Do the casinos tell the dealers to cheat the customer?
Ron T. If you follow my column regularly, Ron, you will notice my commentary ordinarily puts me on the side of the player. With machete in hand, I am always willing to slash through the green felt jungle for my readers. Most would call me a casino adversary/player advocate. Thank you. But in the case of a casino cheating a player, Ron, I would be remiss if I didn’t say with 100 percent conviction that the casinos are in no way out to cheat you. There are two key reasons why casinos don’t play the game of deception. First, most casinos are publicly traded companies on the NYSE not interested in exposing their gaming license to loss with any inkling of cheating going on. Also, here in Nevada, you won’t find a more regulated industry chock-full of rules that would close a casino down for defrauding the public. A second, if not even more significant reason, is the way casinos reap their profits-paying players less than the true odds. Meaning, every game offered to the player is mathematica
