Tosh 0 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 http://www.boingboing.net/2009/02/17/black...cardcounti.htmlThe $3.99 app has a feature, called stealth mode, that allows the user to easily operate the card counter with the phone concealed in a pocket. Simply press the right half of the screen when a card valued at 10 or higher appears on the table or the left half when a low card is flipped. The phone vibrates when it's time to place a big bet. The program also takes additional factors into account that elude most mental card counters and is therefore more accurate. Link to post Share on other sites
Tosh 0 Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 Imagine going to a Las Vegas casino just to be expelled for using your iPhone. Or how about getting a jailterm and a hefty fine as well? If you think that’s unrealistic, you’re wrong.Recently Nevada’s Gaming Control Board issued a warning about an iPhone app called “A Blackjack Card Counter” that can be used to count cards for you while you’re playing Blackjack, taking things a notch further than the “Card Counter” app that we recently covered.According to the advisory: “The program calculates the “True Count” and does it significantly more accurately. The card counting program uses a choice of four (4) card counting strategies. For each strategy the user presses the button that contains the face cards as they are drawn from the deck. Depending on the strategy and on the value of the card the button will either add or subtract 1 or 2 from the “Running Count”. The program can utilize the following card counting methods including Hi-Low, Hi-Op I, Hi- Op II, and Omega II.This program can be used in the “Stealth Mode”. When the program is used in the “Stealth Mode” the screen of the phone will remain shut off, and as long as the user knows where the keys are located the program can be run effortlessly without detection.”The advisory ends stating that “use of this type of program or possession of a device with this type of program on it (with the intent to use it), in a licensed gaming establishment, is a violation of NRS 465.075” (NRS 465.075 = Use of device for calculating probabilities - iPhoneWorld.ca).So this indeed makes it rather plausible that you could get kicked out of a casino, get banned for life, or maybe get an oldschool “talking to” in some backroom that will end with a few bruises — in a good case scenario. In fact, according to the law, you can receive from 1 to 6 years in jail and/or a fine of up to $10,000 just by using this program in a casino.If you want to test your luck in more ways than one, A Blackjack Card Counter is available via the AppStore for $4.99. A video demo is available on Youtube.P.S. Just so you know, the process of card counting itself is fully legal by law — it’s just that using machines to do it for you is not. Link to post Share on other sites
Gallo 1 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Read about that yesterday. Even though it's for blackjack, what's messed up is that casinos will probably not allow people to use ipods at the poker table either. Link to post Share on other sites
Mercury69 3 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Read about that yesterday. Even though it's for blackjack, what's messed up is that casinos will probably not allow people to use ipods at the poker table either.OMG! What's next? Banning hoodies? Nazi ****s. Link to post Share on other sites
SpatsJ 0 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 dumbass cheaters Link to post Share on other sites
XXEddie 0 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 dumbass cheaters[ ] Card counting = cheating Link to post Share on other sites
Ship_itt 0 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 [X] Card counting with an electronic device = cheating[ ] Card counting in your head = cheating Link to post Share on other sites
phlegm 6 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I suspect the casinos are up on this.So if your planning on playing with one hand in your jacket, plan on being escortd into a back room and getting booked. Link to post Share on other sites
Ship_itt 0 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I suspect the casinos are up on this.So if your planning on playing with one hand in your jacket, plan on being escortd into a back room and getting booked. Link to post Share on other sites
Cappy37 0 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Dude, the casinos I go to wont let you use cell phones while playing 3-card poker, much less effing blackjack. lol. Link to post Share on other sites
TAGteam 0 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 yah. i'm surprised someone even thought an ap like this would be useful in the first place. Link to post Share on other sites
Ex_Matt 0 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 yah. i'm surprised someone even thought an ap like this would be useful in the first place.They thought of the ap to make money. . . Link to post Share on other sites
XXEddie 0 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Dude, the casinos I go to wont let you use cell phones while playing 3-card poker, much less effing blackjack. lol.Do any casinos let you? When I went to Casino Windsor you couldnt even touch your cell phone while at ANY table, even to check the time. You had to stand up and step away from the table.....which of course wouldn't be obvious at all.... Link to post Share on other sites
RsHwK 0 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Do any casinos let you? When I went to Casino Windsor you couldnt even touch your cell phone while at ANY table, even to check the time. You had to stand up and step away from the table.....which of course wouldn't be obvious at all....Same here, I'm a blackjack and poker regular around my casino, so some of the more friendly dealers that know me let me get away with using it quickly from time to time, but I'm pretty sure this "stealthy" program wouldn't be so stealthy when trying to use it.Knowing my luck, I would somehow screw it up and end up betting big when I shouldn't.Stick to the blackjack charts imo, unless your one of the lucky bastards who are smart enough to count cards efficiently. Link to post Share on other sites
Shark527 0 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 My local casino doesn't allow cell phones at the poker tables anymore either, you have to walk outside the "ropes" to check messages. They just started this a few months ago. Link to post Share on other sites
GWCGWC 83 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 yah. i'm surprised someone even thought an ap like this would be useful in the first place.I'm surprised the application was approved by Apple. They rejected the bouncing boobs ap for tits sakes. Link to post Share on other sites
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