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- From: oconnor@i88.isc.com (Tom O'Connor(Genesis Project))
- Subject: Re: Good Rules In Chicago
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.215659.21751@i88.isc.com>
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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 21:56:59 GMT
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- > weinstoc@sei.cmu.edu (Chuck Weinstock) writes
- >
- >During my recent visit to my folks in the Chicago area I came across some
- >information about local "Las Vegas Nights". These gambling events happen
- >virtually every night, somewhere in the Chicago area. They are charity
- >events, with the profits going to the sponsoring organization. The games I'm
- >describing are run by an organization called Rockford Casino Players. They
- >make their money by renting equipment and operating the games for the
- >charitys.
-
- >Blackjack: single deck and shoe games. Standard rules plus DOA, DAS, LSR.
- > Limits: $3 to $10. One catch: when you double down your total bet
- > can't exceed $10 (that is, if you've already bet $10 on the hand
- > you can't double down). On the otherhand, split hands are considered
- > separate hands, each of which can go up to $10. Another catch: they
- > don't have any 50 cent chips, so in order to get proper payoff on a
- > blackjack, bets have to be even amounts.
-
- Maybe Chuck found something good, but in all the "Vegas" nights I've
- been to around here, the big problem with the blackjack games is that
- the dealer WINS on a push. The experts can give the exact % this costs
- the player, but I'm sure it is significant. I've never seen a craps game
- at a Vegas night, so maybe these are not run by the group Chuck mentioned.
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