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Re:How the Powerball rules were tweaked to make the game an ... by Vraxx on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @11:56AM (#10895678)
Actually you can in blackjack, it just involves playing outside the individual game of blackjack and employing card counting techniques across multiple tables. Although, at that point, I can understand if you distinguished between playing that "game" and playing a table of blackjack.
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Re:How the Powerball rules were tweaked to make the game an ... by jedberg on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @12:08PM (#10895778)
Yes, you can do that. In Nevada that's cheating and in New Jersey it isn't (but if they see you doing it they can make your life very difficult), but at that point you're operating outside the norms of the game so I didn't count it.
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Re:How the Powerball rules were tweaked to make the game an ... by jandrese on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @01:45PM (#10896474)
It's not against the law unless you're using a device, but you can bet your ass that Casinos will kick you to the curb if they figure out you've been doing it. They'll also tell all of the other Casinos to blacklist you too.
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Re:How the Powerball rules were tweaked to make the game an ... by gozur88 on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @07:58PM (#10898908)
And they will figure it out, too. It's not that hard for me to spot card counters, and I'm not a pro.

Seems like over the years the way they've dealt with card counters is by tweaking the game, though. They've added decks, they shuffle sooner, they shuffle when you increase your bet or when a new player sits down and plays for nontrivial amounts, and lately with continuous shuffling machines.

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Re:How the Powerball rules were tweaked to make the game an ... by bwilliams18 on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @12:59PM (#10896152)
It's not cheating in Nevada. But you can be bounced when they catch you.
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Re:How the Powerball rules were tweaked to make the game an ... by conception on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @03:26PM (#10897219)
It also depends very strongly on the rules of the game. There are variations where you can get a slightly better than 50% odds just by playing "correctly" if the rules are in your favor. (single deck, hit on 16, etc etc)
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