The question being asked at this time is what will be the future of the twenty-one card counters. are the times of card counting over? Most would say yes.
Automated shuffling is being used in todays tables which makes tracking shuffles or counting cards impractical. The brick and mortar betting houses are going to place shuffling machines at the tables.
It is stated that in places like sin city, video cameras are being used to monitor the abilities of the players and smart twenty-one tables that monitors players hands and schemes by utilizing magnetized chips.
The Control Board in Nevada, an group that protects honest gaming decided that casinos may not alter the games in a manner that would change the frequency of the payouts. Since then, many Nevada betting houses instruct their dealers to card count and shuffle as they please, also a wide variety of betting houses retain information of card counters, including names and pictures to try and keep them out of the game.
So what will be the future of this black jack "war"? is it just starting or will it quickly arrive at an end? Despite all their newest technology, political and monetary affects, I have reason to believe there is a hope for a happy ending. With in excess of twenty-five states in the United States allowing black jack games, there are more money making possibilities for card counters than back in the olden days.