Casinos Warn iPhone Card-Counting App is Illegal

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Casinos Warn iPhone Card-Counting App is Illegal

Posted by timothy on Tuesday February 17, 2009 @04:03AM from the you-may-only-use-your-regular-brain dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Gaming commissions in Nevada are informing casinos that a new card counting program has made its way to the Apple iPhone, called Hi Lo. This program can be used in the Stealth Mode. When the program is used in the Stealth Mode the screen of the phone will remain shut off, and as long as the user knows where the keys are located the program can be run effortlessly without detection. Randall Sayre, of the Nevada Gaming Commission says 'Use of this type of program or possession of a device with this type of program on it (with the intent to use it), in a licensed gaming establishment, is a violation of NRS 465.075.'"

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awww poor casinos by nnnich · 2009-02-17 04:05 · Score: 5, Funny

they no like a makey no money

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1. Re:awww poor casinos by Anonymous Coward · 2009-02-17 04:39 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Nicky Santoro: A lot of holes in the desert, and a lot of problems are buried in those holes. But you gotta do it right. I mean, you gotta have the hole already dug before you show up with a package in the trunk. Otherwise, you're talking about a half-hour to forty-five minutes worth of digging. And who knows who's gonna come along in that time? Pretty soon, you gotta dig a few more holes. You could be there all fuckin' night.
2. Re:awww poor casinos by mweather · 2009-02-17 05:08 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Do you have something better than pole dancers to spend it on? I doubt it.
3. Re:awww poor casinos by moondawg14 · 2009-02-17 05:49 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  -- the way the other players play has no effect on your odds of winning.
  WRONG. If another player is playing poorly, he is affecting how the cards come out of the deck. For instance, if another player "hits" on a 20, and takes the Jack that would have (should have) accompanied your Ace, he has most definitely played in a way that affect your odds of winning.
  In fact, most blackjack players are expecting you to play the "basic strategy" and will get miffed if you don't.
4. Re:awww poor casinos by phulegart · 2009-02-17 06:03 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  hmm.... let's see.
  Hookers? You get more action from them than a tease from a pole dancer.
  Food? Better buy than pole dancer time.
  Umm.. maybe spend more money gambling, and less on bimbos who won't put out?
  
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5. Re:awww poor casinos by Lars+T. · 2009-02-17 06:15 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  He could buy a iPhone, the counting app, and then count effectively even when distracted!
  
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6. Re:awww poor casinos by Zwicky · 2009-02-17 06:26 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  some of the $15 black jack tables had pole dancers in the middle of the tables!...free drinks
  In fact, forget the... wait, which one of these can I do without?
  
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7. Re:awww poor casinos by Mister_Stoopid · 2009-02-17 06:40 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  If you can't play a profitable game of blackjack while also watching the pole dancer in the middle of the table, you need more practice.
8. Re:awww poor casinos by blair1q · 2009-02-17 07:06 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  You know the rules going in.
  The casinos promise not to cheat you.
  You promise not to cheat the casinos.
  The Gaming Commission is the referee.
  You don't like it? Stay the fuck home.
9. Re:awww poor casinos by spacefiddle · 2009-02-17 07:29 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  At which?
  
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10. Re:awww poor casinos by commodoresloat · 2009-02-17 16:21 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  When your friend got to his car, was there a hook hanging from the door handle?
  Yes, and the tip of the hook was actually an AIDS-infected needle. It didn't matter though, when he drove the car he flicked his brights at someone who didn't have their headlights on; turned out it was a gang initiation so the guy in the car shot him.
Re:This app is for those of us... by kcbanner · 2009-02-17 04:07 · Score: 3, Funny

No kidding. I mean I've watched 21 and that episode of Hustle...those casino folks don't joke around!

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Hi Lo? by Samschnooks · 2009-02-17 04:08 · Score: 4, Funny

They couldn't call it "Rainman"?
1. Re:Hi Lo? by jornak · 2009-02-17 04:11 · Score: 0, Funny
  
  They d-d-definitely, d-definitely could definitely have called it that.
2. Re:Hi Lo? by D-Cypell · 2009-02-17 05:00 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  iManexcellentdriver
What? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-02-17 04:10 · Score: 0, Funny

No I'm not counting cards, I'm masturbating.
Re:How to use in stealth mode? by eln · 2009-02-17 04:27 · Score: 4, Funny

Moot point. If you play with your hands in your pocket you will get busted.
Good advice for any occasion, not just gambling!
Do you want to cheat at cards? by MillionthMonkey · 2009-02-17 04:38 · Score: 4, Funny

There's an app for that!
Re:How to use in stealth mode? by hansamurai · 2009-02-17 05:12 · Score: 4, Funny

Someone above mentioned blackjack tables with pole dancers, just head to one of those tables, they won't wonder why you're playing pocketed then.

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Re:foot input, blue-tooth ear voice output by fucket · 2009-02-17 05:35 · Score: 2, Funny

Time to break out the Kegelcizer?
Re:How to use in stealth mode? by Lumpy · 2009-02-17 06:44 · Score: 4, Funny

The iphone battery explodes when it's time to be all in.

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Re:Plagiarism by SirGarlon · 2009-02-17 07:01 · Score: 3, Funny

Who's to say TechFragments plagiarized Wikipedia, and not the other way around?

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Re:Illegal inside a casino by the+phantom · 2009-02-17 07:27 · Score: 3, Funny

Stay out of Vegas and Reno.
But... but... I live in Reno!

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