Is this game beatable?

alwayssplitaces

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I found an electronic blackjack game at my local Pennsylvania store. 6D S17 DAS DA2, 7 card Charlie, 3:2 BJ, no re-splits. It has seats for 5 players and it says that the shoe is re-shuffled at 2/3 (66% pen). Keep in mind that for electronic games in PA, one player's actions cannot affect others. So I figure that the dealer's hands are dealt out of a virtual 6 deck shoe and each player's hands are dealt out of separate 6 deck shoes. Or are they all from the same 6 deck shoe?

I watched an electronic 3-card poker game and noticed that the same exact cards could be dealt to different players, but none of the players had the same cards as the dealer (eg. 2 players could both have the 5 of hearts but the dealer couldn't have the 5 of hearts in the same round).

The min is $5. If I spread $5-$100 I could beat it even with the poor pen, if it is dealt the traditional way, and there would be no heat because it's a machine. Plus I could get comps by playing rated.

How would I be able to find out how the machine deals the cards? Since it doesn't deal 100% I can't back-count and verify that the count is 0 at the end of the shoe. I feel like asking the casino manager about it, but that would blow my cover.
 

Machinist

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This game has been discussed extensively....exactly your questions...Should be in the archives. Maybe someone knows where the thread on this is???

Machinist
 

moo321

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Check out that Clark Cant article, where he talks about counting CSM's. That may give you some ideas.
 

Cardcounter

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I have seen this game. How do you know when the deck gets shuffled? Is it when they change virtual dealers? You don't see a virtual deck being shuffle but you do see different virtual dealers.
 

bj21abc

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It used to be playable for cashback but that loophole has been plugged in Pa as far as I know.

Cardcounter said:
I have seen this game. How do you know when the deck gets shuffled? Is it when they change virtual dealers? You don't see a virtual deck being shuffle but you do see different virtual dealers.
 
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