I-PHONE CARD COUNTING
20 February 2009
This phone has an application in real world
gambling - but not in Vegas!
The ubiquitous and applications-heavy iPhone has just
been fingered by Las Vegas casino regulators as a card
counting medium that operators need to watch carefully.
Las Vegas casino operators are on the lookout for
blackjack cheaters using a card-counting iPhone
application, reports Associated Press. Nevada State
gaming control officials have sent warnings to casinos
about card-counting software that turns iPhone smart
mobile telephones or iPod Touch MP3 players into illegal
[in Nevada] tools for beating the odds at blackjack
tables.
"Once this program is installed on the
phone through the iTunes website it can make counting
cards easy," Nevada gaming control board member Randall
Sayre wrote in a February 5 letter to casino operators.
"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
AP report claims that players using the program simply
tap a virtual button on the screen each time a card 10
or higher is turned up and tap a different button for
lower-value cards. A mini-software program continually
updates a "true count," which with one peek can provide
feedback regarding a player's chances of winning by
getting cards with total values that are closest to 21
points without exceeding that amount.
Nevada
officials said they were tipped off that players in
American Indian-run casinos in Northern California have
been using the card-counting software on the popular
Apple devices.
Online Casino News Courtesy of
Infopowa
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