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For those, who plan to count cards in the casino

So what do you do if the worst happens? If you’re sitting at a blackjack table and the pit boss comes over and reads you the riot act?

The best thing to do is leave the casino, immediately. If you’re being 86′d, you’ll first get an escort by casino security to the cashier’s cage to cash in your chips, followed by an escort to the nearest doorway. Say as little as possible, or say nothing at all other than that you have a desire to leave. Don’t resist - there’s no gain to be had by remaining in a casino that’s barring you from play, backing you off, or changing procedures so much that it no longer offers a game worth playing.

Going back a few years, barrings and back offs would involve hustling a card counter off into a back room and then detaining that person for some time against his or her will. Interrogations sometimes included verbal abuse, and some even became physical confrontations before the counter was then ejected from the premises. These incidents truly upheld the “wild” in Wild West, and thankfully were more prevalent in the days before major corporations owned Las Vegas. Nowadays, with law-suits as popular as they are, most major corporations have too much to lose to endorse or encourage the physical harassment of advantage players. But how any particular member of any given corporation, such as a security guard, for instance, handles himself in a heated situation depends on his character. Keep in mind, too, that not all Nevada casinos are owned by Fortune 500 companies. There are many around today that in the not-too-distant past have been slapped with six-figure law-suits from card counters seeking compensation for damages suffered as a result of harassment.

To be continued…