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OT -- bot dealers in poker and blackjack

Posted By: Stick
Date: Sunday, 20 March 2011, at 5:58 p.m.

In Response To: OT -- bot dealers in poker and blackjack (Chuck Bower)

Vegas originally tried to play the automatic blackjack dealer card (these are called automatic shuffling machines or ASM for short) but lost too much business on the whole to put them in to use. (they're quite expensive too) The ASM reshuffles before every deal.

Bot dealt poker has been implemented in a few places and well received enough, even with everything computer driven - you bet on a screen, there are no chips, there are no cards. While you get your cards quicker you still need to have a 'dealer' present to oversee things. Also, like with backgammon and how some feel about using the Meyer Dice Tube for example, it just takes something away from the game to not actually receive and squeeze your hole cards or drag in a massive pot.

Stick

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