Went to L'auberge du lac today to check it out. It was very busy, barely a seat to be hard at a table. One thing of interest happened though - the dealers use a machine to shuffle the decks. They put a giant stack of cards (8 decks) into it, and it shuffles it by itself.
Now this in itself isn't very interesting, but while taking the cards out of it the dealer spilled them out into the open. The pit boss made her put them back in for a reshuffle. We then waited a full TEN MINUTES for the machine to shuffle the cards. How could it possibly take ten minutes, unless something different than a random shuffle is happening? Is the machine putting the cards back into original order, and THEN shuffling them? Is it doing its best to shuffle the cards in a manner that will be mostly advantageous for the house? I find it suspicious, any thoughts?
Now this in itself isn't very interesting, but while taking the cards out of it the dealer spilled them out into the open. The pit boss made her put them back in for a reshuffle. We then waited a full TEN MINUTES for the machine to shuffle the cards. How could it possibly take ten minutes, unless something different than a random shuffle is happening? Is the machine putting the cards back into original order, and THEN shuffling them? Is it doing its best to shuffle the cards in a manner that will be mostly advantageous for the house? I find it suspicious, any thoughts?