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Online blackjack a fix job?

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Blackjack is a brutal game live, too... I've seen people lose 10-20 straight hands multiple times. While I'm sure some of the less-reputable books rig the game, for the good books, it really doesn't make sense to. It's a +EV game for them when dealt fairly with a house edge of around 2-3% assuming perfect strategy by the player, which MANY players do not use. With the amount of hands played with a computerized deal single handed, the casino can make a killing with a fair game... Why fix it?

Good casinos would much rather you win every now and then and keep coming back for more than lose 10 straight hands and swear it off for life.
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I'm one of the unluckiest live blackjack players ever... I play perfect strategy and yet in my life honest to God I've had about 5 winning sessions to 30-40 losing ones. At this point its become a novelty to show my friends... "Hey, check out how fast I get wiped out in BJ".

I can't claim that the cards being dealt live right in front of me are "rigged" just because the dealer ALWAYS gets a face card to my 14s and 15s. That's just the game, and it sucks sometimes. Or for some people, all the time.

My Dad just ran $100 up to $1300 last trip to Vegas. I can only dream of a run like that. So it goes.
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Online BJ is rigged at 95% of places IMO. There are a few that play fair, the one one I can think of that I remember is the old Crockfords online casino, and the old Harrods online casino.

They were the only 2 places where the cards seemed the same as land based BJ.

Every other place ive played its obvious that when you press deal, the software decides whether you will win or lose and manufactures appropriate cards. These "computer generated to win or lose cards" are so obvious to any serious land based casino player it sticks out like a sore thumb.
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YES...Online blackjack is 100% fixed, and Mikail is correct...the more you wager the greater the chance you will lose that given hand. That DPS or DGS software or whatever it is called that most of these books use is a total joke. I have lost hundreds and thousands of dollars playing this fixed game and now i tell every book i play with to block my casino access due to my compuliveness. I will, however, say that I have played at betphoenix and although i lost there too, it does seem at least legit because it is a live game with a live dealer