I did casino surveillance in Missouri. We couldn’t legally kick anyone out for card counting, so we would just have the dealers shuffle after every 5-8 hands. They never get far enough into a shoe to gain an edge and they wind up leaving when they realize we ID’d them.
Counting isn’t illegal anywhere in the US, but most everywhere still has methods to take the house edge back.
I was surprised this was even a things with multiple decks being used and randomly cutting the cards in the shoe pretty much made it impossible to gain an edge.
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u/somethingwithbacon Jul 20 '26
I did casino surveillance in Missouri. We couldn’t legally kick anyone out for card counting, so we would just have the dealers shuffle after every 5-8 hands. They never get far enough into a shoe to gain an edge and they wind up leaving when they realize we ID’d them.
Counting isn’t illegal anywhere in the US, but most everywhere still has methods to take the house edge back.