The reason they’re profitable is because all games have a negative average EV (expected value) for the player. Card counting allows you to play in a manner that is +EV, so it has to be banned.
They mostly don’t care unless you’re at the high roller table. And even then, unless you’re using a device to cheat, the most they can do is pay out your chips and escort you outside. It’s not a crime to count cards, but it’s still their table.
These days, casinos are trying to eliminate “skill” from blackjack entirely. You’ll have six decks, and as soon as a hand is done, everything gets shuffled back together. That makes counting cards practically impossible, even with perfect playing. Counting cards mostly works when you’re playing with a single deck, and it doesn’t get shuffled immediately after each hand.
I have never been to a casino. Is that how it works? Seems a lot like a scam if you’re not allowed to use skill in a skill game.
The reason they’re profitable is because all games have a negative average EV (expected value) for the player. Card counting allows you to play in a manner that is +EV, so it has to be banned.
The relevant law is “The house always wins.”
They mostly don’t care unless you’re at the high roller table. And even then, unless you’re using a device to cheat, the most they can do is pay out your chips and escort you outside. It’s not a crime to count cards, but it’s still their table.
Its not meant to be a skill game. You can make it one, but it’s intended to be a game with fixed odds that favor the house.
With that being said, in places where they’re legal casinos tend to have really broad leeway over who they’re allowed to kick out and why.
These days, casinos are trying to eliminate “skill” from blackjack entirely. You’ll have six decks, and as soon as a hand is done, everything gets shuffled back together. That makes counting cards practically impossible, even with perfect playing. Counting cards mostly works when you’re playing with a single deck, and it doesn’t get shuffled immediately after each hand.