Mike Aponte - World Series of Blackjack Champion
At most casinos the dealer must “burn” the first card of a shoe by placing it directly in the discard tray before any cards are dealt. In … [Read more...]
Blackjack is the name of the game. So what are the odds of getting dealt a blackjack? The probability depends on how many decks are played. Of course … [Read more...]
Americans spent $58 billion dollars on lottery tickets in 2011 in hopes of defying the odds and striking it rich. The tremendous popularity of the lottery despite it’s horrific return on investment has led some to cynically label the lottery as a stupidity tax. However, a group of MIT students figured out how to turn [...]
I get asked fairly often about continuous shuffle machines (CSM’s) and their effect on the game of blackjack. With CSM’s, no discard tray is needed because the dealer continuously places the played cards into the shuffle machine (for example, after a player busts a hand). This provides a constant randomization of the cards which negates [...]
Last week I attended Def Con, the world’s largest computer hacker convention which is held annually in Las Vegas. It was the first time I have attended the convention and it was quite a scene. Well over 10,000 people attended Def Con 20, including computer security specialists, hardware hackers, law enforcement, cyber criminals and those [...]
