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Hey, remember Las Vegas and card counting, lol, now tell me the big guys don't get worried and want to protect their businesses. If it wasn't a threat why would they worry?
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Actually a lot of people who "card count" are people looking for a quick buck that do not take the time to learn the system well enough. It turns out that losing the count (or miscalculating the count) when card counting decreases your odds of winning even more than not card counting at all. So, most of the time the idiots trying to card count offset the winnings of the real card counters. Add in the fact that pit bosses only go after the successful card counters, and you can see that casinos actually LIKE to have "card counters" playing in their casinos. Granted teams like the MIT card counting group took some of the major casinos for a lot of money - these are few and far between. Casinos make out in the long run, else why would they continue an unprofitable business?
Perhaps system trading is the same. Many people think there is a ton of money to be made in system trading and try to create the Holy Grail. Most end up losing their money trying to decode the market. The ones who make money system trading are few and far between... but like the MIT group and other pioneers of card counting, they make a killing before being stopped.
-Justin