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Caribbean I think there's another casino going in right across the street from the Caribbean in Kirkland/Kingsgate, if it isn't open already. The city of Kirkland is trying to annex that area and once they do that, no more new casinos will be allowed to open (existing casinos fall under the...

All about the pen? Pardon my noobishness, but what's the difference between cutting two decks off of 6-deck shoe vs. cutting two decks off of an 8-deck shoe? Isn't the advantage of a 6D vs. 8D shoe all about penetration?

The employees of the Emerald Queen Casinos in Washington are required to work on typically busy days (holidays & weekends) even when they are sick. Failure to do this can result in termination of employment. With the threat of the Swine Flu, the Puyallup Tribe are considering altering this...

From Seattle Times The Snoqualmie tribe last November opened a showpiece casino a half-hour from downtown Seattle — and took on $375 million in debt — amid high hopes. The casino was supposed to launch the tribe's approximately 600 members into long-awaited prosperity. Instead, it has been...

Track the Big Losers - Not the Big Winners I've never understood why the casinos are more concerned about the very few players that make money, compared to the much larger number that plop down and give hundreds of dollars to the house. If I were running a casino, I'd want to know who the...

Article here... It comes with your own personal Hooters beertender!

iPhone Apps Looking at the thousands of apps available in the iPhone App Store, it's similar to the aisle full of artificial fishing lures in my local sporting goods store. The racks jammed full of colorful lures are designed to catch fishermans' wallets - not fish. "Look at this one...

Speaking of taking money through airports... There was recently an interesting interaction between a political campaign worker that had $4700 of campaign contributions in his carry-on luggage and the TSA. The guy didn't want to tell the TSA where the money came from, unless answering that...

Here's a YouTube video showing screens and describing the various features of the app: Blackjack Card Counting on iPhone It can use 4 different counting strategies and run in 'stealth' mode where the screen is blacked out and can be set to vibrate when the count reaches a set value.

Looks like that college education is paying off. A winner is you! :)

You'll find this article interesting: Casinos and Card Counters: Using a Vice to Squeeze a Pimple

Why Bother? If you want to practice counting, then it doesn't really matter how you shuffle. You're better off spending the time that you would spend shuffling improving your counting skills, deck estimation, RC->TC, etc..

Tangam TableEye21 From looking at Tangam's website and viewing the demos for their products, they would only need a single camera that is located on the ceiling above the blackjack table. Video clips of the software in action here. (Archive copy) I was looking at the screenshots of their...

Apparently these guys were taking green $1 chips from the roulette table, and cashed them in at another gaming table in the casino as $25 chips. Seattle Times story here

8d h17 rsa da2 das ns Here's the rules: 8-deck, ASM Dealer must hit soft 17 Resplit aces Double any two cards Double after split No Surrender Penetration varies from dealer to dealer. I've seen it vary from 60% to 85%. They have a some $5 tables, but these go up to $10 during...