Was in the neighborhood so I stopped in for my second visit to explore the
bac.game
There are about six different bac. stations in the casino( total upstairs and
down stairs). The setup is a big screen or multi screens showing the draws.
Players sit at their own terminals and bet accordingly. Each row contains
anywhere from 6-15 seats and each row has a minimum bet. The back rows are the
least expensive ( $15 /20 min. depending on the station). There is a 5%
commission on a banker win. On two of the stations you can actually see the
eight decks in the stack and the mechanical hand turning them over as the play
progresses. They are read I guess by some sort of optical reader.
I happened to engage in conversation with an employee who worked in one of the
bac.areas. She was very knowledgeable. She absolutely knew about the
non-randomness of the VLT slots/video poker, but said that the bac. games were
truly random. Without disclosing my own observations she reiterated the dealing
of the eight card deck which could be seen at the two largest stations( she said
that the "smaller" stations also dealt from an eight card deck but this was a
virtual stack and couldn't be seen). She did say however, that this was also an
"honest" eight deck stack, hence the commission on a winning banker bet.
In addition, I was also told that many "regulars" had made the same inquiries
and had kept records of every card that came up and were convinced that this was
a Vegas/AC style game !
BTW the back rows with $15 or $20 min. were packed as were the smaller
stations where all rows had these denoms. The only seats available at 12:30 on a
Wed. afternoon were those with $50 minimums !
She also told me that the lower denoms were usually full by 9 or 10 o'clock.
The casino opens at 8:00.
Any comments ?
Larry Feldman
