Gambling With an Edge - guest T Dane

Our guest this week is T Dane,  a surveillance expert, and author of "Behind the Black Dome."

We welcome your questions - send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/GamblingWithAnEdge.

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Show Notes

[00:00] Introduction of T. Dane surveillance expert and author of Behind the Black Dome

[00:36] The origin of the name T. Dane

[01:42] How much of Behind the Black Dome is still relevant?

[02:48] T. Dane's employment history

[04:44] The impact of Covid-19 on surveillance

[08:08] When would surveillance employees want to identify a person

[12:36] Do surveillance employees get sent down to the floor?

[13:22] How much focus on advantage play?

[14:41] Are there incentives from management to catch advantage players?

[16:51] Players with tunnel vision

[20:01] Database usage and contributions

[23:36] What size win would trigger a tape review?

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[30:07] Facial recognition technology

[33:20] Using social media to identify advantage players

[37:01] License plate recognition

[41:02] How many advantage players per week did T. Dane see?

[41:45] When T. Dane was an advantage player did he park where he played?

[43:31] Use of player's card information

[46:29] Rat-holing chips

[48:00] Cheating incidents

[49:51] How many surveillance workers know the basic strategy for blackjack? How many can count cards?

[53:54] RFID chips

[55:03] What percentage of time is heat generated from the pit boss?


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Referenced Links:
Other T. Dane Interviews:
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Gambling With an Edge - Listener emails

This week Bob and I answer questions submitted by our listeners. We encourage your questions, and you can send them to gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com.

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Show Notes

[00:00] Intro
[00:35] Richard's recent experience on a Norwegian Cruise Line.
[06:12] Richard's AutoSlash experience with a Priceline Express Deal car rental.
[09:31] Bob's experience filing a complaint with the Nevada Gambling Control Board.
[12:08] How can APs deal with rules that are intended to exclude them from promotions?
[14:11] Is Boyd becoming less friendly to players?
[15:46] When Bob travels out of state does he stay where he plays?
[18:20] How can a player set up an account with a bet broker?
[19:58] Are "unseen cards are unseen cards" as Don Schlesinger says?
[23:21] Is it better for a player's ADT to play to on multi-game machine or a stand only machine?
[25:50] Is penetration important when shuffle tracking?
[28:11] How can a player find risk and variance information on blackjack side bets?
[29:19] Is roulette still profitable?
[31:32] Should a player continue to play a positive, but slow baccarat game?
[34:50] How is video poker dealt?
[38:14] How do you find strong players to network with?
[43:51] South Point Casino November Promotions: Walmart gift cards, Hot Seats, Senior Days
[45:02] VideoPoker.com Game of the week is "Super Triple Play Jackpots"
[48:10] What is the EV of $200/month in free play?
[52:24] Does changing a bet from $5 to two hands of $25 look better than one hand of $50?
[54:30] Does dressing well work as cover when making large bets?
[58:43] What's the best tipping policy?
[100:30] Is sitting out negative counts better than leaving the table?

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Gambling With an Edge - guest Jimmy Jazz

Bob and I are joined by Jimmy Jazz to talk about getting the most bang for your bucks on auto rentals, air travel, and credit cards.

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Show Notes

Dr. Ed Thorp at the 21st Blackjack Ball

On Saturday January 28th 2017 the 21st annual Blackjack Ball was held. Bob will be writing an article next week with the full details of all that went on at the Ball, but I wanted to post this video of a brief speech by Dr Ed Thorp. Dr. Thorp is busy with a promotional tour for his new book, A Man For All Markets,  but has agreed to come on Gambling With an Edge in a few weeks.

 I am incredibly grateful to Dr. Thorp for his work. His book Beat the Dealer changed my life dramatically, as it did the majority of people in the room that night.

Las Vegas Strip Diaries - Roger Hall

Last year my partner Minnie Madden and I decided to launch a new web series called Las Vegas Strip Diaries. The idea was we would interview interesting people in Las Vegas. Vegas has no shortage of interesting characters, and everyone has a story.

As often happens, life intrudes. We never launched the series, but we did record 4 episodes. This is one of those episodes; an interview with a wonderful musician named Roger Hall. I learned that Roger died last month at the age of 90. Roger was a saxophone player that moved to Las Vegas in 1954. He played with the "swing band" which meant that he played 6 nights a week, each night at a different casino on the strip in order to give the house band at each place a night off. When I interviewed him it was just before his 90th birthday, and he was still playing his saxophone every day. I hope you enjoy.