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Casinos Chop Card Counters' Odds12 August 2002ATLANTIC CITY – As reported by the Press of Atlantic City: "It's a gray Wednesday afternoon in the city. Five men and a woman are seated around a corner table at Tony's Baltimore Grill. Their pockets and her purse are stuffed with hundred-dollar bills. "Everybody ready?" Tommy Hyland asks. "Wow ... looks like you brought the whole team," a Tropicana supervisor says with an uneasy smile as Hyland takes a seat at a $100-minimum blackjack table. Bob Ferri, the casino manager, knows all about Hyland and his crew. So do most casino bosses in North America. Hyland & Co. are card counters, professional blackjack players who use their brains to gain an undisputed mathematical advantage over the house. They're here on a rare team outing to illustrate why their profession is on the wane. To read the rest of the story, please click here. |