Hand Held Shuffle vs. Automatic Shuffle
Is it true automatic shuffles (not continuous) are more favorable to the house than a hand-held shuffle?
Thanks.
Is it true automatic shuffles (not continuous) are more favorable to the house than a hand-held shuffle?
Thanks.
Since the vast majority of players are losing players, the more hands dealt per hour, the more money the casino makes and I believe that is the greatest advantage of an ASM for the casino.
Other advantages are the ASM can defeat shuffle tracking and for the paranoic casino reducing pen on an ASM game does not hurt their profits like reducing pen on a hand shuffled game.
The biggest thing working against the house is that these machines are not cheap, and are typically leased. The running theory is that the additional hands per hour will more than compensate for the cost of the machine, however, I think the places that hire a human being for minimum wage to be responsible for hand shuffling the decks not in use for up to four tables are making a smarter financial decision.
"Random" is "Random", ( The Dealers can't place the cards in any certain order,-unless they are highly skilled mechanics who track the concentrations of high cards vs low cards of the last shoe - nor can the shuffle machines ).............
