The Sticky Bonus vs. the Traditional Bonus and How to Play Them By Arnold Snyder © 2005 Arnold Snyder The Traditional Online Casino Bonus Online casino owners offer cash bonuses to players to entice them to try out their casinos. Traditional bonuses, also called cashable bonuses, may be withdrawn in full after fulfilling the terms […]
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Marked Cards in Casinos?
Don’t Be a Mark for Marked Cards by Steve Forte (From Blackjack Forum Vol. XIV #1, December 1994) © 1994 Blackjack Forum [Note from Arnold Snyder: This article is useful not only as an introduction to cheating methods involving marked cards, but also to some of the highest-edge legal advantage plays available to professional gamblers. The legal […]
Is Spooking Legal?
Can a Hole-carder Utilize an Off-table Accomplice?? by Arnold Snyder (with comments by Stephen R. Minagil, Attorney at Law) (From Blackjack Forum VII #2, June 1987) © Blackjack Forum 1987 As reported previously in Blackjack Forum (Vol. V #3), on December 18, 1984, the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada ruled conclusively that certain types of hole-card play […]
Interview with Bob Nersesian
An Attorney Fights Casino Abuse of Professional Gamblers in the Nevada Courts and Wins by Richard W. Munchkin (From Blackjack Forum XXII #4, Winter 2002/03) © Blackjack Forum 2003 [Bob Nersesian is a partner in the Las Vegas law firm of Nersesian & Sankiewicz. He specializes in representing players in lawsuits against casinos. Richard W. Munchkin is […]
Interview with Keith and Marty Taft
by Richard W. Munchkin (From Blackjack Forum Volume XXIII #4, Winter 2003/04) © 2004 RWM [Note from A.S.: Richard W. Munchkin is the author of Gambling Wizards: Conversations with the World’s Greatest Gamblers, and a member of the Blackjack Hall of Fame.] Keith Taft is a pioneer, and not just in professional gambling. He built what may be […]
Can You Read the Dealer?
Playing Dealer Tells By Steve Forte (From Blackjack Forum Volume VI #1, March 1986) © Blackjack Forum 1986 [Last year, Steve forte game me a copy of a 24-page handbook he had authored titled “Advantage Playing: the Ultimate Way to Play Winning Blackjack.” “It’s not something that I’m selling,” he said. “It’s part of a seminar I’ve […]
Casino Survival
What to Do if You are Barred or Backed Off by a Casino By Robert A. Loeb, Attorney at Law (From Blackjack and the Law by I. Nelson Rose and Robert A. Loeb) © Blackjack Forum 1998 Before giving the answers to what a card counter should do if he is barred, some of which are obvious, […]
Blackjack Tournament “Experts”?
Self-Styled Tournament Experts Take a Bath in Reno by Peter A. Griffin (From Blackjack Forum Volume VI #4, December 1986) © Blackjack Forum 1986 “Nice guys finish last!” – Leo Durocher The highlight of the 1986 Festival Reno was a city-wide blackjack tournament pitting 12 different casinos against each other. Each casino fielded a 12 man (correction: […]
Blackjack Team Legal Issues
The Windsor Trial, and a Conversation With Tommy Hyland by Arnold Snyder (From Blackjack Forum Volume XVI #1, Spring 1996) © 1996 Blackjack Forum When we did our last major reader survey in 1994, three areas stood out as topics our readers wanted more information about: comps, shuffle tracking and blackjack team play. We have since provided […]
Blackjack Computers
The Electronic Gambler’s Fuzz-Out Syndrome by Bob Jenkins (From Blackjack Forum Volume V #4, December 1985) © Blackjack Forum 1985 [Note from Arnold Snyder: The following is a chapter from a blackjack book being written by Bob Jenkins. Bob was involved with several blackjack computer teams over a period of three years and is documenting some true […]
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