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Casino regulators issue alert over iPhone card-counting app

Ars Technica 02/16/2009 17:23
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A new iPhone application has Nevada gaming regulators on alert. It counts cards and can give you a felony conviction if used in the state.



An iPhone-based card-counting system recently turned up in a California Indian casino. This new application is causing a lot of fuss, and Nevada gaming regulators have issued a general alert about it, warning Las Vegas casinos about its potential use in gameplay.

Want to count cards at a US casino? The consensus seems to be that "skilled players" can count cards all they want; it's not illegal. If you do so in Vegas, however, the casinos may choose not to do business with you. Apparently, casinos will "back off" expert counters, i.e. show them the door, or possibly direct them to a less skill-based, more profitable gaming arena.


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