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Now first the disclaimer. We didn't have any special access and therefore cannot make a fully accurate test so I don't want to say this is 100% true, BUT:

Four friends of mine, three very solid math guys who gamble a bit did a little experiment. They "tested" Intercasino, supposedly voted the best casino 3 years in a row if you believe their advertising. So anyways since they offer 100% match bonuses my friends decided to take a shot to see if their blackjack game is as rigged as people were complaining. Now keep in mind they went into this with an open mind, thinking players are whining over nothing that house edge makes them winners.

So the experiment went like this, all four would open accounts and put in the max $100 and get it matched. They played flat units and just did detail of what ensued. The results have to make you go "hmmm".

The first player lost all $200 in less than 2 hours playing $3 hand. In the losses, there was a 14-hand losing streak. The guys did the math and figured out the result mathematically was hard to back because of too few trials, but was about 5 standard deviations below expectation.

The second player won $22, but only because he lost $78 before he finally made his rollover. His results too were a bit suspicious, he had the dealer draw to 21 six times in a row. His was a little close to expectation at only about 2.3 SD's below expectation.

The third player won $6, once again making his rollover barely before they took his money. He had nothing remarkable, just sustained losses. His results were almost 4 SD's below expectation.

The fourth player was the "winner". He won $81 and actually came within 1 SD of expectation.

Note the boys were sort of happy, they were actually up money thanks to bonuses, but rather suspicious of these results so they tried again the next month.

Player two re-upped first and promptly lost it all to the tune of over 5 SDs below expecation. This run included a 13 hand losing streak.

Player four, the supposed lucky one, reupped next and lost his money. This one took awhile as the player wanted to get the biggest sample possible before busting out. At this point note every player expected to lose badly. After playing many hours over almost 3 weeks, finally a pretty good sample was created and he ended up losing at a pace that was about 1.9 SD's below expectation.

So you be the judge. Once again I won't go so far as to say the game is rigged, but the evidence is rather compelling.

Truth is my friends got me involved a bit on this because they wanted me to write an article. In the mindset of being fair to Intercasino and to all sports books that have a casino I thought it best not to put out an article, but just simply state the facts. I am sure many can come up with all kinds of reasons, excuses, or ideas of why the stats came out as they did so I will leave it for others to comment on them.
 

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I have played at Intercasino once a month, for 2 years now. I believe they deal a fair BJ game, except sometimes things are fishy when I raise my bet. Overall, I am up a fair bit after all this time so I can't complain.

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WildBill,

Based on what you say, I will go as far as saying it's rigged.

Playing at online casinos is asking to have money taken from you IMO.
 

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