Scrabble Player Caught Cheating by Hiding Blank Tiles
August 15th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by Aishwarya BhattOrlando, Florida, Aug 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A scrabble player has been caught cheating at a national scrabble tournament for the first time ever. Then young player was caught hiding blank letter tiles and this made him to be disqualified from the game. The scrabble player was disqualified in the 24th round of the tournament that is supposed to go up to the 28th round. There are 350 players in the tournament and the player was one of the best players in the country.
Organizers say that the cheating was noticed by a player who was at another table. The other player noticed the cheating player dropping some tiles on the floor. The witness then reported the incident to the tournament director who confronted the cheating player who admitted that he had cheated.
Blank letter tiles can be used as wild card by players and this is the reason why the player was hiding them. The organizers of the tournament said that cheating occurs in smaller events but it has never occurred in events that big. The name of the disqualified player was not mentioned because he is a minor. His age was also not revealed. The organizers say that it is unfortunate that something like that had to happen.
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