Luck and chance

The only true gamblers are those that are too lazy to learn how to win for themselves by playing in accordance with mathematically proven odds.

The players misunderstanding of the difference between luck and chance is the reason why casinos grow steadily fatter. Of course, Blackjack is a game of chance since luck is an essential factor. Another factor (undoubtedly the biggest and most overlooked) is skill, and when this is thrown into the equation, it is possible to remove the gambling aspect from Blackjack entirely. Just because a player uses the correct MBS does not mean they will win: it simply means that success is highly probable.

That a run of bad luck will suddenly change is a myth. If a coin is flipped 99 times and lands heads-up every time, the chance of it landing tails-up on the 100th toss is not governed by it’s history. The odds remain 1 in 2. Only if the odds are with a player will their bad luck eventually turn to good.

Lawrence Revere, creator of the complex advanced point-counting method, always maintained that a good Blackjack player never guesses, they know. Luck is a fallacy, invented and espoused by those too lazy to search for the wood beyond the trees. Luck is fictitious. Computer based research is factual. When a player remembers this, financial success will be the reward of their Blackjack playing for the rest of their life.