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Blackjack Card Counting Casino Precautions
Due to the effectiveness of blackjack card counting casinos have taken precautions on how to counter it. It would be interesting to know what they are.
As far as the law is concerned blackjack card counting by an individual is not illegal. Nevertheless, casinos have taken measures to control it. One measure is that the pit boss will immediately stop the blackjack game or ask the players using blackjack card counting to stop. Sometimes they are asked to leave the premise. Some even treat them as crooks, and in times past they were shoved off to dark remote rooms. Some were even dumped in some desert area after a long drive.
One common measure today is to re-shuffle the deck of cards often. The use of multiple decks is also done, and these measures can effectively upset blackjack card counting. Some pit bosses will force the player to delimit wagers to flat bets to render any blackjack card counting almost useless. A measure that looks law-abiding is when they read or quote the "Trespass Act" and permanently prohibit the player from coming back to the casino. Doing so would be met with house detention.
Roving cameras inside casinos are common which are linked to monitors placed in secluded rooms. From there all activities are carefully watched, especially blackjack card counting activities. When a player is suspected of the offense the player is monitored through close-in circuit monitors and special software is used to record everything about the player. To prevent this, we ought to keep ourselves from visiting the same place. We also avoid betting too aggressively and never stay too long even when there's a hot streak for us.
Remember this general rule: always try to project a dignified and warm image in a casino. Don't look too serious about winning. Look as if we're just there to enjoy the game. When dealers get familiar with us in a favorable way it would be easier to do our blackjack card counting without looking obvious or suspicious. Make sure winnings have a look of too much luck in them. Quit looking smart and Mr. or Ms. Systematic.
Many blackjack card counting aficionados try to disguise their acts with a lot of cover-ups. There was even a case where the card counters dressed up like women. But no matter how hard they try casinos would always catch up on them. Thus, in all these cloak and dagger episodes one thing has been proven: blackjack card counting is very effective, indeed.