Blackjack
2005
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Les joueurs d'avantage sont polyvalents
An item in today's Las Vegas Mercury discusses various casino advantage players and their tactics. It covers a broad spectrum including card counting, hole card play, sports betting, poker, and even craps.
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Feu vert pour les joueurs canadiens francophones
From the Edmonton Sun: WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba Lotteries Corporation has partially lifted a ban on French in the province's casinos by allowing bilingual blackjack tables twice a week.
2004
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Jimmy Dime, les compteurs de cartes, les procès et plus encore
An article in today's Las Vegas Sun starts out talking about Jimmy Pine, aka "Young Jimmy Dime" who was a participant in the recent World Series of Blackjack's second season.
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Le Palais impérial contraint de payer : $400K à l'avantage du joueur détenu
My recent post about a $99,999 judgement against Imperial Palace casino in Las Vegas included only the actual damages awarded in the case. Since then, the case has returned to the courtroom where the jury awarded an additional $500,000 in punitive damages.
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LV Review Journal : Les joueurs sont-ils floués ?
An editorial in Saturday's Las Vegas Review Journal references the suit I mentioned a few days ago, and features this telling quote: "The gaming industry's viability -- and the state's economy -- hinge on the premise that gamblers get a fair shake.
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Qu'est-ce que la "règle des 6" ?
I recently got this question via email: "What is the rule of 6?" Casinos that deal single-deck blackjack often instruct their dealers to use the "rule of 6" to decide when to shuffle.
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Un avocat poursuit les casinos pour avoir utilisé des systèmes de comptage de cartes
Las Vegas attorney Bob Nersesian has filed suit on behalf of a gambler at a casino in Reno, NV, seeking to stop the casino from using the automated MindPlay blackjack table for a practice known as 'preferential shuffling'.