Posts Tagged ‘technology’

Countermeasures against blackjack card-counters

Posted by Nicolae on September 18th, 2008 under Blackjack, Card counting, Software
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Counting cards in blackjack has become substantially more difficult as a result of casino countermeasures. The most common is the use of more decks, which decreases the player’s advantage, but even in the few remaining single- and double-deck games, dealers will often shuffle prematurely or unusually frequently to defeat a suspected [...]

Slot machine technology

Posted by Nicolae on July 24th, 2008 under Slot machine Guide, Slots
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Random number generator
It is a common belief that the odds on a machine have something to do with the number of each kind of symbol on each reel, but in modern slot machines this is no longer the case. Modern slot machines are computerized, so that the odds are whatever they are [...]