Comments on: The Bear Growls: Gaming Control Board hysteria over silly iPhone device http://www.thebeargrowls.com/?p=264 Opinions and Commentary on the Gaming Industry Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:47:22 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: jack black http://www.thebeargrowls.com/?p=264&cpage=1#comment-106 jack black Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:39:29 +0000 http://www.thebeargrowls.com/?p=264#comment-106 For me, it looks like hidden advertising for casinos : they are actually the ones who are promoting this kind of useless news which was all over the newspapers, in english and in other languages (French for sure). The casino industry is so desesperate that they create this kind of viral news to make wanabe pro players want to come to their place... I'm telling more about this on my french blog (http://www.oweia.net/Quand-l-iPhone-compte-les-cartes.html) cheers For me, it looks like hidden advertising for casinos : they are actually the ones who are promoting this kind of useless news which was all over the newspapers, in english and in other languages (French for sure). The casino industry is so desesperate that they create this kind of viral news to make wanabe pro players want to come to their place… I’m telling more about this on my french blog (http://www.oweia.net/Quand-l-iPhone-compte-les-cartes.html)

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]]> By: FoolsGold http://www.thebeargrowls.com/?p=264&cpage=1#comment-104 FoolsGold Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:29:52 +0000 http://www.thebeargrowls.com/?p=264#comment-104 Most of what bureaucrats do is silly so this iPhone cheating program over-reaction is not too surprizing. Some people don't know what programs are on their computers so they may not even know what programs are on their phones much less how to use them yet surely there will come a time when one of those well-paid, well-trained security guards thinks he has captured Public Enemy Number One or something. Anyone using such a device would indeed be likely to lose his entire bankroll. There are enough card counters able to count a six deck shoe without any artificial devices who still lose money to the casino so what is some dumb guy going to do when he is weilding a bulky iPhone? Its not a threat at all. Casino security spots the "toe-tappers" who have electronic solenoids concealed in their cowboy boots so do you really think the security people need help discovering someone using a bulky and ultra-slow iPhone? I can just see the adverse publicity from one incident of a casino employee over-reacting! When will the casinos learn to keep the goons caged until cooler heads determine that they are needed. Most of what bureaucrats do is silly so this iPhone cheating program over-reaction is not too surprizing.

Some people don’t know what programs are on their computers so they may not even know what programs are on their phones much less how to use them yet surely there will come a time when one of those well-paid, well-trained security guards thinks he has captured Public Enemy Number One or something.

Anyone using such a device would indeed be likely to lose his entire bankroll. There are enough card counters able to count a six deck shoe without any artificial devices who still lose money to the casino so what is some dumb guy going to do when he is weilding a bulky iPhone? Its not a threat at all. Casino security spots the “toe-tappers” who have electronic solenoids concealed in their cowboy boots so do you really think the security people need help discovering someone using a bulky and ultra-slow iPhone?

I can just see the adverse publicity from one incident of a casino employee over-reacting! When will the casinos learn to keep the goons caged until cooler heads determine that they are needed.

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