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John May Gaming Guru X-Ray Specs and Blackjack16 December 2004
By John May Every now and again, if you hang out on the various gambling message boards, someone asks about beating blackjack with a pair of x-ray specs to see through the card backs. They always say it in a semi-serious, aha-hah-hah-type way, to cover themselves for suggesting that a concept straight out of a comic might be a legitimate form of advantage play. But you can tell that they really do want to know if any type of device exists that could penetrate the card backs. The idea appeals to the seven-year-old in all of us. The answer is yes. X-ray specs don't exist, of course. An x-ray is a strong form of radiation. Go around blasting people with radiation and you'll end up in jail. In any case, it isn't possible to minaturize an x-ray machine to the extent where it could be the size of a pair of spectacles. However, the related field of thermal imaging yields much more interesting possibilities. A thermal imaging camera can be made much smaller than an x-ray device. It can tell you what rank and denomination a card is from the back because the paint on a card has a slightly different heat signature. Obviously, knowing what card you will be dealt before it has been exposed is quite enough to win any amount of money at any card game. The difficult bit of this equation is getting a thermal imaging camera into a casino. Naturally this would contravene any sane device law. Even if no specific device law existed, the camera user would probably be prosecuted for some kind of fraud analog. This article is provided by the Frank Scoblete Network. Melissa A. Kaplan is the network's managing editor. If you would like to use this article on your website, please contact Casino City Press, the exclusive web syndication outlet for the Frank Scoblete Network. To contact Frank, please e-mail him at fscobe@optonline.net. The Ultimate Blackjack Team?6 November 2004
If you can count cards and play with an edge at blackjack over the casino, why would you want to join a team?
Here is why. The more hands you play as a card counter, the more likely you are to win. The results of two counters of equivalent skill each playing 5,000 hands are the same as one counter playing 10,000 hands. ... (read more)
Blackjack's Strategy of Maximal Boldness11 October 2004
Allan Wilson's classic Casino Gamblers Guide contains one gem amongst a myriad of valuable
pieces of advice. Wilson advises the roulette player who does not play with an advantage, and who insists on playing roulette in spite of the inexorable and unforgiving house edge, to bet all of the money he plans to bet at roulette during his lifetime on red or black. ... (read more)
Side Bet Shuffle7 September 2004
Some years ago I received an e-mail from a perplexed casino boss
asking why he was losing so much money at the Super 7's game. Three
successive jackpots had been hit.
I replied that I did not usually assist casino personnel, but since
his request was courteous and the answer could not harm advantage ... (read more)
Crazy BetsFancy a bet on the discovery of the Loch Ness Monster? 500-1. How about the second coming (confirmed by the Vatican)? 1000-1. What about Michael and La Toya Jackson proving to be the same person? 2000-1. English bookmakers William ... (read more)Do Online Casinos Pay?One of the most frequently asked questions I get asked is, do online casinos pay? The basic answer is yes. But the answer requires a little explanation. If you just selected online casinos at random, the chances are very high that you would be ... (read more)Betting ExchangesWant to make a bet over the net with other gamblers on an event of your choosing? At better odds than with any bookmaker? With a secure system designed to prevent fraud? Now you can. The day of the betting exchange has begun. What is a betting exchange? An internet site (prominent examples being flutter.com or betfair.com) whereby gamblers can post and accept person-to-person wagers. ... (read more)Top Ten Casino Game Profit OpportunitiesHere's a list of the top ten casino games. This list is not the top ten games for the recreational gambler. That's usually just a question of measuring house percentages. This list addresses a more complicated question: What are the top ten casino games for the serious ... (read more)A Trick to Know the Dealer's Hole Card at BlackjackHole card play is very valuable. If you were a psychic and knew what the dealer's hole card was, you would have an edge of 10 percent on every hand. Blackjack professionals developed many methods of determining the dealer hole card. These methods, ... (read more)John May |
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