Winstar Casino Blackjack Ante
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I did notice that several threads discussed the abhorrent ante (or rake) that tribes are required to charge in Oklahoma. So I thought I would post this from Mike Shackleford had to say about computation of increased house edge on indian casinos. 'I was visiting an Indian casino the other day where the blackjack minimum bet was $2, but for each bet. I get up, this is enough, I can handle the $.50 ante as bad as the dealers are, but the players are killers. I go to one of the other themed casinos down $70 (including the antes) and find 10 tables with $10 to $50, $25 to $100, and $50 to $200. The casino has a total of The Winstar World Casino & Resort is located at Thackerville, in Oklahoma. The casino has a total of over 8,500 slot machines and 100 table games such as 3-Card Poker, Blackjack, EZ Baccarat, Pai Gow Poker, Poker game, Ultimate Texas Hold'em and many more. There is also bingo and off-track betting terminals.
I cannnot go there and even play a leisurely game at the $5.00 minimum table. We just seem to lose and lose and lose. I want to repeat that I am a very experienced player, aware of bad streaks and the possibility of losing 10,15 or more hands in a row. But this is rediculous. I wrote the gaming commission, but I am already aware of the setup in Oklahoma and know it will fall upon deaf ears.
Could the machines be set up where once 'card-rich' hands that lean towards the house began to be shuffled into the machines in away that really increase the houses chance of winning. I play almost 99% by the mathmatics of the game.
i truly believe that one day it will be proven that somehow those shuffling machines are rigged.
Not one more .50 cent ante from me. I am done.
Would they? My knee-jerk answer is 'no'.
It's easy enough for a casino to implement rules to give themselves a higher house edge, that to risk bad publicity and possible loss of their gambling license on a rigged shuffler.
Then again, if it's an Indian casino, even if caught, would they lose their license? Possibly not, which may increase the odds that they actually did it.
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First, the machines cost $1,000's to purchase, and you can never get the full spec on how they work. So even if you had your own technician, he would need to know exactly how the machine worked to be able to alter it. He could end up making a very expensive paperweight if he got it wrong.
Next, what logic do you give the shoe? Give all the players hard 17-20 and the dealer blackjack? Unlikely that sort of logic would work.
Also the shoe outputs clumps of cards, so there is always a card ready to be drawn, you would need to plan in advance for it work, how many players are playing, how many boxes are open, what if a player leaves, splits tens, or doubles down on a hard 15?
All these make it so remote, its not even worth doing. The time and investment spent does not outweigh the gain, on a game that already makes money.
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Are you paying a 50 cent ante, playing $5 BJ and somehow expecting to win ? If you are stay away from that firewater LOL
Not one more .50 cent ante from me. I am done.
Help me out, forum. Is there a blackjack game where you have to pay a fee for the right to play the game? And people complain about 6:5?
In my wildest dreams I could not envision playing ONE hand where I had to pay an 'ante'. Yuma- it is possible you have had disproportionately bad hands, but if you are really paying an 'ante' you have NO CHANCE.
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