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Brock Windsor said:
It is a crime in the criminal code of Canada (Sec 209) and any jurisdiction I know of where gambling houses are legal...that's the book that counts.
If someone was marking cards, I'd take advantage of the info he was providing but bet-capping or past-posting....you're asking to get caught eventually. Not all security are in uniforms and if anyone is suspicious, all they have to do is check the tape.
BW
You say that if someone was marking cards, you would take advantage of the information.
You run into a gray area here where though the burden of proof should be on the prosecution, though you might get off, it all still will not be worth it if you are arrested.
The casino line is you are the partner of the guy marking the cards and are as guilty as he is because you are using the illegal information that he has provided for you. Perhaps a reveiw of your play will show a pattern of hits, stays and doubles that indicate knowledge of the next card coming.
As someone who will look for a weak dealer and then play with the knowledge of that dealer's hole card, I have always needed to feel that their was no way the casino could make the claim that I was partners with that dealer, yet still I know that claim might be made someday.
I have bolted from tables when a dealer was so obvious that I thought he may have something against his casino or was trolling for big tokes, it was just not worth it.
My advice to you is that if you do see someone mark cards, leave that table. If you played a little while with that information, made some money, then my advice is leave that casino completely.
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