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Latest iPhone Application has Casinos Worried: Blackjack Card Counting Aid

Card Counting made easy with your iPhoneJust off the international media scene, Nevada’s Gaming Control Board has released a warning about an iPhone application said to make card counting more accessible to the average blackjack player.

According to the release, the Northern California Tribal Casino originally caught wind of the program called “A Blackjack Card Counter,” which can be downloaded and used on either an iPhone or an iPod Touch.

Released on Jan. 15, the application gives users a choice of four card-counting strategies and calculates “significantly more accurately,” according to the Gaming Control Board.

In a memorandum that the Nevada Gaming Control Board circulated to casinos, board member Randall Sayre sounded the alarm about Blackjack Card Counter, an iPhone application that sells for $1.99 on Apple Inc.’s App Store.

“This program can be utilized on either the Apple iPhone or the Apple iPod Touch portable music player,” Sayre said in the memo (download PDF). “Once this program is installed on the phone through the iTunes Web site, it can make counting cards easy.”

It’s currently being advertised with an “As Seen on CNN” stamp for $1.99.

Among the application’s features is a “Stealth Mode,” which shuts off the iPhone screen – making the phone appear to be turned off. However, the user can still continue to track cards by pressing the screen at the spots where the keys would normally show.

Computerworld reports that Blackjack Card Counter is not the only app for card counting on the App Store. The rival “Card Counter,”  a “card-counting practice program”, sells for $2.99. Card Counter is more popular than Blackjack Card Counter; the former is currently No. 30 on the App Store’s list of best-selling games.

Is it legal?

“Just as a reminder, use of this type of program or possession of a device with this type of program on it — with the intent to use it – in a licensed gaming establishment, is a violation of NRS 465.075,” said Sayre. Counting cards with a device is a felony under Nevada law and is punishable by prison terms of between one and six years, or a fine of no more than $10,000, for the first offense.

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1 comment February 19th, 2009

Coming to a Microgaming Casino Near You in March

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Are you “so over” the February casino games releases? I am (except for Bet365’s Gladiator slot machine…) 

Here’s a quick summary of the next casino games releases from Microgaming – you can look forward to playing these new games in early March at good Microgaming Casinos all over the Internet!

Beach babes video slot: bikini-clad redheads, blondes, brunettes… and beachballs?

Don’t look for the usual bonus round that Microgaming Video Slots offer almost as stanbdard in this game; in a startling departure from conventional game design, and apparently in response to player demand, the action here is all about Free Spins…and spins-within-spins, all accompanied by a significant Multiplier.
 
Fighting Fish Video Slot: Boxing bass, sparring snapper?

We’re not joking, this 5 reel, 30 pay-line slot game features Red and Blue piscatorial contenders for the Deep Sea Championship belt and their crustacean support teams… (what are the Microgaming developers having with their cereal?) Hopefully something to look forward to, it sounds a bit like the ultra-popular fishy cops and robbers themed Dolphin Tale slot.

Kings and Queens Video Slot: Classic casino icons

As you’d expect with a royal theme, this slot is apparently a very sumptuously illustrated game that has 8 x multipliers and a colour-and-suit choice gamble feature that can quadruple your win up to a regal £10,000.

The Rat Pack Video Slot: Music and meyhem

The marketing crew at Ladbrokes Casino assure us we’ll enjoy a “Musical extravaganza when playing The Rat Pack Video Slot”. OK. It’s a new 30 pay line video slot in which 3, 4 or 5 scatters will trigger Free Spins with a special ‘Nudge’ Feature incorporated, where only scatter wins are awarded. Reels with scatters are Held for one Spin, the scatter is then nudged down a position and the reel is re-spun.  Sounds fun…

Triple pocket hold’em poker: poker lovers delight?

This one sounds a winner despite having not played it yet! You get to play two dealers and go after a 40 to 1 jackpot – so you’ve the chance to win up to 40 times your bet with each hand. Looking forward to it.
So, these games will be launching early March at good Microgaming Casinos all over the Internet! Get your Microgaming-powered Casino account ready now – so check out:

>>Ladbrokes Casino (very safe and especially popular with UK and European players)
>>Canbet Casino (Australian owned and catering for Asian players with lots of currency options and payment methods)
>>Blackjack Ballroom Casino (a great all-round Microgaming Casino offering a full suite of all the latest sliots and casino game releases)

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Want a change from Microgaming Casino Slots? Check out the latest at Bet365 Casino

If you’ve an avid online slots player and have not visited Bet365 Casino for a while I’d suggest you get there ASAP.

The crew at Bet365 have recently extended their good, but slighly “played that” set of Playtech-powered casino games with some of the most stylish new slot machines on the net. In my view these new games really do give the award winning Microgaming Casino games a real run for their money. Bet365 Casino’s new Novel slots feature some amazing graphics and game themes.

Gladiator - a new slot at Bet365 Casino from NovelI especially like Gladiator from the latest slots selection. The graphics are great – kinda animated photo-realistic images from the Gladiator movie.  You’ll see all your favourite actors (and some not so great too)…  Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus, Connie Nielsen as Lucilla, Oliver Reed as Proximo and Derek Jacobi as Gracchus, etc. 

Two bonus games give you lots of ways to winThere’s a fun Coliseum bonus and also a Gladiator bonus offering a range of ways to win extra prizes.
Next up, Great Blue slot is a tad fishy for my taste, but the animated aquatic beastie icons are quite cool and the game plays fast and is fun.

Diamond Valley pro - new at Bet365 CasinoDiamond Valley Pro was a bit of a let down for me as I was expecting a golfing slot for some reason. It is of course a re-vamp of the popular slots game release Diamond Valley, and is about wild west diamond mining.

Free spins till you are dizzy..., well, not quiteA very cool feature of this game is that you can win up to 20 free spins with a x10 multiplier and more free spins can be won during free spins infinitely. The bonus game lets you choose a character, and then you get to select the prize offered in either the left or right hands of the Indian, the hussie (probably not Diamond Lil) or the rough outback guy…

I suggest you check them out as you can play for free or for real money at Bet365 Casino.

Click to visit bet365Casino.com for a look aroundHere are links to the latest reviews on Bet365 Casino in case you want more information on Bet365:

>>CasinoLabRat.com Bet365 Casino Review
>>Review & Rating of Bet365Casino.com by the crew at GoonersGuide.com

 

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