In a similar story to that posted recently by a member here, I watched with curiosity as I saw a television commercial for 'Casino Cheats'. It was scheduled to air on a program here in Australia called 'Today Tonight', which primarily features sensationalist tabloid journalistic efforts, aimed at scaring the masses of gullible and naive viewers who watch it. Those people being of low socio-economic capability and intelligence. It is of similar disposition to Fox news for you guys in the States.
So I begin watching and of course, along comes hidden CCTV footage of guys forcing open floats to steal chips, people surreptitiously swiping chips from handbags after meticulously drawing back the zips quietly so as not to draw attention. Then there was a new one I hadn't seen before, as Maxwell Smart would say, "The old double sided sticky tape on the over sized baccarat card to hover over over players' chips and steal from trick."
Then it came, and I'm sure you were all waiting for it. Card Counters. Yes, they decided to label good and decent folk such as ourselves 'cheats', although, at least it was implied given they aired us in the same story. Because they never actually did use the words 'thief' or 'cheat'. They discussed how the surveillance team at this particular casino, being Star City Sydney, were all trained counters and looked at betting variations to hunt down and slay anyone outsmarting their games. It really was a layman account of counting and the eye in the sky. Although, it did prove entertaining enough.
My father, knowing that I am involved with this, but had never really asked about it, then decided to ask me questions. So I spent around 30mins with him going over how it works and he was rather fascinated, but I lost him at index plays!
So I begin watching and of course, along comes hidden CCTV footage of guys forcing open floats to steal chips, people surreptitiously swiping chips from handbags after meticulously drawing back the zips quietly so as not to draw attention. Then there was a new one I hadn't seen before, as Maxwell Smart would say, "The old double sided sticky tape on the over sized baccarat card to hover over over players' chips and steal from trick."
Then it came, and I'm sure you were all waiting for it. Card Counters. Yes, they decided to label good and decent folk such as ourselves 'cheats', although, at least it was implied given they aired us in the same story. Because they never actually did use the words 'thief' or 'cheat'. They discussed how the surveillance team at this particular casino, being Star City Sydney, were all trained counters and looked at betting variations to hunt down and slay anyone outsmarting their games. It really was a layman account of counting and the eye in the sky. Although, it did prove entertaining enough.
My father, knowing that I am involved with this, but had never really asked about it, then decided to ask me questions. So I spent around 30mins with him going over how it works and he was rather fascinated, but I lost him at index plays!
