I'm
very leery, Flyboy, on how far down this road I
want to travel in regard to juicing a deck, especially
in providing a "How-to" guide. For the
curious though, here's an explanation of what our
future felon is talking about.
To
the untrained eye, a juiced deck looks normal,
but for the knowing eye, it's as though the cards
are being dealt face up, and legible from as far
as 15 feet away. No special gimmicked sunglasses
or contact lenses are needed, as would be required
for luminous marked cards, no black-light or satellite
spy-rays, but some practice is needed to read
the marks.
The
juice marking system has been in use by both magicians
and card cheats for many years. Do an EBay search
of "juice" and "cards" and
here's what you will find: Professional Marked
JUICED BEE Cards - Brand New. Buy it Now: $24.95.
I've
even seen one offer that states that juicing a
deck is totally legal in casinos. That individual
has wrongly interpreted what the courts have said.
For example, the Nevada Supreme Court, as well
as courts in other gambling states, has ruled
that "advantage gambling," (techniques
like shuffle tracking), is legal. You can use
normal intelligence much as would a poker player
use thoughtful observation in watching other players.
BUT manipulating cards, in any shape or form,
is NOT a protected form of innocent fun.
Suspicious
play, Flyboy, (and that does include winning),
can warrant a deck being pulled off the game and
inspected. I was trained to look for bends, crimps,
bumps, scratches, inks, pigments, the latest in
shade technologies, etc., and I suspect most pit
bosses worth their salt have been as well.
Once
thoroughly inspected, the used decks have holes
punched through the middle, corners cut off, or
large black spots applied, so they can be sold
to tourists in a casino gift shop. By thus castrating
the used deck, the casino prevents its return
to the tables as a newly bought, casino-provided
crowbar for prying open the casino's safe.
Hey,
Flyboy, I've heard from a reliable source that
the clink in the county where you plan on playing
serves up a mean omelet, made with real eggs,
on alternate Sundays. Tempted?
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