Casino Player Cards Rigged Machines
The simple card you have to sign up for every time you go to a new casino with promises of 'Tier Credits' or points which get you treated better next time you go to the casino. We are of course talking about the casino player card, or loyalty card, that has come to be an expected sight in the casino.
- When you are doing your research to find is online casino blackjack rigged and why online casinos are rigged, you need to make sure that the software offers fair play. Online casino sites use a random number generator which creates results like a randomly dealt hand.
- There are a number of scenarios where users of video slot, poker and other casino and bar gambling machines can be rigged to the owning company's benefit. The first rigging example has been.
- Slot machines are so volatile that you can't prove anything from just a few spins. A better test would be to play 1,000 or more spins with your card in, with someone else's card in and with no card in. Track the number of hits you get under each scenario. You should have roughly the same number of hits regardless of whose card is in the machine.
But is the card really worth it? Do you really get better comps for playing with it? Or can playing with it mess up your odds in the slot machine and steal your jackpots? All these questions and more are answered below...
Basically the casino uses the players card to track your play through the casino. As simple as that.
Probably one of the most common questions asked by gamblers “Are most electronic slot machines rigged” the answer is Yes and No. Depends on your definition of the term “rigged.” If your definition of “rigged” is that the casino is guaranteed to make money off electronic slot machines over a long period, then yes.
How it works: Slot Machines
In slot machines this is as simple as when you sit down you put your card in and from then on the casino can see what machine you're playing, average bet, and how long you're there. Everything is done in the computer and instantly updated on your profile. This is how you can earn points in real time and, in many casinos, redeem those points for free play or 'comps' on meals and spa treatments.
How it works: Table Games
For table games, the process of earning points with your players card is a little more old school. When you sit down at a table and cash in, you hand your players card to the dealer who will then call over a pit boss who will take note of your players card number and keep an eye on your play. They are taking notes on your average bet and time played. This system is a little more skewed to human error, so any time you play for an extended period MAKE SURE you ask to be rated by giving your card to the dealer. Then whenever you notice the pitboss checking the table make sure you have a high bet out.
A couple quick tips to maximize your comps when playing the tables:
- Buy in for as much as you can (even if you don't intend to play that amount) - depending on the casino, a higher buy in at the table can trigger higher offers in the mail and better comps because they think you have the 'potential' to be a very valuable customer.
- Start your sessions with a high bet - when you hand your players card to the pit boss and he begins logging your play, he will enter how much you bought in for and what your average bet is. So it is a good idea to start out with a high bet which you can then lower when the pit boss walks away. This helps to maximize your 'average bet' in the system and ensure you receive the most comps possible.
- The last tip is to Tip the dealer (and the pit boss!) - when you win, it's good karma to tip the dealer, but did you know that adding an additional chip in front of the chip you are giving to the dealer signifies a tip to the pit boss? Put out the two bets and make sure that the pit boss knows you're putting one out there for him. Also, it's a wise move to be tipping the pit boss when you have a big bet out so that he notices and increases your average bet rating!
The whole players card system can sometimes seem a little 'Big Brother' (we get it), but in the long run, this tracking is a good thing! The casino uses this data to rate you as a player and then send you offers that you qualify for based on that tracked play. The more money through the slots, the higher your average bet and the longer you play, the more offers the casino will send to bring you back. But the only way the casino knows who you are and how much you play is through that players card - so use it!
Cheating in casinos refers to actions by the player or the house which are prohibited by regional gambling control authorities. This may involve using suspect apparatus, interfering with apparatus, chip fraud or misrepresenting games. The formally prescribed sanctions for cheating depend on the circumstances and gravity of the cheating and the jurisdiction in which the casino operates. In Nevada, for a player to cheat in a casino is a felony under Nevada law. In most other jurisdictions, specific statutes do not exist, and alleged instances of cheating are resolved by the gambling authority who may have more or less authority to enforce its verdict.
Advantage play techniques are not cheating. Card counting, for example, is a legitimate advantage play strategy that can be employed in blackjack and other card games. In almost all jurisdictions, casinos are permitted to ban from their premises customers they believe are using advantage play, regardless of whether they are in fact doing so and even though it is not cheating, though this practice of barring law-abiding citizens from public places is subject to judicial review. So far, courts in New Jersey and North Las Vegas, Nevada have found the practice of barring law-abiding citizens to be illegal.
Online casinos are also vulnerable to certain cheating methods. In the early 2000s, some players discovered that the random number generator at one poker site did not produce truly random sets of 'decks', and instead chose from about only 200,000 different possible deck configurations. Generation of true random numbers by machines continues to be difficult. This allowed the players to know what flop was coming if they knew the hands being held by three players.
Methods of cheating by players[edit]
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The methods for cheating in a casino are often specific to individual games and include the following:
- Past posting: After a bet is won, a player replaces smaller-denomination chips with large-denomination chips.
- Hand mucking: Palming desirable cards, then switching them for less desirable cards that the gambler holds.
- Card marking: Various methods exist to mark cards during play.
- Marked decks: Usually involving the collusion of casino employees, it may be possible for a marked deck to be introduced into play. There are many different ways to mark decks of cards, some of them very difficult to detect. Casinos often replace their cards at table games and either sell or give away the used decks. These decks are usually cut or altered before they are sold or given away. This to prevent cheaters from buying used decks and then using the cards to cheat at table games.
- Slot machines: Methods exist for altering the outcome of slot machine games.
- Collusion: In poker games, the practice of two partners signaling to each other the values of their cards can be very difficult to detect.[1] Also, in table games, players can collude with the dealer.
- Using auxiliary devices: In Nevada, New Jersey, and other jurisdictions, using any device which helps to forecast the odds or aid in a legitimate strategy such as card counting is regarded as cheating.[2]
- Top hats: In Roulette, players place a bet after the ball has landed. The chips are disguised using a third party's chip - the 'top hat'.
- Using a computer to gain an edge, illegal in Nevada since 1985.
Methods of cheating by casinos[edit]
- Using a rigged roulette wheel.
- False deals: A dealer may be able to deal the second card from the top (used in conjunction with marked cards), or the ability to deal the bottom card of the deck (used in conjunction with placing desirable cards at the bottom of the deck), see for example Mechanic's grip.
- False shuffles and cuts: A dealer may seem to mix or cut the cards, while retaining certain cards or the whole deck in a desired order.
- Using a deck of cards with non-standard composition.
- Using a cold deck.
- Using loaded dice.
- Using rulesets not sanctioned by a gambling control authority.
- Using slot machines which pay lower than the statutory minimum.
- False advertising by not paying advertised promotions.
- Mail fraud or sending a mail offer but not honoring the offer once the customer is at the casino, also called bait and switch.
- Rigged video poker machines, such as the Vegas 'American Coin Scandal'[3]
- Rigged drawings, such as at The Venetian, Las Vegas.[4]
- Corrupt regulators, such as Ronald Dale Harris.
- Using a computer to gain an edge over the players.
Prevention of cheating[edit]
Cheating can be reduced by employing 'proper procedure' - certain standardized ways of shuffling cards, dealing cards, storing, retrieving and opening new decks of cards.[5]
Most casinos are obliged to have an extensive array of security cameras and recorders which monitor and record all the action in a casino, which can be used to resolve some disputes. Some casinos use facial recognition software to detect known cheats and criminals.[6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^T. Hayes, 'Collusion Strategy and Analysis for Texas Hold'em', 2017
- ^Forte, Steve. Casino Game Protection. SLF Publishing, 2004
- ^American Coin: A True Story of Betrayal, Gambling, and Murder in Las Vegas, Frank Romano, 2013, ISBN1475985096
- ^Simpson, Jeff (25 February 2004). 'Venetian Settles Complaints'. Las Vegas Sun. casinocitytimes.com. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
- ^Zender, Bill. Casino-ology 2 : new strategies for managing casino games. Huntington Press. ISBN9781935396437.
- ^Prince, Todd (13 October 2018). 'Facial recognition technology coming to Las Vegas Strip casinos'. Las Vegas Review-Journal.