A dictionary will define “card counting” as a “card game strategy used to determine when a player has a probability advantage.”
Bearing that in mind, Nevada gambling regulators have begun warning Las Vegas casinos that there is an effective card-counting program available in the Apple App Store for iPhone and iPod Touch users.
Although card counting as a practice is not illegal in Nevada, using a device to help you count cards is considered a felony.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board was tipped off by regulators in California “where officials at an Indian casino found customers using it and tipped state authorities.”
Result for: casinos
Philips has announced that it will be showing off a new 22-inch 3D display at the upcoming InfoComm 2008 event on June 18th.
The display is based on a WSXGA (1680×1050) LCD panel and will use Philips’ WOWvx technology “to provide 3D-like images without requiring users to wear special viewing glasses.” Technically, WOWvx uses Philips’ internal 2D-plus-Depth (the 2D image and its depth map) format “and combines it with the Declipse format developed especially for autostereoscopic 3D displays such as this one. Declipse provides additional “background” information for a more realistic 3D effect.”
The company says the display can be used commercially in digital signs used for advertising, retail and gaming applications at casinos. Other specifications include a standard 16:10 aspect ratio, 300cd/m2 brightness, a 1,000:1 contrast ratio and relatively fast 5 ms response time.
The display will go on sale during the Q4 2008, although there was no word on pricing.
