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Originally posted by: INdianapaddler
Why was he not banned after he made his first million or so?
New Jersey casinos are prohibited from banning skilled players.
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In 1978, the year gambling began in Atlantic City, New Jersey, [Ken] Uston moved to the area and formed a profitable blackjack team of his own (discussed at length in a 2005 Blackjack Forum interview with team member Darryl Purpose). As with most other casinos around the globe, Uston was soon barred from playing at those locations within Atlantic City as well. After he was barred in January 1979 by Resorts International, he filed a lawsuit, claiming that casinos did not have the right to bar skilled players. In Uston v. Resorts International Hotel Inc, 445 A.2d 370 (N.J. 1982)[7], the New Jersey State Supreme Court ruled that Atlantic City casinos did not have the authority to decide whether skilled players could be barred. To date, Atlantic City casinos -- by statute -- are not allowed to bar card counters. In response to Uston's legal victory, Atlantic City casinos began adding decks, moving up shuffle points, and taking other measures to decrease the skilled player's potential advantage.
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With the exception of the number of decks, . . . i.e. six or eight, . . . all the blackjack rules/conditions in Atlantic City are identical, and not particularly player-favorable. Indianapaddler might ask the next question: "Why didn't the casinos shuffle up, if the subject gambler was, indeed, counting cards?" DonDiego cannot answer; the article gives few specifics.
Mr. Uston tried sometime later to have the Nevada courts decide the same question. However, his lawsuit against the Las Vegas Hilton was thrown out on a technicality. Thus, the issue of barring card-counters has not been settled in Las Vegas. Skilled players in Nevada apparently prefer the availability of better games in Nevada over Atlantic City; and Nevada casinos like the ability to bar players. No one has pressed the issue.
