MIT Blackjack Team Operation Manual!!!

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MJ1

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Okay, here are the first 7 pages of the MIT Team manual that was in action in 93, known as SI. This was the incarnation of the team depicted on the History Channel.

Includes information about player compensation, mission statement, management structure, shuffle tracking, and MUCH MUCH more!!! Anybody know where the rest of it can be found?

Enjoy!

http://www.worldgameprotection.com/archive/2009-05/procedure_manual.pdf
 
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MJ1

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Pro21 said:
Wow, wonder how they can get away with putting this up.
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It sucks the casinos got their hands on this manual. However, the players should have been more careful when they carried these manuals around in Vegas.
 
QFIT

QFIT

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It's called copyright violation and shame on them for publishing it. The link should be deleted.
 
Pro21

Pro21

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MJ1 said:
It sucks the casinos got their hands on this manual. However, the players should have been more careful when they carried these manuals around in Vegas.
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There was one prominent team that had it's manual stolen by security so many times they made a New Years resolution to not get their manual confiscated that year. Don't know how many months they lasted but don't think they made it.
 
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MJ1

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QFIT said:
It's called copyright violation and shame on them for publishing it. The link should be deleted.
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QFIT, please understand I am a huge fan and supporter of your work, but I respectfully take exception with your post.

Firstly, I seriously doubt the author of this document ever placed a copyright on it back in 92-93 or at a later time. As a matter of fact, it is an 'investor prospectus' and as such was intended to be distributed (at least back then)! Third, the enemy got their hands on this a long time ago and the damage was sadly, irreversibly done.

I reckon this manual was distributed by Griffin to just about every casino that subscribed to their service. At this point, spreading this document can only provide invaluable insight to players in a myriad of areas. Why should only the casinos benefit from this excellent information?

Kudos to whomever can find and post the rest of this manual.

MJ
 
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MJ1

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QFIT said:
Copyright has been automatic since 1978.
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I would still argue the author intended for his document to be distributed. It is after all, an investor prospectus.

I suppose an argument could be made that the team has been disbanded since 93, and consequently there are no investors to solicit for a non-existent LP. But I am not so sure if copyright violation would hold up in a court of law.
 
QFIT

QFIT

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Copyright law is really pretty simple. If you have no statement that you can copy, you can't copy. The fact that someone else may have done something illegal is not a good excuse.
 
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johndoe

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MJ1 said:
Hmmm....where does it say Aponte gave it to them? The article does not say how the interviewer obtained it.
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It's pretty safe to assume; Aponte refers to it directly in the interview: "The following documents give you a sense of just how lofty the goals were." Then there's a link.
 
moo321

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QFIT said:
Copyright law is really pretty simple. If you have no statement that you can copy, you can't copy. The fact that someone else may have done something illegal is not a good excuse.
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Um, I'm about 90% sure this is not true. You typically have to go out of your way to protect your intellectual property, and I certainly don't think an internal document gets copyright protection, muchless a prospectus. Also, isn't the business defunct now?

All this to say, I'm sure as **** reading it.
 
moo321

moo321

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After reading it, I can see why they failed:

1. $250k a year in overhead.
2. Players pay expenses out of pocket.
3. Players pay tips out of pocket.
4. Players only get 20% of their EV (or CE) and maybe 10% of the profits after it gets cut up ten ways to Sunday by the rest of the crew.

I would never incur overhead; 250k is just unconsionable. Give the manager a portion of the profits only. All expenses are covered; teach your players to whore comps, but at the end of the day, you'd better pay for their reasonable expenses.
 
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shadroch

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I was taken aback by the same things. No employer should expect an employee to pay expenses out of pocket, no matter if it airfare, food or tips.
 
QFIT

QFIT

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moo321 said:
Um, I'm about 90% sure this is not true. You typically have to go out of your way to protect your intellectual property, and I certainly don't think an internal document gets copyright protection, muchless a prospectus. Also, isn't the business defunct now?

All this to say, I'm sure as **** reading it.
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Well then you're 10% right.:)

Copyright Act of 1978 and the Berne Convention internationally make copyright automatic. Everything fixed in a manner that can be copied is copyrighted. If you write something on a napkin in a restaurant and hand it to a buddy, it is published and copyrighted as soon as he takes it and all rights are reserved. That's an actual example given by the Copyright Office. The fact that the business no longer exists makes no difference. Patents are far more difficult. Trademarks are defined by use, but normally filed to avoid accidental violations.
 
QFIT

QFIT

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Pro21 said:
Qfit,

Didn't someone steal your ebook and sell it? How do they get away with that?
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It was stolen and published under the thief's name three times in France, once in Germany and the US. I filed a DMCA complaint in the US and had it removed. I filed three complaints in France under the French "Trust in the Digital Economy" law and had it removed there. Still working on Germany.
 
Pro21

Pro21

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Is this just a free roll for the guy? I mean is it just one of those things they don't prosecute? I assume there is no reasonable way to sue the guy in another country. The whole thing really sucks.
 
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