Archive for May, 2007
The Bear Growls: FBI official misstates nature of cheating indictment
Friday, May 25th, 2007In the Department of Justice press release about the case described in this news story, Assistant Director Kenneth W. Kaiser, FBI Criminal Investigative Division is quoted as saying, “The subjects arrested and indicted colluded with casino dealers and engaged in a sophisticated card counting scheme to cheat casinos out of large winnings.” The alleged [...]
LV Bear’s Guide to Minimizing Risk of Personal Injury During Casino Backoffs and Barrings
Monday, May 14th, 2007Skilled casino patrons are too often dealt with rudely, harshly, and sometimes even violently by casino personnel, merely for using their brains while in a casino. Sometimes inexperienced advantage players make the mistake of inadvertently worsening the situation, usually to their own detriment. With that in mind, I’ve prepared the guide printed below. Skilled patrons [...]
The Bear Growls: Harrah’s Bally’s rips off patrons worse than ever
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007According to Current Blackjack News, Bally’s has introduced eight-deck “blackjack” games that pay only 6 to 5 on blackjacks. This is ridiculous. The house edge with correct basic strategy exceeds two percent. The true house edge against patrons ignorant enough to sit down at such a garbage game is probably in excess of five [...]