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- From: Chris.Bradley@f374.n105.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Bradley)
- Newsgroups: rec.gambling
- Subject: Blackjack
- Message-ID: <725290358.AA00000@therose.pdx.com>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 10:24:01 GMT
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- * In a message originally to All, "SON OF TJ" said:
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- >From: jwf4r@Virginia.EDU ("SON OF TJ")
- >Newsgroups: rec.gambling
- >ALL PLAYERS,
-
- > This may seem stupid, but how does a casino profit at
- >Blackjack? If all ties with the dealer are "pushed," why isn't
- >it possible to just play the same rules that the house plays
- >and come out perfectly even? Allowing for a modicum of human
- >intelligence, shouldn't a player be able to profit most of the
- >time? I am sure that casinos are not offering a game that
- >gives away money, so what's the catch? Where is the edge for
- >the casino? I hope and I am sure that I am not the only one
- >wondering this....no one I have gambled with has been able to
- >tell me, so HELP!
-
- The edge is that you have the opportunity to bust before the house does, and
- if it were that easy, everyone would win at Blackjack. If you play basic
- strategy, you are sitting at a 48/51 shift in the houses favor.
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- -->Chris
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