One of the cheating students admitted to paying 50,000 baht, about $1,420, as a “deposit” and was supposed to pay another 800,000 baht, about $22,714, after passing the test.

The cheating techniques come courtesy of Troshinsky, who tells me he's always loved Stanley Kubrick films, especially Barry Lyndon. Then, five years ago, he started learning card magic as a hobby ...

Casinos in the United States are forbidding gamblers from wearing Google Glass, the tiny spectacles-mounted device capable of shooting photos, filming video and surfing the internet.