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This should be relatively easy. This is the learning curve, the decision to improve yourself, and probably the reason you bought this book. Knowledge means to learn as much as possible, with the best possible direction toward your end goal. Knowledge means to know not just that slot machines exist, or what they look like and how to play them, but also how to play online slot game well. Playing slots well also means incorporating into your knowledge all the other principles of these Keys to Winning. And it also means not stopping here. It means to include everything in this book and the others to which I refer. Knowledge is growth in understanding and in continual improvement. For slot machine play, this means everything I have written here, from page one to the last page. All of this knowledge is necessary to achieve more than just blind luck in your slot play. Acquirng it will have a direct and positive impact on your play and on your life, and specifically on how you approach the slot machines the next time you visit a casino.

TEAM MEMBER’S BEING “MADE,” AND SUBSEQUENTLY BACKED OFF OR BARRED

Up until now we’ve discussed internal conflicts. Now let’s talk about an external one, and what to expect in advance to minimize the possibility of its happening.

In today’s world, casinos actually compete for customers. One way to do this is to offer give-backs or “comps” to those players who wager a 1ot or play quite regularly. To do this, the casinos like to offer almost every one a player-rating card to be handed in prior to playing at any table. Casino personnel then estimate the amount of money bet on each hand or spin of the wheel, and the total time over which the rating applies, to establish what’s called a player’s “action.” Not surprisingly, the greater the action, the larger the 3/4m. The problem for us counters is that everyone naturally likes to receive complimentary goods or services and can play blackjack .

Therefore, to deny a rating and thus “pass” on any complimentary rooms, foods, beverages, or other freebies is looked upon as odd - very odd. In fact, you’re either a criminal with a few skeletons in the closet, or a card counter. So not being rated often translates into more scrutiny than does just getting a card to begin with and taking what each house wants to give you. The catch, of course (and there’s always a catch, isn’t there?), is that to obtain a player-rating card you must give a name, address, and date of birth.

Big players and spotters alike: expect to be asked to get rated if playing game, called blackjack - which means you will have to provide that personal information, or somehow provide an alternate identity. Just make sure everyone on the team doesn’t give addresses that are all from the same geographic area - especially if your team is using the Big Player approach. Consider this for a moment: if you. were a shift manager at a casino in Gulfport, Mississippi, what would you think if on some Wednesday morning five guys playing blackjack - all appearing not to know one another - produce only Nevada drivers’ licenses? Conventioneers, you say, who all happen to be from the card-counting capital of the world? Guess again.

In summary, have an identity ready to go. Expect to get rated, and get rated if the request is made. For Big Blackjack Player teams: don’t all come from the same place. For Joint Bank teams: no two counters should be playing the same casino at the same time. If you’re “made” as part of what is labeled a blackjack team operation, you’ll most likely be barred. For a Big Player team, that should mean the end of play for all team members in that casino for some time. For Joint Bank teams, other team members should be able to continue playing there, albeit with a heightened sense of alertness towards heat that might in any way relate. Once in a while it might be helpful to put yourself in the shoes of casino management, and to take a good, hard look at what you and your teammates look like from the other side.

To be continued…

Generally, my feeling (and I’m not alone in this belief among many of those who have organized profitable blackjack teams) is that to penalize a team member for enduring the inevitable negative swings we all must wade through is somewhat unfair. What may be done, however, is to further break down the percentage owed to players, perhaps awarding 35 percent or 40 percent based on hours logged with 10 percent or 15 percent based on contribution to the win. The secondary split also acts as somewhat of an incentive - helping to maintain each player’s desire to contribute to overall team profitability.

In the end, the best approach is, not surprisingly, to be as fair as possible. Provide a large enough percentage to those in the trenches to make their efforts worthwhile. By playing at the highest level possible, respect those who are putting up good money to make the whole endeavor possible. And investors - remember that nothing happens without the players.

Can anyone say, “Labor and Industrial relations”?

To be continued…

INADEQUATE PLAYER COMPENSATION

Does the team bankroll consist of equal contributions from all members? If so, winnings are likely to be split evenly. However, what if certain members of the team have invested more than others, and thus have more at stake? Take this a step further by considering a team in which some percentage of the bankroll has been provided by an investor or group of investors - people likely never to see the inside of a casino. Then how are the dividends awarded?

A common split is 50 percent for investors, 50 percent for team members, with the 50 percent team split based on each member’s total time spent contributing to the effort.

But what if one team member is responsible for generating a large percentage of the win? It’s Special blackjack. Or what happens if one team member contributes very little to the overall win? Is each member entitled to the same amount?

To be continued…