Casino Countertactics Vs. Cheating
The player has no real countertactic against cheating except a suspicious awareness of its possibility--- this recommends against oversuspicion.
Depressing runs of bad luck are not uncommon. For other Twenty-One players, in practice sessions with their friends, they have sustained series of losses that seemed almost incredible in the normal course of events.
Yet at those times, they knew that the phenomena were merely chance fluctuations,a s there was no possibility of anything else.
Prolonged variations from 'normal' chance expectations are not 'abnormal' at all to mathematicians.
Just as you will have streaks of phenomenal wins, you will have others of deplorable losses. These are all mathematically explainable; unfortunately they are unpredictable at a given time, and in the midst of either, there is no way to know when the 'luck' will change.
Do not assume you are being cheated every time you lose six or eight hands in a row. Usually you will not be--- possibly never. But for your own protection, no great harm will result if you entertain a suspicion.
Consider leaving the table if a series of losses id unduly grim, particularly if you have any other reason to think you may be against a cheating dealer.
If you leave, the precaution usually will have been unnecessary--- you merely were temporarily unlucky. But if the dealer was cheating, one thing is certain: your 'luck' would never have changed.
Since another casino is nearby, you will know at least that you can try again at a similar game without that particular dealer.
Another thing: do not become concerned merely because a dealer draws an 'abnormal' number of 21s,, 20s, etc. If you play properly, the dealer must eventually make many more of these good hands than you, simply because he is required to hit stiffs that you often would not hit.
The compensating feature of the rules is that he also will break much more often than you.
It is also suggested of not playing in one casino too long.
Related to this subject is the fact that the casinos usually change shifts about 4:00 A.M., noon, and 8:00 P.M. These apparently bizarre hours are chosen so that the size of shifts can be tailored to the usual volumes of business during different periods of the day and night.
Ordinarily, new pit bosses arrive a bit ahead of the new dealers to get organized ahead of time.
If you are well-known to one shift, you may be able to play securely with a later one. But if this is your plan, it is well not to be present during the change of shifts, or the word about you may be passed along.
You should also be aware that some dealers, and particularly supervisory personnel, may work split shifts or prolonged shifts. Thus, you cannot totally rely upon the rotation of the clock to reestablish anonymity.
Nevertheless, the stratagem is worth remembering.