Card Sharks with USB Sticks: Cheating at Cards in the Modern Age

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(2:44) Not Cheating at Cards


(17:50) Really Cheating at Cards


(23:51) High Tech Cheating


(24:57) How Many Orders of a 52-Card Deck Exist?


(29:25) Magic Decks & A Cutable Deck Where You Always Win


(31:40) Introducing the DeckMate


(34:08) A Big Surprise at Hustler


(36:25) Hacking the Unhackable Shuffling Machine


(46:01) cj’s recommendation: Oceans Eleven


(47:15) Jeff’s Recommendation: The Sting






Jeff and cj take a wild ride through the world of card-game “edges” on this pre-Thanksgiving break extra length episode!


Starting with the respectable stuff: game theory, probability, and reading opponents before things escalate as they tour the many shady, creative, and outright illegal ways people try to tilt the odds: sleight-of-hand, marked cards, secret signals, corrupt dealers, mechanical holdouts, and the modern wave of smartphone-powered scams.


A quick detour through the staggering mathematics behind a 52-card deck, then arriving at the crown jewel: the DeckMate 2 shuffler and the real-world cheating scandals surrounding its hackability. From live-streamed poker controversy in 2022 to last month’s massive DoJ indictment involving mobsters, NBA figures, and rigged shufflers, the guys explore how high-tech tampering has changed the cheating landscape.






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Bringing Down the House (book) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bringin...)






Card counting - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_co...)






The Incomprehensible Scale of 52! (   • The Incomprehensible Scale of 52!  )






Ben Joffe |Ice Code Decks (https://www.benjoffe.com/holdem/)






Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating | WIRED (https://www.wired.com/story/card-shuf...)






How Hacked Card Shufflers Allegedly Enabled a Mob-Fueled Poker Scam That Rocked the NBA | WIRED (https://www.wired.com/story/how-hacke...)






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⁠Ocean's Eleven (2001) Official Trailer⁠ (   • Ocean's Eleven (2001) Official Trailer  )






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