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[00:00] the game is rigged. But is it? I'm going to share with you what casinos do, the actually works. Joe the Gambler wants to know that while he's had winning nights,
[00:15] why is he just so unlucky at the blackjack tables? But before I answer it, why don't you put below in the comments the first thing that comes to mind, and then we'll see if you're right. Usually Joe the Gambler has
[00:27] the dealer, you win. When the dealer has a better hand than you, you lose. When you have the same hand, you push. Nobody wins or loses. But what happens when
[00:39] both you and the dealer bust? You still lose. You see, the game is designed in a way to have a builtin disadvantage against the player. And that isn't enough for the casinos. As some smart players figure out how to use some of
[00:54] the rules to their advantage, casinos then limit or remove those rules. Here's an example. Back in the day, Atlantic City had a rule called early surrender, which meant that you could give up half of your bet if you didn't like your hand
[01:06] before the casino even checked to see if they had a blackjack. A very small percentage of people learned how to play that game so that they had the advantage because of that rule. What did the casinos do? They removed the rule.
[01:18] It was around the beginning of December of 79. They accidentally gave the player just played as many hours they possibly could cuz every day there was a rumor
[01:30] this will be the last day. How long can this go on? We increased our bankroll in 13 days from 40 to 100,000. One day resorts actually had a losing day you on a blackjack or dealers standing on a soft 17. The casinos are removing the
[01:48] rules that are better for the player so they can keep a larger edge against the dealer. Imagine you have an 11 against a dealer six. You can double down, and
[02:01] that gives you a 67% advantage on that hand. But then again, the casinos limit our double downs. You can only double down on your first two cards. You can only double down to the amount that you originally bet. All of this stuff, the
[02:14] that a pair of aces is good for the player. So, some casinos won't even let you split a pair of aces. Other casinos you can split, but you only get one card. You can't hit to it. You can't double down. They limit you to their
[02:29] advantage. There's another hand that gives a player a huge advantage. Can you think of it? It's a blackjack. If the dealer gets a blackjack, we lose our bet. But if we get one, we get more than our bet on a blackjack. Usually 1.5
[02:44] times our original bet. But the casino wants more of Joe's money. So, they've started installing six to five blackjack tables so they can get as much out of you as possible. It's incredibly important for Joe to know that the
[02:57] casinos do not want winners. So, they're going to set up the game in a way to try to limit players from ever beating them. But Joe is not a victim. He's done research and has come up with a plan. [music] One time at a table Joe was
[03:10] playing at, a player came up with a strategy to counteract the fact that the player loses when both he and the dealer bust. Joe is playing proper basic bust, he would stay on it [music] and he was winning. This actually comes from a
[03:26] and said, "Is this a viable strategy? Can I just not hit hands where I might bust so that I can beat the casino by letting them bust?" No. It turns out you
[03:39] lose money eight times faster with the no bust strategy compared to basic strategy. This is one of the worst strategies anyone tries to employ at a blackjack table in a casino. We break down all the math in another video, but
[03:53] sustainable. And you are guaranteed to lose your money way faster using this strategy than not using it. But Joe's not trying to be greedy at the table. He just wants to win a little bit every time he goes to the casino. So his new
[04:08] plan is to quit while he's ahead. This is an interesting strategy that I hear a lot. Plenty of people when you're playing at the casino, you're up at some and you're thinking, I just need to quit while I'm ahead. The interesting thing
[04:24] is the odds of being up something like three bets is about 75%. You can quit while you're ahead a few bets, and simply not come back. But the thing is, you have to never come back. What if you come back to the casino on another day
[04:38] and just try to do this again? The second time you come back, if you try to be up another three bets, then that's actually trying to be up six bets. Try to do it a third time, that's being up nine bets. The cards at the table don't
[04:50] care when you start and stop again. You can't trick the odds into forgetting about you. Saying you want to always win just a few bets every time you go to the casino is saying you want to have an infinitely large winning streak. It's
[05:02] statistically not possible. Every hand of blackjack you [music] play is increasing towards this long run of the odds working out. And like we already said, the odds are stacked against you. Not to be dissuaded, Joe has heard other
[05:15] things like progressive betting, making sure you're always playing with quality don't mess up the flow of the cards. But none of these stand up against the
[05:27] mathematics of the game. Now, we're back to square one. It's all rigged. But there is a strategy based on math and logic that is perfectly legal and it
[05:40] works. Like I said earlier, I've run teams responsible for being casinos for millions of dollars and we did it with card counting. It's not easy. Casinos do not like it, but it does work. Find out how and why in this video.