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Blackjack Background
Blackjack is the most popular casino gambling game in the world. As a family
game at home it is More commonly known as Pontoon or Twenty-One; but when it
is taken into the casino the rules Of the game are modified, though the
objective of achieving a total nearer to 21 than the bank (or, in this case,
the casino) remains the same. But more importantly - and in addition to a
cluster of qualities that make it extremely entertaining in its own right -
Blackjack enjoys a uniqueness among casino games that is beyond compare. It
is this:
At the beginning of the 1960s - aided by the advent of the computer - one or
two ingenious and mathematically-minded American academics pioneered the
miracle-like discovery that the casino Card game, Blackjack, could actually
be beaten. This most astonishing origination was achieved by using special,
ultra-correct premium playing techniques and staking strategies that between
them, were capable of overturning the otherwise natural house edge. In
everyday terms, this meant the Player (that is, the skilled and
knowledgeable player) was able to gain a significant and continuous Winning
edge over the casino. All of a sudden - for the informed and privileged
player - it was as if every day was nothing short of being a bumper bonus
pay day!
This discovery was of course unprecedented. In its way, it sent shock waves
around the gaming world that are in effect, still being felt today. For here
- all of a sudden - was a situation that defied belief. And yet it was true.
Computer research had proved it. The evidence was there for all to see.
Moreover the exact same computer-generated techniques and strategies were
proven to work where it really mattered, at the Blackjack tables themselves.
In no other casino game where the player plays against the house does such
an opportunity exist. Not now. Not ever. This situation is unique to
Blackjack. And from that day to this, individuals and groups of individuals
have made - and continue to make - vast amounts of money from the game of
Blackjack.
In simple terms, the knowledge that’s required to bring about a winning
strategy actually alters or sees to it that the natural odds of the game are
rewritten, so that the skilled player can confidently and successfully take
advantage of an edge in the play that is normally only reserved for the
casino.
In effect the skilled player legitimately moves the goalposts. Ultimately he
REMOVES the gamble. Instead, his actions become those of investment because
- by applying the correct playing techniques and staking strategies - he
positions himself firmly on the right side of the odds.
And, given the fullness of time, he is mathematically certain to achieve
financial gain just as he is in any other form of correctly managed business
yielding a fixed return.
Casinos, of course, are aware of the capabilities of the skilled player. But
to redraw the rules of the game - in any attempt to eliminate the skilled
player so that he might no longer extract an advantage over the casino -
would dramatically alter the overall odds presently on offer to the
UNSKILLED player (who, incidentally, makes up 99.99% and more of all
Blackjack players) and the game would Immediately lose its mass appeal. This
is something the casinos simply cannot afford to let happen. Thus, the cross
they have to bear is the threat that is constantly posed to them by the
skilled player.
But you know, the incredible fact remains that even today (some thirty-five
years on from that first amazing mathematical breakthrough) very few people
in the world are actually aware of, never mind privy to, this extraordinary
winning and earning opportunity… and the methods by which It may be brought
about.
For reasons too obvious to mention, the most successful of these methods
have continued to remain closely guarded secrets down the years. That is,
until now.
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