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Casinos Warn iPhone Card-Counting App is Illegal

Posted by timothy on 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.'"

2 of 462 comments (clear)

  1. Re:From TFA by smooth+wombat · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So is it illegal to have it? Or just have the intent to use it?

    Both. According to the gaming laws in Nevada:

    NRS 465.075 Use of device for calculating probabilities. It is unlawful for any person at a licensed gaming establishment to use, or possess with the intent to use, any device to assist:
    1. In projecting the outcome of the game;
    2. In keeping track of the cards played;
    3. In analyzing the probability of the occurrence of an event relating to the game; or
    4. In analyzing the strategy for playing or betting to be used in the game,
    Ê except as permitted by the Commission.
    (Added to NRS by 1985, 970)

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    We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
  2. Re:awww poor casinos by Knara · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Yes.