Quote Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
Because it does not make sense to simplify rules in player favor (let dealer continue after player busts) and then add some hidden mechanics that are rather complicated to implement. If they just wanted to win against players, they could have used normal rules and everything would be perfect - players with basic strategy lose 1% to casino on average according to wiki, players that deviate from that strategy lose even more. By changing rules they allowed players who follow the strategy to win on average, so why invest money in developing something extra to take it back?


You experience observation bias. Try getting to 200 while playing with 1 chip bet and notice the lowest value that you get to. It will take you ages and sometimes you will drop to 70 or even less. Maybe you will even lose all 100 chips eventually depending on your strategy. Dropping to 70 means that you would have lost 3000 on 100 chip bets and because you don't play with 100*100=10000 initial chips each lose on that try is much more noticable than on 1 chip bets try, that's why it feels like it is much easier to win on small bets (because loses are less noticable).
To be fair implementing a system like that would be easy, but not necessary, since it's pretty obvious where the problem is and it's not hidden at all. The 100 starting credits and the 100 max bet, are what make the game pretty unfair. You can't bet with a standard strategy because you hit your limit at a lose streak of 7, and should you try a more risky strategy with big bets, you can easily lose with an even smaller lose streak of 4-5 which happens pretty often. You may use an advanced strategy to increase your odds, but at that point you're crawling along so slow you're better off not playing and paying, because you're wasting time that can be spent earning money

P.S.I do hope it is legal. Even if money is only flowing in both poker and blackjack are gambling games, you're not winning money when you win, but you're still taking someone else's investment in the game by playing a game of odds. In blackjack's case your investment goes into thin air, while in poker it goes to another player. While the credits can't be converted into real money the concept is still the same- someone is profiting off luck. : /