Quote Originally Posted by Hornypony View Post
Sooo. How much cheating does the Blackjack engine really do?
I believe it does not. There is no reason to implement cheating if it is hardly noticeable. The base game is balanced in such a way that casino always wins. They did change it slightly into players favor (when you bust dealer still can bust too) but it is not enough to actually win a lot. Giving bonus to player and then removing it by designing a cheat would be a waste of effort, they could have just left base rules and they wouldn't have to develop anything if they wanted a game where player always loses. With your test run you kinda proved that there is no noticeable cheating.

I managed to get 6 costumes last time only playing blackjack, trying to get 4th this time. I start with max bet (100) and if winning streak does not start immediately, I don't care. At least I win/lose faster. If I get to 500 at a round I stop a game, so it counts 400 points to total win score for each game. Lost 2000 on my worst streak, now back at 1200 after 3 days. I need 3k+ on hand (I have 1200) and 6k total wins (I have 5k) so I can just stop playing in a few more rounds and get those 200 per day to collect my 4th costume. Or I can just continue to play very slowly moving up and maybe get 5th/6th too.