Imagine you're playing single deck blackjack at your favorite casino. You bet $100 and get A-8, and the dealer has a 5 as an upcard. You double down and catch the dream card, a deuce! The dealer draws to 17, starts to pay you, but the floor comes running over & instructs the dealer to take your money, because you have an ace, an eight, and a deuce, for a total of eleven, NOT 21! After all the arguing, they STILL refuse to pay you, so it comes down to filing a complaint with the gaming commission. The gaming commissions' final ruling: You did NOT have 21, you had 11, and the casino does NOT have to pay you! It seems that this particular casino suddenly came up with a special ruling that an ace is NOT necessarily worth 1 or 11, in certain cases the casino has the right to declare that it's only worth 1.
Believe it or not, this exact scenario DID occur, at the Sands Regency in Reno, Nevada. Here is the link to the entire story, including the Nevada Gaming Boards' ruling: http://sweatthemoney.com/sands1.html
BTW, I personally went into the Sands this morning and asked the pit boss on duty if it was true. He verified that it WAS true, and he DID remember the incident, although it wasn't HIM who was on duty at the time. Funny thing, he actually did try to somehow justify the ruling, although I could see it in his eyes that he really only half-believed himself.
Do casinos cheat? You make the decision.
Believe it or not, this exact scenario DID occur, at the Sands Regency in Reno, Nevada. Here is the link to the entire story, including the Nevada Gaming Boards' ruling: http://sweatthemoney.com/sands1.html
BTW, I personally went into the Sands this morning and asked the pit boss on duty if it was true. He verified that it WAS true, and he DID remember the incident, although it wasn't HIM who was on duty at the time. Funny thing, he actually did try to somehow justify the ruling, although I could see it in his eyes that he really only half-believed himself.
Do casinos cheat? You make the decision.