It’s pretty well known that Casinos do not like cheaters. Anyone who takes money illegally from them could be in for a rought time!
However, when it comes to felony and fraud charges, it is only considered cheating when a player is using an electronic aid or similar tool designed to unfairly cheat the casino or dealer.
Contrary to popular belief card counting is not actually considered a crime however casinos will not allow it and will usually ban you if they find you counting cards. They also make it seem a much worse crime than it acutally is.
Because casinos security guards are so vengeful, cheating is not recommended. However, you did ask so here are four tips on casino cheating.
1. Card Counting in Blackjack There is a classic method known as ‘hi-lo’ and it works like this – WHen the cards are shuffled and dealt the player starts at 0. For every ace, 10 or face card that is dealt you take 1 point away from the total. For every 2-6 that is dealt you add a point to the total. Cards that are 7, 8 or 9 are zero points. Before each hand divide your count by the number of decks that are left. The time to bet is when you get a total of +2. Word of warning, try not to move your lips as you count the cards or the casinos may catch onto the fact that you are counting cards!
2. Poker Marking poker is often an easier game to rig as you are playing against other players rather than playing against the house itself. People ‘mark’ cards in a variety of ways including scratching the corner of a card with a fingernail, shading parts of the card or blocking parts of the card out. A cheater may then use special contact lenses or glasses to see these ‘marks’ as they may or may not be visible to the naked eye.
3.Craps – Dicing with the dice. Craps is a game of rolling dice and betting on the outcome of the throw. SOmeone looking to cheat at craps may slip ‘altered dice’ into the came. These dice may be rounded on one side or weighted differnetly than normal dice in order to increase the odds of a high number. A player may also try to manipulate the dice throw by placing the desired number face up in the palm of their hand and then throwing the dice in such a way that there is more chance that the dice will land with the desired number showing. Casinos are obviously aware of this technique and are on the look out for it so be careful.
4.Slots – Outsmarting the Machines Slots technology is improving all the time but some of the older machines are susceptible to the ‘fake quarter’ method of cheating. Basically you need to find a substitute for the quarters provided by the casino, these substitutes should be the same weight size and density as the real thing in order to be sure of cheating the slots. Another tried and tested method is the ‘quarter on a string’ trick where a cheater deposits the quarter into the machine and then quickly takes it out with the string but fooling the slot machine into thinking that they have placed a bet.