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Originally Posted by Skip Towne
Alyhough counting cards does improve your chances to winit really isn't of much use. It is against the rules at every casino I know of. If they catch you doing it they will boot your ass. You may even get a visit from Guido.
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If done correctly it's a surefire way to break the bank.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Blackjack_Team
The basic principle is that if you know what cards are left in the deck you can compute your odds of winning and sometimes those odds exceed 50% by a significant margin. Most of the time you play as normal with small bets but when your odds are higher that's when you make your big bets and the winnings from those bets should more than cover the losses from the normal odds bets.
This essentially means that mathematically you win over the long run.