Photoelectronic Blackjack Machines

[BenjaminBlackjack]

Hi,

I'm pretty new on the forum but can already say I'm glad to have joined up. Spoken to a lot of very knowledgeable and expert players in the past week and improved my own game as a result! So thanks to all in general .. !

I now have a pressing question which seems to carry a pretty obvious answer... but remains interesting none the less.

PHOTO ELECTRONIC BLACKJACK MACHINES (PEBM)

I have seen quite a few of these around, particularly in Dublin (Ireland) and in several arcades and casino slot areas around the UK.

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I've played on some of them already to test the EV outcomes using the basic strategy. I've found that you can actually gain a consistent edge by sticking to BS monitoring the Ace behavior on the machine. A month ago I was able to win €1000 in one sitting by following BS exactly, and using small martingale betting patterns (1-8) at most ... and also from just sticking to flat betting of €1s and €2s. One advantage of the particular machine I am currently testing is that the rules are S17 DAS ... I plan to get the model number of the machine and contact the manufacturer to check what percentages it can fixed to... then using some betting trials I believe I can work out what their default return setting is. I will return to this thread with the results when I have it. It seems very much though that their settings are very favourable and could be vunerable to a well spread bet system.

I would like to hear from anyone who has had any success or failure with these machines? Are there any inherrant weakness's that can be exploited and is there such a thing as "Heat" with these machines? Such as a monitoring system of countermeasures subroutine in the program?

Ben

[AussiePlayer]

A month ago I was able to win €1000 in one sitting by following BS exactly, and using small martingale betting patterns

I wouldn't count on winning any money long term with this approach.

[bjarg]

I've played on some of them already to test the EV outcomes using the basic strategy. I've found that you can actually gain a consistent edge by sticking to BS monitoring the Ace behavior on the machine.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTT?????

A month ago I was able to win €1000 in one sitting by following BS exactly, and using small martingale betting patterns.

Are you serious???

I plan to get the model number of the machine and contact the manufacturer to check what percentages it can fixed to...

Do you mean penetration percentage? Doesn't the machine show a simulated discard tray??? Im very curious as to how exactly it is you are going to beat this game by sticking to basic strategy and a martingale system.

Now... seriously Ben, you really need to do a little more reading and start getting some playing hours. Your incursion to BJ will be chatastrophic otherwise... no matter how good a mathematician you might be.

[BenjaminBlackjack]

Thanks