jimmy
Black Jack vs lottery
Card counters and lottery self pics. When a player starts playing BJ he first lays down his bet before
the first card is drawn from the deck. He may however watch the game for a while before deciding to
enter the game waiting for the most oppertune time to begin play. He may calculate the odds for the
remaining cards left in the deck. The lottery player watches the game and then decides to give it a
try by picking his numbers based on information gotten watching the game for awhile. Both of the
players enter the game not knowing what will be drawn next. After the BJ player places his bet he
then receives two cards one face down and one face up. All the player are able to see the face up
cards for each player. Once the game has started and the cards dealt then the game becomes more
a game of skill for some players. The point I make is that both lottery and BJ players enter the game
with the same mindset of winning and enter the game blind so to speak. Neither knows with any
certainty what will happen next. Of course after the game starts the BJ player has other options
based on the cards he was dealt vs the lottery player who has none. Now take a scratchers ticket
which requires the player to uncover many unknown areas that may or may not reveal a prize.
The scratchers ticket is a winner or loser even before it is scratched. The self pick has a chance of
winning based on the odds for the game and the BJ hand is determined on many things such as how
many people are playing. When all three entered the game they placed the bet or wager having no
idea beyond the odds for the game what the outcome would be. Black jack is considered a game of
skill but at what point does it become skill and not chance. A unskilled player could effect the outcome
of the most skilled player. Would this not boil down to all games being chance regardless of which
one played. Counting cards could give an advantage but with so many variables it seems that the results
could be considered random at best. It seems that because so few people ever win a jackpot of any
size verses the dollars spent which is purely a matter of odds, that many jump on the bandwagon of
criticism feeling safe and secure instead of attempting something in which they might fail and this post
might be a way to feel better about their lack or fear of trying. Predicting someone will lose is easy.
RL