104 cards, not DD

I remember some years ago hearing about casinos that used auto shufflers which put into play 104 cards. But this was not two complete decks, but just 104 random cards from 6 decks. I have not come across this myself. Has anyone heard of this? Has the practice stopped? Which casinos used to or still do this?

Quote: Greasyjohn

I remember some years ago hearing about casinos that used auto shufflers which put into play 104 cards. But this was not two complete decks, but just 104 random cards from 6 decks. I have not come across this myself. Has anyone heard of this? Has the practice stopped? Which casinos used to or still do this?

Yes I remember seeing this about 7-10 years ago. .I can't remember now which casinos were doing it. I think Some in Biloxi and also maybe Luxor/Excalibur.

And they say card counting is cheating.

Sounds like fun if you can determine if the shuffler is rich in tens. Doesn't seem too difficult to me, just watch a machine for 100 rounds. If the count is usually negative, play it. Is 100 too small of a sample size?