Entertaining Children

   Chapter 1227

  The crew will start up in two days, indicating that the preparatory work is basically done. The rental and layout of the shooting venue, the service roads and other materials, the schedule of the actors and staff, have all been negotiated. Even if Xiao Yao is the biggest producer and producer of this TV drama project, at this time, he can't make an arbitrary decision to delay the start of the crew.

Therefore, even though he wanted to go to the American casino with Yan Ke to kill the Quartet in his heart, Xiao Yao could only helplessly say to the video side: "Yan Ke, I can't come to the United States recently. I will join the filming in two days. It is estimated that it will take at least two or three months to come to the United States after the filming is finished!"

   "Two or three months?" Yan Ke said with a smile, "Big stars are really busy!"

"No way, things that have been decided long ago can't be changed!" Xiao Yao said, "But it doesn't matter, you guys go play first! After I finish filming this movie, I will go to the United States to participate in the training and examination of your card counting team. Then you take me there again!"

  Although Xiao Yao felt a little uncomfortable not being able to leave for the United States to play card counting immediately, but considering their mentality, Xiao Yao did not mention that they would wait two or three months before going there. In Xiao Yao's memory, Jeff Ma and his companions in the previous life went into and out of the casino many times for a long time. Xiao Yao didn't think that after a few months, they would lose interest in this matter after playing a few times.

   "Okay," Yan Ke nodded, then continued, "But there is something I want to remind you!"

   "What?" Xiao Yao asked curiously.

"Actually, people have been doing card counting twenty or thirty years ago." Yan Ke said, "Over the years, many casinos have discovered that gamblers win money in casinos by counting cards. Some casinos have already There is a countermeasure. Now there is a special card-dealing machine that takes all the cards used in each round to the card-dealing machine and reshuffles the cards. This means that when the cards are dealt in each round, the number of cards in the machine is the same. It’s the same, and the position has changed again, so it’s impossible to calculate how advantageous the remaining cards are to you, and you can’t count the cards."

   "There is such a thing?" Xiao Yao asked in surprise.

  Card counting is actually a probability problem in mathematics. Its essence is to calculate the degree of advantage of the remaining cards to make a judgment. It cannot guarantee that every round will be won, but can only improve the odds of winning a little overall. But even a few percentage points increase in probability is enough to make a very big difference.

  Because card counting is to calculate the degree to which the remaining cards are beneficial to you, this method can only be used in blackjack gambling. Because every round of 21 o’clock, the used cards will be discarded, so that there are remaining cards to be counted. If the number of cards in each round is the same, then there is no way to count it.

  In fact, the machine Yan Ke said was similar in his previous life, called the snail shuffle machine, which is used by casinos to deal with professional gamblers who count cards. After each round, the croupier puts the cards that have been dealt into the machine through a card inlet set on the machine. On the surface, it looks like discarded cards are recycled. In fact, the discarded cards are reinserted into the shoe. Randomly insert back to different positions in the deck. In this way, the person who counts the cards can't do it at all.

  There are also card counting people in this world, and there were people who specialized in card counting in the 1990s. Although there is no Jeff Ma in this world, no autobiography of Jeff Ma or other card counters, and without that movie, card counting is not as widely known as in previous lives, but after so many years, casinos will come up with countermeasures.

  However, Xiao Yao had only watched that movie in his previous life. He had never entered a real casino in his previous life or in this life, so he didn't understand this situation.

"That's not right," Xiao Yao thought for a while, and then said, "Did you just say that you went to the casino to test your card counting method during the Spring Break. Did you win money? Since the casino uses that kind of machine, what are you doing? Winners? Don’t say it’s luck. If it’s luck, how can you prove that your card counting method is feasible?"

   "There are a lot of casinos in Las Vegas," Yan Ke said with a smile, "Let's find casinos or gaming tables that don't use that kind of machines."

   "There is no casino with that kind of machine?" Xiao Yao asked strangely, "You wouldn't be going to some underground black casino? Have you considered personal safety?"

"Of course not!" Yan Ke said with a smile, "We are researchers, maybe we can be regarded as professional gamblers, but we are by no means professional gamblers. How can we go to those underground casinos in vain for personal safety? All we go to are licensed. Regular casinos, but those regular casinos, not every blackjack table in every casino uses that kind of card issuing machine."

   "Why?" Xiao Yao puzzled, "Since that kind of machine can deal with card counting, it's nothing more than those underground black casinos, why don't those regular casinos use it?"

"Because that special licensing machine is very expensive," Yan Ke said, "There are so many casinos in Las Vegas, and the people who count cards are not all over the streets, so some casinos are not equipped with such licensing. Machines, some casinos are only partly equipped."

"Also," Yu Gang said after taking the conversation, "It takes a long time to count cards, and it takes a lot of games to be effective. In a short time, you can't win much money by counting cards, or you don't have any at all. Win money. The casino has a blacklist system. Once you find that you have counted cards, you can immediately be blacklisted. The loss in a short period of time, the casino can afford, so there is no such expensive licensing machine ."

  "Blacklist?" Xiao Yao said.

"Yes!" Yan Ke said, "the casino has a blacklist. Some people who cheat at the casino and are caught will be blacklisted by the casino. Of course, legally speaking, counting cards does not count thousands. Cheating, but once the casino finds you are counting cards, they will also blacklist you. They can't call the police to catch you, but they can refuse to improve your service. Please go out politely!"

   "Then you haven't been found out this time, have you not been blacklisted?" Xiao Yao asked.

  "Not yet," Yan Ke said, "but we haven't stayed for a long time this time, and we haven't won much. I guess this situation is only temporary!"

  "Do you want to check your ID when you enter the casino and redeem chips?" Xiao Yao asked tentatively, "It doesn't matter if I get blacklisted? Isn't it a big deal to go with makeup next time?"

“We used to put on makeup, but this method has limited effect.” Yan Ke said, “Now the casino’s monitoring equipment is very complete, and some large casinos are also equipped with high-tech face recognition technology. We even heard that some casinos use it. The skull comparison software is on. No matter how you put on makeup, you can't change the shape of the skull, right? Also, the blacklists of many casinos are shared, and changing to another casino is not very useful."

   "Damn!" Xiao Yao exploded, "Isn't it no fun?"

"You still have to play!" Yan Ke laughed, "We tell you this, just remind you in advance that when you go to the casino to play blackjack with card counting, there are limited tables you can choose, and the time you can play is also limited. It is impossible to win big money with this method. But if you just want to test the effect of our card counting and experience the feeling of using card counting to win casino money, you can still do it!"

   "You are a big star, you don't need money at all," Chen Jiwei interrupted and laughed, "I don't think you are planning to make a fortune by playing blackjack gambling in the casino, right?"

   "I really didn't plan to make a fortune by playing blackjack in the casino," Xiao Yao smiled bitterly, "It's just that there is a plan that seems to be cancelled."

   "Plan? Do you still have a plan?" Yan Ke asked curiously, "What plan? Come and listen!"

   "Forget it, anyway, I have no interest right now. It is estimated that most of it will be cancelled, there is nothing to say." Xiao Yao said, "If I really want to carry out that plan, I will tell you again!"

When I participated in the Olympiad training, I asked the three of them to study how to count cards and play blackjack. Xiao Yao was indeed on a whim, but after hearing that these three went to MIT, Xiao Yao went to the casino to count cards and play blackjack. Heart.

  His original plan was to go to the casino with the three of them first, and after the impact was formed, he would find someone to write an autobiography book for the few people, and then make it into a movie. If possible, it would be better if all the money for the filming came from the money they won in the casino. However, after listening to the situation introduced by Yan Ke and others, Xiao Yao realized that these people would never be the Jeff horses of the previous life, and autobiography and movies were naturally unnecessary.

  The development of the two worlds is similar. Although there was no Jeff Horse in this world before, but now, let alone Xiao Yao and the others, even other card counters, it is almost impossible to become a Jeff Horse.

Someone wrote an autobiography for Jeff Ma in the previous life, and later his story was adapted into a movie by Hollywood and put on the big screen, all because he won tens of millions of dollars from the casino can be called a legend, and it feels very much. Shocked.

  But, that was in the 1990s. There is a big difference between the tens of millions of dollars at that time and the tens of millions of dollars at this time.

Now even if someone can win tens of millions of dollars from the casino like Jeff Ma, although it can also become a hot news, its legendary degree, or the degree of shock, cannot be compared with the Jeff Ma at that time. of. Not to mention the current situation, it is almost impossible for anyone to win tens of millions of dollars from a casino in a certain country by counting cards.

  The tens of millions of dollars that Jeff Ma won from the casino was not won in one day or a single gambling, but the accumulation of countless times in the casino over the years. It should also be noted that the time of Jeff Ma's casino is in the 90s of the previous century.

The technology of the 1990s was not well developed in the past, and the facial recognition technology was not so perfect, let alone the civilian skull recognition technology that could be used in casinos, and at that time there was no special kind of invented. The card-dealing machine, so Jeff Ma can continue to enter and exit many different casinos for several years and use card counting to win money.

  Nowadays, the technological equipment of casinos is more developed, and the number, frequency and time of gaming tables available for card counters to play are greatly reduced compared with the 1990s. With the current situation, it is almost impossible for any card counter to win so much money from the casino by relying on card counting. I went there a few times and was blacklisted by the casino long ago. If you really want to win tens of millions from the casino, those in the casino technology department can no longer have to live.

  The proportion of professional players who rely on card counting to play blackjack is definitely very, very low among gamblers, but in absolute terms, it seems that it is not very small.

  If there is no legend like Jeff Ma in the previous life, most of the autobiography is gone. Even if someone else has autobiography, the probability of becoming a bestseller is much lower. As for the movie, it's not that it can't be made, but it's probably not a biographical movie, but a new gambling movie that exposes a certain type of people in a certain industry. From the perspective of interest and topicality, such a movie will feel much weaker, and Xiao Yao's willingness to shoot it is suddenly reduced a lot.

  The matter of going to the casino to play blackjack by counting cards was suggested to these three by Xiao Yao, but Xiao Yao always calculated in his heart about autobiography and filming, and he has never revealed it to these three. Now Xiao Yao's interest has greatly diminished, and of course he wouldn't tell them, lest the three of them listened to them and kept thinking about it.

   "Okay, since it is a plan to be cancelled, then we won't ask more." Yan Ke and others nodded.

  Although the three of them didn't have much contact with Xiao Yao, they knew some of Xiao Yao's temperament. If Xiao Yao didn't want to tell them, it would be difficult to pry them out of his mouth. In addition, they also believed that Xiao Yao would look for them when he said that he wanted to implement the plan, so they were not in a hurry at this time.

   "Then we're all set?" Xiao Yao said to the screen of the phone, "You go and play first. After the filming of this scene on my side is finished, I will contact you again and fly to the United States to find you!"

  Even if he can't become a Jeff horse in this world, Xiao Yao still intends to experience the matter of winning money in a casino by counting cards.

   "Okay, no problem!" Yan Ke smiled.

   "Nothing else, so what?" Yan Ke asked again.

   "Okay, goodbye! See you in the United States in the future!" Xiao Yao waved to the phone screen.

  After hanging up the video call, Xiao Yao fell on the sofa holding the phone.

Although the fact that he could not become the Jeff horse of this world still made Xiao Yao a little uncomfortable, at any rate the mathematical model of card counting was made. After a while, he could go to American casinos to experience the feeling of a card counting, Xiao Yao's mood. It's not terribly bad.

Besides, even if I can’t win tens of millions in casinos like Jeff Ma, which arouses the world’s amazement, I am a star, even if he wins hundreds of thousands in casinos in the United States through card counting, this After the incident is exposed, the influence may not be small, and it may be able to startle a jaw at that time, which should also be a very fun thing.

  Furthermore, the amount of money you can win in gambling is also related to the amount of money you bet. Jeff Ma in his previous life was not a rich person when he went to the casino, and his gambling was estimated to be small, but he is now a rich person, and it is legal to go to the casino in the United States to gamble. If the bet is larger, he can win more some. Card counting is not a Hong Kong-style gambling movie. When people talk about how much you have won, most of them will not specifically mention the amount of gambling money you brought.

   "That's right!" Thinking of this, Xiao Yao suddenly bounced off the sofa, then picked up the phone and started making a call.

  (End of this chapter)