some questions to experts:
We all know well the classical second dealing, it may be by marked cards or by a mirror in the shoe.
Shoes with less tens and aces are trivially unfavorable, not necessary to discuss.
Are there more possibilities, like prearranging a 6 deck game? i sometimes suspected that at some places the dealer nearly never has anything else than another ten on his ten, that always come out several tens in a row and then several small cards in a row. in worst case you have a double, get a small card and dealer draws 4 or 5 other small cards without busting. is it just paranoia or do card decks exist that group cards "automatically" in a bad order? maybe that the cards have different surfaces and during the shuffle they statistically group unfavourable?
is there any possibility to detect or suspect this? as we know high losses occur occasionally.
other question: can a dealer of a honest casino cheat the player in a shoe game if the casino has no manipulated cards and no manipulated shoe? do not consider the trivial case of trying to count the points of the hands incorrectly.
opposite question: can the casino cheat you when the dealer is honest or does not have the skill, i.e. cheat without the help of the dealer? an example would be cards that group automatically during the shuffle, but i do not know if such cards exist.
thanks for any answer