The state of Nevada is investigating casino operator Las Vegas Sands over the alleged use of housekeepers to take out markers for high-stakes gamblers.

According to a report from Reuters, the Nevada Gaming Control Board is looking at allegations that Sands allowed Chinese high rollers to play for millions of greenbacks using front gamblers. The Board could also be seeing if such tactics are in violation of gaming regulations, the report said.

The incidents allegedly happened on the Venetian and Palazzo.

The report said thon the allegations surfaced after Clark County prosectors last year charged two women for not repaying millions in gambling debts incurred at the two casinos.

Lawyers for the ladies said of their defense that they were actually local housekeepers used as front gamblers. High rollers would sit next to the housekeepers, and the ladies would let the gamblers bet with their chips, the lawyers said.

Allegedly, the entire idea was to bypass a paper trail, the report said.

The charges against the 2 women were dropped this past spring.

Sands’ Las Vegas gaming tables had a lackluster second quarter, consistent with an organization financial report. From the start of April to the top of June, the volume wagered on the tables was $375 million, down nearly 20 percent from the $467 million in table games drop through the same period a year prior.

Third quarter results are set to be released Nov. 3.

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