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Is it illegal to count cards at blackjack?

Card counting is NOT illegal under federal, state and local laws in the United States as long as players don't use any external card-counting device or people who assist them in counting cards. In their effort to identify card counters, casinos can ban players believed to be counters — sort of.

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Mark Pilarski

Special to the Detroit Free Press

QUESTION: When it comes to blackjack, why is counting cards considered a form of cheating? I see it as a case of someone being very good at the game. In my view, it's no different from a poker player who is skilled at bluffing and reading the body language and facial expressions of others at the table. — Gary P. ANSWER: When it comes to counting cards, you don’t need to be a math whiz. All card counting does is establish mathematically the degree to which the as-yet-undealt deck favors the dealer or the player. Counters do this by tracking the changing imbalance of big and little cards in a diminishing deck. Card counters theoretically have an advantage of anywhere from 0.5% to 1.5% over the casino. A deck rich with high cards (10, jack, queen, king, ace) favors the player, whereas an excess of low cards (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) favors the dealer. When that ratio favors the counting player, he or she bets more money; when it favors the dealer, the counter bets less. Your implied assertion, Gary, that counting cards is considered a form of cheating is erroneous. Card counting is NOT illegal under federal, state and local laws in the United States as long as players don't use any external card-counting device or people who assist them in counting cards. In their effort to identify card counters, casinos can ban players believed to be counters — sort of. It depends on where you are playing. For instance, in Atlantic City, casinos will let you take a whack at counting cards — again, sort of. The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that players cannot be discriminated against because of their playing skills (counting), even if they're detected.

Mark Pilarski: Craps games are strange in California

As a result, Jersey shore casinos employ countermeasures to hinder card counters. They try to impede a card-counting blackjack player by using eight-deck shoes, shuffling at will to thwart bet variance and instructing the dealers to move the cut card near the top of the shoe. In Nevada, before you sit down at a blackjack table, you're expected to check your brain at the door. There, laws allow casinos to operate somewhat like a private club, so plan on being asked to leave for using your cerebral matter. Though counting isn't technically illegal, casinos in Nevada bar counters from playing blackjack by backing them off games. Counters can expect a pit boss to come up to them and unsympathetically say: “We appreciate your business, but we are going to ask you to stop playing blackjack here. Feel free to play any of the other table games that we offer.” Translated, that means go play any other game that has a much higher house edge. Mark Pilarski is a contributing editor for numerous gambling publications. E-mail questions to pilarski@markpilarski.com.

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What does monkey mean in blackjack?

Blackjack Monkey Meaning When a player calls for a monkey, he is begging the blackjack dealer to give him a ten or a face card (so, a ten, jack, queen, or king).

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There you are, sitting at a blackjack table in your local casino, when, all of a sudden, the player next to you starts shouting: “Monkey! Monkey!” Startled, you look around, fearing a mischievous macaque or an amorous ape is on the loose somewhere on the casino floor. There would be mayhem, with tables upturned; chairs, chips, and cash sent flying. But then you realize no-one else seems at all concerned that there should be a monkey running amok. And the dealer at your table is carrying on as if nothing is out of the ordinary. Even the player who was shouting earnestly just moments earlier is now quiet again, draining his cocktail. Rather than appear ignorant, you lean towards the dealer and ask what it is you’re missing. It turns out “monkey” is a slang expression some players shout before their next card is dealt.

Blackjack Monkey Meaning

When a player calls for a monkey, he is begging the blackjack dealer to give him a ten or a face card (so, a ten, jack, queen, or king). If, for example, the player’s first card is an ace, then he might shout: “Monkey!” as the dealer comes round to dealing his second card, hoping it will bring good fortune and a value ten-card, making a winning blackjack. Or, if the player doubles down on 11, he might shout monkey, hoping to hit a ten and make 21.

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