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<H2 align="right">Cheating at Blackjack - FAQ</H2>
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<P><STRONG>What is a bustout dealer?</STRONG></P>
<P>A bustout dealer is typically a professional blackjack cheat employed by a
crooked casino or bustout joint. Such dealers were also employed by legitimate
casinos in Las Vegas through the early years, when gaming regulations were not
yet in place and most casinos were operated by the mob; those casinos would
usually send out their bustout dealer only when a player with a big bankroll
walked in. Bustout dealers are often independent contractors that split the
profit with the casino.</P>
<P>Also see our <A href="bjrules_frs.shtml">blackjack rules</A> page.</P>
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<P><STRONG>What is a bustout joint?</STRONG></P>
<P>A bustout joint is a crooked gambling establishment, usually an after hours
club or any other gambling den that is not regulated by a state gaming control
commission. </P>
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<P><STRONG>Do casinos still employ bustout dealers?</STRONG></P>
<P>Legitimate casinos in Las Vegas, Atlantic City and other highly regulated gaming
towns in the US no longer employ bustout dealers. However, any illegal gambling
establishment is likely to have a bustout dealer on call, or cheat the players
through various other means.</P>
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<P><STRONG>Do players have any chance of beating a bustout dealer?</STRONG></P>
<P>No chance! Playing against a bustout dealer is best compared with playing against
a three card monte mob.</P>
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<P><STRONG>Can the players win any bets at all?</STRONG></P>
<P>Players will win occasional individual bets. In fact, in a real bustout joint
they have to allow the players to win occasionally, otherwise players will soon
become suspicious. In our simulated game the dealer can only take advantage
of the opportunities whenever they present themselves. If an opportunity does
not happen to present itself during an individual round that this particular
round is left to chance. A legitimate casino blackjack game has a small edge
over the players; typically 0.11% to 0.44% if the players follow proper basic
strategy. If the players do not follow proper basic strategy the house edge
gets increased to 5% or even above 8%. A bustout game has an edge well over
80% against the players, if the dealer takes advantage of every opportunity.
By comparison a legitimate game of pure chance, such as tossing a coin for heads
or tails, should have a 0% advantage or disadvantage, because there is an equal
chance to win or lose.</P>
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<P><STRONG>What is a casino nights event?</STRONG></P>
<P>A casino nights event is a party with a casino theme. Those events are also
known as <EM>Las Vegas nights</EM>, <EM>Monte Carlo nights</EM> etc. Casino
nights events are often organized as a form of fund raisers; players buy-in
gambling chips to play casino games, but it is understood that the buy-in is
a donation. However, to provide an incentive for people to make donations there
usually are prizes for people who manage to win the largest amounts of chips
throughout the evening.</P>
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<P><STRONG>Since you provide a dealer who cheats, wouldn't that be counter-intuitive
for payers who wish to win prizes?</STRONG></P>
<P>Not true! Our bustout dealer presentation is a separate affair that may be
integrated with a casino nights fund raiser, but it is operated as a separate
game altogether. Our bustout table is operated with separate gaming chips that
do not resemble the chips used on other tables. In fact the chips used for the
fund raiser will not be accepted at the bustout table, and vice versa. By using
separate gaming chips our bustout game will not interfere in any way with your
casino nights fund raiser.</P>
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<P><STRONG>Do you teach people how to cheat at blackjack?</STRONG></P>
<P>No. Even if we wanted to teach people how to cheat we could not do it during
a brief demo session. The demo session if very informative, but people will
realize that it requires real skill to execute the cheating maneuvers. These
manipulations can only be learned after many years of dedicated practice.</P>
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