iPhone Card-counting application
Feb 22, 2009 | 8:46 am
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iPhone Card-counting application
Funny, how goofy casinos are, with regard to their reactions about the Card Counting application for i-phones.
Are regulators over reacting to iPhone card counting program.
Regulators : iPhone card counting app a felony
Are regulators over reacting to iPhone card counting program.
“How soon will it be before a customer is detained by security because he or she was simply text messaging their friend from the general proximity of a blackjack table?” Zender asked. “Worse yet, what about the possibility that this person will be arrested for possession of a cheating device which is a felony?”
Feb 23, 2009 | 11:26 pm
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Funny, how goofy casinos are, with regard to their reactions about the Card Counting application for i-phones.
Are regulators over reacting to iPhone card counting program.
Regulators : iPhone card counting app a felony
Are regulators over reacting to iPhone card counting program.
Regulators : iPhone card counting app a felony
Mar 7, 2009 | 12:12 pm
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Hasn't it pretty much always been illegal (not just against the casino rules) to use any mechanical or electronic device for card counting? I see no reason that a computer (which is basically what the iPhone is) would be any different.
Apr 28, 2009 | 9:31 pm
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Slightly OT, does anyone recall instances where casino security meted out 'Casino'-style 'lessons' to the card-counting accomplice/signaller or the counter?
I only watched this again last weekend and it's a recurring theme in Scorcese movies - it's the greed that catches people, as much as anything else.
I only watched this again last weekend and it's a recurring theme in Scorcese movies - it's the greed that catches people, as much as anything else.
May 1, 2009 | 6:21 am
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Slightly OT, does anyone recall instances where casino security meted out 'Casino'-style 'lessons' to the card-counting accomplice/signaller or the counter?
I only watched this again last weekend and it's a recurring theme in Scorcese movies - it's the greed that catches people, as much as anything else.
I only watched this again last weekend and it's a recurring theme in Scorcese movies - it's the greed that catches people, as much as anything else.
Yes, it's often the greed on a number of levels including playing too long and not putting in enough proper cover play moves (both in BJ, and playing other non-advantage games).
Ken Uston got beat up pretty badly in Tahoe, though, he was able to evade security with his disguises for quite some time. Though, his optimal years were in the early 70's, and security was not as sophisticated. But, in the early 70's the backroom was a bit more painful.
