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Australia has only 13 casinos in the whole country – four in Queensland, two each in Tasmania and the Northern Territory and one each in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia so each casino has a monopoly in its own area unlike the US where commercial, tribal and riverboat casinos compete for business.
Blackjack is played using four, six and eight decks with mediocre rule sets and the basic strategy house edges all exceed 0.5%. For the counter the SCORE is quite low meaning larger swings so a decent bankroll is required. Backcounting and Wonging is normally recommended as play all is a waste of time in my view. Shufflemaster 126 CSM’s are predominant on the main floors and mid tier areas but shoes are available in the high limit areas with modest to good penetration. International visitors can usually play on a program, the terms of which depend on how much front money you show. Casinos in this country do back off advantage players in the form of warnings, restrictions and bannings but in my experience most are quite tolerant as they would prefer to let you play unless you come in with a team and use large spreads. Australian casinos are businesses, not social clubs like Ireland, and they will not think twice about relieving you of your bankroll.
I have watched and played with Americans for years at our Blackjack and Pontoon (Spanish 21 variant) tables and by far the biggest problem they have is adjusting to our Hole Card rules, some of which are unique and I would encourage you to learn these differences along with local basic strategy before you sit down at our tables.
Exchanging US to AUD should be done at a bank as airport and casinos offer unfavourable exchange rates. If large amounts are involved the casino will open a holding account and this obviously requires ID. The rate of exchange at this time is around 1AUD = 0.67USD. Mixing tourism with your trip is a good idea as there is plenty to see and do. Australian seasons are the opposite of the US so the northern part of the country is warmer in the winter months (June – August) which corresponds with the US summer.
No Limit Texas Hold’em Poker is available at all our casinos and Pot Limit Omaha is available at the larger ones eg. Sydney and Melbourne. A time charge and rake is payable at some of the casinos and others only charge a rake. The above posts all contain good and accurate information so hopefully this will help you plan your trip.
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