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Comment by dfc

11 years ago

Do you have any links to the pixelated cards?

This dancing story is nuts:

  > A complaint filed  by the board against Caesars Palace  says a customer was
  > playing baccarat in the high-limit baccarat room on Oct. 10, 2009. On three
  > separate occasions, the man climbed onto the baccarat table from his chair,
  > walked on the table and made a  bet before returning to stand on his chair,
  > eventually sitting down, according to the complaint.
  >
  > On the  second occasion, the player  performed a dance on  the table before
  > returning to  his chair, the  control board said. The three  incidents took
  > place over a 45-minute period, according to the complaint.

(I think this is what you are referring to. But it is from 4 years ago.)

Link to complaint: http://gaming.nv.gov/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=30...

Yes, that is the incident I was referring to...I guess I just read about it last year. Here is the new card back: http://prntscr.com/3cjo5v (here's a closeup: http://prntscr.com/3cjlqk). This is much different than the diamond design they used until recently that enabled this scheme - http://prntscr.com/3cjnne

  • They do not punch a hole/heart out of the middle of these decks anymore? When I was younger my grandfather would always bring me decks of cards and they all had holes punched out of the middle.

    • No, these days on the cards they sell in the gift shops they shave 2 of the edges off. They still stick out if put in with other, non-shaved cards in live play at the tables, but are more useful than cards with holes in them :).