. This data suggests that while local casinos, like many industries, are still seeing reduced attendance post-pandemic, online poker platforms are growing.
On YouTube, the most commonly searched casino hack is also poker-related, with an overall monthly search volume of 26,280. 'Poker cheat' and 'cheat in poker' both ranked the highest for monthly searches. Although both terms reached 9,800 searches each, this was in fact, down on trend when compared to historical data. While both 'poker cheat online' and 'online poker cheating' saw a 51% rise - further evidence that online cheaters might be growing, abandoning their in-house tricks in favor of digital hacks.
Baccarat ranked second highest for search volume with an overall global monthly search of 6,970. 'Baccarat cheats' takes the lead with global monthly search volume of 260, next in line is 'baccarat cheating devices' with a global monthly search volume of 110 - this was 136% rise when compared to previous months.
The history of casino cheating
Now we've all seen Ocean's 11 enough times to confirm the house wins nine times out of ten. From collaborating with other cheats, marking or replacing cards, teaming up with dealers, creating counterfeit chips, past posing (more on this in a bit), edge sorting - there are numerous different ways that cheaters have (and still) cheat in casinos today. And many actually get away with it...
Tommy Glenn Carmichael, known as one of the most famous casino cheats in the world, rose to fame in the 1980's for cheating the Las Vegas slot machines. Carmichael used a magnetic device that he inserted into coin slots of the machines - allowing him to win much more frequently than he would have ordinarily.1 As slot machine technology developed so did Carmichael's redesigns - this allowed him to make large sums of money. Well, at least until he was sentenced for the second time in 2001. Interestingly, today he works with casinos to defeat potential cheaters.
Richard Marcus, known as the man that 'beat the casino', came up with a cheating move in 1992, known as a 'past posing'. This was a move in which he would wager low amounts of money, wait to see if he had won and then secretly swap out low denomination chips for higher-value ones, in order to win huge payouts. This cheat allowed him to deceit the house of over $5 million! And he got away with it.
Grand theft auto saw the highest global search volume
In this section, The Game Day looked into a range of different video games cheat codes and hacks for titles analyzing their overall cheat search volume across both Google and YouTube - looking into the terms and keywords individuals used to find their cheat and/or game of choice. On both Google and YouTube, Grand Theft Auto Online ranked highest in overall global search volume - Google has a huge 2,413,400 search hits and YouTube came a close second with a whopping 2,380,400 search hits. In terms of specific keywords, 'Cheats for gta 5' was the highest out of the global monthly search volume for both Google and YouTube, however this saw a -33% decrease in search when compared to previous months. Call of Duty encountered the largest spike in global search terms across both Google and Youtube - 'how to cheat in call of duty' saw an increase of 233%!
We then broke down search volumes across the globe in order to identify which countries are most commonly searching for game cheats and exactly how they intend to undermine the system.
| # | Country | Monthly Google Searches | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | Country | Minecraft | GTA | Roblox | Fortnite | Call of Duty | PUBG | Counter Strike | Overwatch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  India | 279,630 | 382,830 | 8,280 | 1,240 | 4,330 | 140,230 | 390 | 150 |
| 2 |  USA | 31,590 | 621,440 | 16,960 | 11,990 | 6,590 | 4,280 | 320 | 1,780 |
| 3 |  Pakistan | 19,470 | 64,010 | 1,170 | 270 | 590 | 34,840 | 340 | 60 |
| 4 |  Germany | 17,340 | 128,800 | 4,330 | 6,520 | 1,770 | 3,850 | 350 | 720 |
| 5 |  Turkey | 13,890 | 7,660 | 3,130 | 680 | 870 | 7,460 | 210 | 180 |
| 6 |  Brazil | 11,510 | 16,420 | 3,900 | 1,070 | 1,880 | 2,180 | 260 | 390 |
| 7 |  Mexico | 8,410 | 6,500 | 2,170 | 740 | 930 | 480 | 100 | 170 |
| 8 |  South Africa | 7,430 | 35,920 | 1,300 | 840 | 520 | 810 | 100 | 90 |
| 9 |  UK | 6,900 | 89,320 | 3,670 | 2,970 | 1,100 | 1,030 | 100 | 390 |
| 10 |  Poland | 5,720 | 5,000 | 5,010 | 1,920 | 350 | 690 | 130 | 210 |
| 11 |  France | 4,660 | 11,340 | 3,550 | 1,470 | 710 | 1,410 | 120 | 430 |
| 12 |  Canada | 4,100 | 41,450 | 2,380 | 1,910 | 580 | 570 | 120 | 290 |
| 13 |  Thailand | 3,890 | 2,480 | 2,140 | 180 | 380 | 2,980 | 100 | 190 |
| 14 |  Italy | 3,680 | 5,310 | 1,840 | 1,200 | 540 | 600 | 90 | 180 |
| 15 |  Romania | 2,790 | 12,360 | 1,640 | 730 | 250 | 1,680 | 150 | 130 |
| 16 |  Columbia | 2,490 | 1,300 | 660 | 280 | 270 | 200 | 70 | 70 |
| 17 |  Netherlands | 2,380 | 27,460 | 1,130 | 990 | 240 | 360 | 100 | 150 |
| 18 |  Japan | 2,050 | 1,530 | 440 | 610 | 400 | 800 | 80 | 230 |
| 19 |  Spain | 1,880 | 1,900 | 610 | 1,100 | 340 | 490 | 130 | 180 |
| 20 |  Sweden | 1,690 | 7,120 | 980 | 750 | 130 | 350 | 100 | 170 |
| 21 |  South Korea | 1,380 | 1,190 | 790 | 130 | 190 | 1,060 | 130 | 650 |
| 22 |  Nigeria | 1,160 | 16,160 | 230 | 140 | 240 | 380 | 60 | 70 |
| 23 |  Belgium | 880 | 10,220 | 710 | 420 | 110 | 190 | 90 | 100 |
| 24 |  Portugal | 540 | 3,470 | 370 | 240 | 100 | 160 | 80 | 80 |
| 25 |  Chile | 430 | 580 | 330 | 110 | 90 | 100 | 80 | 70 |
India is leading in video game 'cheat' search volume
The famous Swedish 3D computer game, Minecraft has plenty of hacks to reveal and it seems India is leading the way with the highest overall search volume for Minecraft hacks ( 279,630). The terms 'hacks on minecraft' and 'minecraft hacks' had the highest volumes of search in the country (just under one-third of all Minecraft-related searches with 110,000). All of Minecraft's search results in India were a dip on trend when compared to previous months. The U.K. however, saw a monthly 200% search rise on the term 'minecraft cheat download', but did have a low overall search volume total when compared to the U.S. and India.
India had the highest search score for cheat and hacks for PUBG, with an overall search value of 140,230. The most popular search phrase across all countries was 'PUBG hack'.
For GTA the U.S. has the highest ranking of search for hacks across all countries assessed. 'Cheats for gta 5' was the most commonly searched phrase, whilst 'cheat codes for gta city' saw the largest amount of on trend spike in the U.S. up 45% from previous months. India and Germany were closely behind with a high level of search in each country. Additionally, the U.S. had the highest search volume for Roblox with 16960 overall searches- with the common search term 'how to hack on roblox' being the favorite. Interestingly, in both the UK and the U.S, search volume for Roblox saw a decline when compared to recent months, however in India 'how to hack on roblox' saw a huge 511% increase. Similarly Turkey and Pakistan also saw huge increases in search for Roblox hacks - encountering some of the highest search rises across all games analysed.
'Lottery trick to win' sees high search volumes in India
With so many lottery programs posting record-breaking payouts, many would-be lottery winners have been wondering: is it actually possible to cheat the lotto system? You can, and, according to our findings, individuals are using both Google and YouTube to do their research. On Google, we saw a 23% search rise from previous years' on 'lottery cheat codes' and 'lottery trick to win' saw a 121% search rise on YouTube!
Which countries are responsible for this search volume? According to our data, it looks like India is the frontrunner with 3,600 monthly searches and an 89% increase in searches for the favored phrase 'lottery trick to win'. In recent years, the lottery has become immensely popular in India, due to the fact lottery tickets are easy to buy online and international lotteries such as the 'Powerball' or 'Megamillions' are offering larger sums of money. Of course, the U.S. landed in second place for lotto cheat searches, with the country's favored search term being 'lottery cheat codes'. 'Lottery trick to win' saw a 182% increase on trend with 260 search results across the month. Interestingly, although the lottery is hugely popular in the U.K. - according to our research '70% of the U.K.'s adults take part in the national lottery on a regular basis, which is close to 45 million people!' - based on The Game Day findings, the U.K. lottery players didn't actually search for cheats very often. The UK's most popular search phrase 'lottery cheat codes' saw only 50 searches, which is a fifth of U.S. search volume!
Methodology
Data was gathered on the top 5-10 terms searched on the topic of cheating in different casino games to show which games have the most people looking for methods to cheat on it, this was also gathered to see which countries are most looking for methods of cheating in casino games. The same logic was applied to the top video games which people commonly cheat/hack in and also we did a small look into countries which are looking for methods of cheating the lottery in hopes of winning big.