Money Laundering, Structuring, and Federal Forf...
How Not to Launder Money and Get Caught Doing It by L.J. Winsome(From Blackjack Forum XVII #3, Fall 1997)© Blackjack Forum 1997 In the case of federal forfeitures and money laundering, America may be becoming one of the many countries where — if one fits into one of the myriad “profiles” that indicate drug trafficking or affiliation [...]
Las Vegas Blackjack Diary (excerpt)
Eight Weeks at the Blackjack Tables by Stuart Perry(From Blackjack Forum Volume XVI #1, Spring 1996)© Blackjack Forum 1996 [In February of 1994, New Yorker Stuart Perry did what thousands of amateur card counters dream of doing—he took his $20,000 in savings to Las Vegas to take a shot at being a professional blackjack player. He spent [...]
Did Jess Marcum Invent Card Counting?
Jess Marcum, Mathematical Genius, and the History of Card Counting by Allan Schaffer, Ph.D.(From Blackjack Forum Volume XXIV #3, Summer 2005)© 2005 Blackjack Forum [Editor’s Note: The thing that keeps striking me about Jess Marcum is the depth and intensity of respect and loyalty to him of the people who actually knew him and his achievements. Marcum [...]
Is Card Counting Legal?
Or . . . Is it Legal to Think in Casinos? by Arnold Snyder (From The Intelligent Gambler , April 1997)© Arnold Snyder 1997 If you’re the type of person who lets the word out among your friends and acquaintances that you are a serious blackjack player — one of those notorious “card counters” — you may [...]
Insurance Oddity Solved
Blackjack Insurance on Good Hands May Be A Good Idea After All by Peter A. Griffin(From Blackjack Forum Volume VIII #2, December 1988)© Blackjack Forum 1988 [Note from Arnold Snyder: In the December issue of Blackjack Forum (Vol. VII #4), Marvin L. Master conjectured that if your card counting system indicated that the insurance bet was dead even, it [...]
An Insurance Oddity
Blackjack Insurance on Good Hands? by Marvin L. Masters(From Blackjack Forum Volume VII #4, December 1987)© Blackjack Forum 1987 Should you insure a good blackjack hand? Blackjack gurus ridicule this question, replying that insurance is a side bet that has nothing to do with the player’s hand. They say if you’re counting cards and know that more [...]
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