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Exactly, because they want business model to benefit them, not customers. Think about casinos banning players for counting cards in Black Jack: the only reason
by mamon 8y ago
Exactly, because they want business model to benefit them, not customers.
Think about casinos banning players for counting cards in Black Jack: the only reasonable strategy of playing the game is considered illegal.
In other words - you are welcome to play if you are bad at it, but once you get good you are considered "fraud"
- kbenson 8y agoCard counting is generally legal in the US as long as it's done with the mind, and not an external device[1]. That said, it's usually against casino rules, so they will make you leave if they suspect it, and possibly put your face on the internal list they have of known card counters if you do it enough or win enough. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_counting#Legal_status https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_counting#Legal_status
- mamon 8y agoOk, so maybe it is not against a federal law but still, making you leave the casino because you are too good at the game you're playing seems weird.
- kbenson 8y agoEh. They've defined rules that say you can't count cards. If you do so, you aren't playing by the rules, therefore you aren't allowed to play. It's slightly odd to set rules that define what you can and can't do within your own mind, but it's not out of bounds, just hard to correctly enforce. Lucky for casinos, they don't care about correctly enforcing, they just care about making money. They're happy to let you count cards badly and lose money, and they're happy to kick out people winning a lot, regardless of whether they are actually breaking any rules. It's sort of like cheating at playing Marco Polo. Sure, you're capable of opening your eyes when people can't see, but doing so is cheating, and calling out people you suspect of cheating but can't prove can be somewhat common.
- khacking 8y agoThe casino, if they become aware of you counting cards/advantage playing etc will often allow you to continue playing because if you do win (these methods don’t always win you the game of course, it’s easy to make mistakes), then they can disallow your win for you changing the nature of the game. If you don’t win then no harm done, they’ll take it thanks. They’re freerolling the player.