Is card counting illegal?
– As it noted several times in the book, counting cards is not illegal by law. It is illegal to use devices, calculators, etc., to count cards, but as long as you are using your grape you are ok. That said, the casinos have the right to “ban” card counters from the casino. Banned card counters are tracked by most of the casinos by a firm that organizes this info. – Did they get in trouble? – Despite the fact that card counting is not illegal, the casinos have the right to kick you out of the casino, and obviously the Las Vegas law enforcement community isn’t too concerned over the legal rights of card counters. Casinos do try tactics to “rough up” card counters: taking them to rooms with no cameras and harassing them. These guys had several run-ins with casino security – basically the last quarter of the book is dedicated to stories of these guys getting busted. In the end, the original blackjack team was known by just about every casino. – Are they still doing this? – The word on the
