Is It Ethical for Casinos To Alter The Conditions Of A Game To Break A Winning Streak?

Quote: RonC

I'm rolling the dice. I am on a monster roll. Everything is going right. The bets are made, the dice move, and the bets are paid. It is almost like clockwork because the dealers are doing a great job keeping the pace of the game--just as they had a few minutes before when everyone was on a losing streak. Same steady conditions until...you pick one or add one of your own...a fill suddenly arrives at a weird interval, a floor person takes extra long to make a determination about a bet, the cheques suddenly need a count verified, the dealers suddenly get slower, etc.

Is it ethical for a casino to INTENTIONALLY change the speed of play in order to attempt to break a winning streak?

You're playing blackjack and you can't count...but you are winning every time. Dealer hits a 20, you have 21. Your stack is pumped way up. A new dealer taps in early or the cards are shuffled before the normal penetration is reached.

Is it ethical for the casino to change the play in order to stop your streak?

I like casinos. I frequent them. I just don't think everything that they do is completely ethical. In my opinion, they are unethical if they do anything but play each game fairly and consistently.



The speed of play does not have anything to do with a winning or losing streak. A winning streak can end on the next roll of the dice and so can a losing streak end on the next roll of the dice. It is gambling in dice or craps the house has the advantage on the next roll even if you just won your last 5 rolls and are on a hot streak.
How do you feel?

Quote: FleaStiff

And if you are shooting and notice all this stuff going on,,, you are paying too much attention to extraneous matters.