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Optical Recognition System To Foil Card Counting?

Posted by michael on from the house-always-wins dept.

Adair writes "Wired is running this article about a new Optical Recognition System by MindPlay being evaluated by some casinos to keep constant track of table game play in order to identify card counters by their patterns of play. The software, using 14 digital cameras around the table, can keep track of every card played, amounts bet, and even tell the difference between your drink, napkin, cards, chips, and ashtrays."

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  1. heh by K. · · Score: 3, Funny

    They're going to use a card counting system to defeat card counters. Oh the irony.

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  2. Ob. quote by sonicattack · · Score: 4, Funny

    Charlie: Now casinos have house rules: they don't like to lose. So you never show that you're counting cards. That is *the* cardinal sin, Ray.

    Raymond: Counting cards is bad.

    Charlie: Yes.

    Raymond: I like to drive slow on the driveway.

    Charlie: If you get this right, Ray, you can drive anywhere you want as slow as you want.

  3. Cards and drinks by CGP314 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The software ... can keep track of every card played, amounts bet, and even tell the difference between your drink, napkin, cards, chips, and ashtrays

    Well if its supposed to be counting cards, I would hope it could tell the difference between a jack of spades and a jack of daniels.

  4. Great! by rylin · · Score: 5, Funny
    "The software .. even tell the difference between your drink, napkin, cards, chips, and ashtrays."

    Great!
    Hopefully it'll warn me the next time I try drinking from an ashtray

  5. Choice Quote by spRed · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Our supervisors were spending 42 percent of their time giving us inaccurate information,"
    As reported by the supervisors?

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  6. Technology marches on by worst_name_ever · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...and even tell the difference between your drink, napkin, cards, chips, and ashtrays

    And thus, the robots have finally surpassed the cognitive abilities of drunken gambling addicts.

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  7. Aaawh Crap! by mrselfdestrukt · · Score: 4, Funny

    > and even tell the difference between your drink, napkin, cards, chips, and ashtrays.

    And I used to make quite a bundle by slipping in a ashtray or a drink into my cards and getting a full house and then blaming my napkin-looking wife for it...

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  8. Re:Marked Deck! by poot_rootbeer · · Score: 2, Funny


    Of COURSE the deck is marked -- it would be hard to tell how well you're doing if every card were blank.

  9. Re:What's wrong with counting anyway...?!?! by Jucius+Maximus · · Score: 4, Funny
    "It is possible to get on a 'winning streak' where lady luck seems to be helping you out, and when that happens the smart thing to do is ride that streak until it ends and you lose a hand or two and then take your winnings and leave."

    I'm riding a winning streak right now!

    Interesting Thing about Sobig... (Score:5, Funny)
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    I reckon I should pop down to a casino after work... this could be my lucky day!