ccibball50 said:
To answew a few other questions I did not address above. The pen was 60% to 75% (this is where she put the cut card). I actually asked her to cut them deep, and she did for a couple of shoes. There was an automatic shuffler as well. Another bit of information, there were 2 sets of 2 decks used. Ex. One set was shuffeling while the others were being played, One blue deck, and one red deck. Now I am pretty sure there were the proper number of cards in the deck because the shuffler will show a red light if there are not enough and will say 103 cards or however many are missing. I have seen this from before on this exact same shuffler.
Okay, this brings a whole new light on the subject. They probably did not "cheat you" in one sense of the word. Tens and/or aces probably did get stuck in the machine and they probably "knew" that that machine has had "problems" in the past. They probably don't want to pay to have it serviced or replaced. Hence, they "knew not to let you see the cards."
But you're probably right about cheating in one sense of the word. If one of those machines does "mess up", then you weren't playing a "fair game" and if they knew that you may not have been playing a fair game and tried to conceal that fact--well, I think that does classify wholly as cheating.
You're correct in your thinking that the actual win/loss was incidental. Theoretically, you could have come out ahead even after playing 7 shoes of 1.25 decks out of 1.92 decks with a TC of -2.1 off the top. The fact that the TC was above +6 or more for five or more DD shoes in a row is EXTREMELY suspicious.
The fact that they wouldn't let you see the cards upon request is "somewhat suspicious." However, once you saw them shut down the table, you should have realized that "you've been had" and should have called the local gaming authority without leaving the table's vicinity until told to over the phone.
But in your defense--"I wasn't there."