Ooops !

[BillyJoe]

Saw this article today. I wonder if any of the 'advantage' players on this site were able to jump in on this one. Where is Frank Kneeland, anyway ???


ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - At first, it seemed like a coincidence, the kind of thing that happens from time to time at a casino, where the same number or same sequence of cards happens twice in a row.
But when the players at an April game of mini-baccarat at the Golden Nugget Atlantic City kept seeing the same sequence of cards dealt, over and over and over again, their eyes grew wide and their bets grew bigger, zooming from $10 a hand to $5,000.
Forty-one consecutive winning hands later, the 14 players had racked up more than $1.5 million in winnings — surrounded by casino security convinced they had cheated but unable to prove how.
In a lawsuit against a Kansas City playing card manufacturer, the Golden Nugget contends the cards were unshuffled, despite being promised to be pre-shuffled and ready to use.

[JIMDUECE`SWILD]

  
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news ... a6787.html

[Ava&Noma sNonni]

Not familiar with mini-baccarat rules, but could not the dealer have stopped the game after 3-4 deals when it became apparent the same sequence of cards was being dealt?

[yankees4ever31]

I'm sure the casino would have been just as upset and forthcoming if it were the other way around

[mendon]

Where was the eye in the sky?

[pinoyaces]

I saw a guy at Goldcoast playing VP 5 Play hold like 3 aces and wind up with five IDENTICAL hands of 4 aces and a deuce.  He was playing for small money, but still, that seemed QUITE a coincidence to he and I. 

[Quad Deuces]

I saw a guy at Goldcoast playing VP 5 Play hold like 3 aces and wind up with five IDENTICAL hands of 4 aces and a deuce.  He was playing for small money, but still, that seemed QUITE a coincidence to he and I.  I'd love to see a picture of that.  I take it you didn't deem it worthy of a photo.

[BillyJoe]

Not familiar with mini-baccarat rules, but could not the dealer have stopped the game after 3-4 deals when it became apparent the same sequence of cards was being dealt?
I would blame the pit boss. When those bets jumped to $5k, as the article said,  the pit boss should have been all over that table. If he saw one hand won with that type of betting increase, he should have changed cards. Dealers get in a 'fog' sometimes, and may not realize how many wins in a row they dealt. The pit boss sure should, though.  I do not play table games that much, but I have seen pit bosses drift over when bets get larger in the middle of a shoe.

[JIMDUECE`SWILD]

 
 
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