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The question being asked today is what is the future of card counters in twenty-one. are the times of counting cards over? Many would say yes.

Automated shuffling is being used in casinos today which makes shuffle tracking or card counting futile. The land based betting houses are going to place shuffling machines at the tables.

It’s stated that in places like sin city, video cameras are being utilized to analyze the abilities of the gamblers and intelligent chemin de fer tables that keep tracks of gamblers hands and strategies utilizing magnetic chips.

The Nevada State Gaming Commission, an group that safeguards honest gaming has made a decision that casinos may not change the games in a way that would affect the frequency of the pay outs. Since then, many Nevada brick and mortar casinos train their dealers to count cards and shuffle as they please, also a wide variety of casinos keeps information on card count, this information consists of names and pictures to try and keep them from playing the game.

So what will be the future of this chemin de fer "battle"? is it just starting or will it before long reach an end? Regardless of all their most recent technology, political and money influences, I have reason to believe there remains a hope for a happy result. With more than twenty-five states in the US allowing blackjack games, there are more money making possibilities for card counters than back in the good ole’ days.