Blackjack player legitimately beats casinos for millions

Comment #27

joker17 — Sat, 28 May 2011 18:28:39 GMT

So in the end, it is ALL LUCK.

Go ahead and keep believing that BS.

You're right, knowing how to handle those cards that are dealt to you, have absolutely nothing to do with your success in the game. Yeah, it's all luck.....(Only in your mind).....

Comment #26

joker17 — Sat, 28 May 2011 18:24:31 GMT

Comment #25

time*treat — Sat, 28 May 2011 17:53:47 GMT

I wonder if casino (and other forms of gaming) winners run into the same kind of strangers-with-their-hand-out problem as lottery winners.

Comment #24

RJOh — Sat, 28 May 2011 16:20:17 GMT

I don't think they will let me play anymore, he said of the Atlantic City casinos. But it's not going to change my life. If I don't play blackjack, I'll just go to the horse races.

I noticed he didn't say:

If I don't play blackjack, I'll just play the lottteries.

Comment #23

Winalotto123 — Sat, 28 May 2011 15:53:08 GMT

Hey people can we do something about all these non wining lottery games and ticks beside through them on our city streets I send a email to my State lottery office about this growing problem in all our cities maybe begin to give people prizes for X amount of retune non-winer. My power ball numbers for tonight are 13 29 33 45 24 # 16 good luck from the state of Mass.

Comment #22

RJOh — Sat, 28 May 2011 06:29:58 GMT

I'll take luck over any other skill, Johnson said, laughing. There's no magic to this. Eventually, someone would whack them. I'm just glad it was me.

It's obvious Don Johnson doesn't plan on coming out with a book in the near future explaining to other blackjack players how to beat the house which casinos would probably use to change their rules to prevent it happening again.

Comment #21

navypoole — Sat, 28 May 2011 04:54:41 GMT

There is definite luck.

I have won a semi-major prize playing the CA Lottery and Scratchers, for the past 6 weeks, I have managed to win probably over 5K. 934.00 in Daily Derby ( hit the trifecta ), I was one out of 6 to hit it and the ONLY winner in SD county. 500$ scratcher 3 weeks in a row, 4 out of 5 numbers in Fantasy 5 twice...and at least 3 100$ scratchers twice in a day. I say luck is on my side...I used to play Blackjack and I use to deal it at the Taj Mahal in AC back in 1993.

Comment #20

LANTERN — Sat, 28 May 2011 04:28:27 GMT

I should leave this alone as this kind of things leads no-where, but here I go again instead, I guess that I never learn.

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He took Caesars for more than $4 million, burned Borgata for about $5 million and then topped it off by beating Tropicana out of $5.8 million.

So much for random.

The blackjack game is so random that he cleaned out 3 casinos real good in about 6 months.

Then since the blackjack game is equaly random for everybody who plays it, I gue... [ More ]

Comment #19

Mario38 — Fri, 27 May 2011 16:48:52 GMT

The casinos and the lottery companies got exactly the reaction they wanted from this story. They want people to believe that blackjack and the lotteries can be beaten. This results in a lot more revenue for them.

Comment #18

Boney526 — Fri, 27 May 2011 15:56:27 GMT

To everyone who' argueing about luck vs. skill, it's obvious that something like blackjack can take a bit of both - and a game like blackjack isn't comparable to a lottery game. In BJ you place your bet, get your first two cards, and when it's your turn, you decide what to do. Other people decide what they're going to do. Even though you don't know what card is next, there's a skill involved in understanding the math and probabilities. When you should stay instead of hit, when you should try to... [ More ]

Comment #17

atoz — Fri, 27 May 2011 15:13:27 GMT

I would say his company computer also might of had some help in him setting up a system. Then you have to have the dicipline to not deviate in anyway and stick with the program. Good for him. Give em another A$$ whoopin....they can afford it.

Comment #16

HaveABall — Fri, 27 May 2011 14:55:23 GMT

The article reads: In all, Johnson racked up about $15.1 million, pre-taxed, in blackjack winnings during a six-month span, although he acknowledged incurring some undisclosed losses along the way.

I wonder how much it cost Don Johnson to rack up those $15.1 million in winnings? Maybe half? Maybe X amount?

I wonder if someone sponsored Don Johnson's bankroll, and now Johnson has to pay back the person PLUS share X amount of his winnings

Comment #15

sully16 — Fri, 27 May 2011 12:06:12 GMT

Me too, great minds think alike, Congrats Mr. Johnson

Comment #14

truecritic — Fri, 27 May 2011 06:28:57 GMT

Posted by jimmy4164 Johnson, 49, of Bensalem, Pa., is the chief executive officer of Heritage Development LLC, a Wyoming-based company that uses computer-assisted wagering programs for horseracing.

Well TrueCritic, maybe we need to take another look at those NNs!

Johnson, 49, of Bensalem, Pa.

He's in your neck of the woods, see what he says

Comment #13

duckman — Fri, 27 May 2011 03:57:42 GMT

A casino's definition of cheating is someone who wins too much

Comment #12

RL-RANDOMLOGIC — Fri, 27 May 2011 02:57:25 GMT

The best information is contained in this statement.

There are a lot of people who have the knowledge and who have the bankroll, but they fall short of discipline and start changing to losing hands,

Same thing is true in lottery, find something and wait it out. Timing is everything

RL

Comment #11

jimmy4164 — Fri, 27 May 2011 02:42:02 GMT

Comment #10

LANTERN — Fri, 27 May 2011 02:08:21 GMT

Johnson, 49, of Bensalem, Pa., is the chief executive officer of Heritage Development LLC, a Wyoming-based company that uses computer-assisted wagering programs for horseracing.

No quick picks there probably, but technique based on past stats.

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His huge wins capped a casino gambling career that started with him placing $25 bets at blackjack about 15 years ago. As he became more proficient, he transitioned into hi... [ More ]

Comment #9

rdgrnr — Fri, 27 May 2011 01:32:59 GMT

Yes he does and he's in my Ouija Board with the Dragon Lady.

Comment #8

pumpi76 — Fri, 27 May 2011 01:27:19 GMT

Evidence that the Devil does exist....Evidence that the Devil does exist....Who else could had done that...

Comment #7

eddessaknight — Fri, 27 May 2011 01:26:40 GMT

I have been saying this for a long time now; the reality is that proven winning Advantage Players are always at risk of being banned by the casinos

Congrats to DG

EddessaKnight

Comment #6

rdgrnr — Fri, 27 May 2011 01:01:50 GMT

Big Casinos ban people from playing if they win by cheating.

Apparently Big Casinos can also ban people from playing if they win by playing fairly and by the rules.

Comment #5

OldSchoolPa — Fri, 27 May 2011 00:54:46 GMT

The only system is to have a play for every lottery drawing...just one is all it takes. As for casino games, a measure of knowledge of the game goes a long way in helping one to do better than most, but it is still luck of the draw (with the cards). So in the end, it is ALL LUCK.

Comment #4

joker17 — Fri, 27 May 2011 00:18:45 GMT

Johnson, who declined to call himself a professional gambler, would not divulge his betting strategy.

There's luck, and then there's a system.

Anyone (And I know someone here at LP, but won't mention his closed minded name) who says it's all luck, or all strategy is uninformed, closed minded, and unwilling to learn new things.

Comment #3

Coin Toss — Thu, 26 May 2011 23:22:15 GMT

Yeah, I was thinking that, too!

From the OP:

I'll take luck over any other skill, Johnson said, laughing. There's no magic to this. Eventually, someone would whack them. I'm just glad it was me.

Gee, and there's people here at LP that insist luck is non-existent.

Comment #2

dallascowboyfan — Thu, 26 May 2011 22:30:02 GMT

At first I was expecting Miami Vice guy......WTG Don Johnson

Comment #1

time*treat — Thu, 26 May 2011 22:19:25 GMT

His winning exploits at the blackjack tables have recently made the casinos wary. Johnson said he has been banned at the Caesars and Harrah's casinos in Nevada and was turned down by Resorts and Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

Well, you can indeed build a great company if you turn away casino customers who dare to win. Who's scared, now

Blackjack player legitimately beats casinos for millions

Lottery Post — Thu, 26 May 2011 21:53:36 GMT

He took Caesars for more than $4 million, burned Borgata for about $5 million and then topped it off by beating Tropicana out of $5.8 million.

For Don Johnson, it was an incredible streak of good luck at the Atlantic City blackjack tables.

I'll take luck over any other skill, Johnson said, laughing. There's no magic to this. Eventually, someone would whack them. I'm just glad it was me.

Johnson, 49, of Bensalem, Pa., is the chief executive officer of Heritage Development LLC, a Wyomin... [ More ]