Is counting cards in blackjack illegal in Ontario, Canada?

Question

What will happen if someone is suspected or accused of counting cards at a government-run (OLG) casino in Ontario, Canada?

Answer 1

Counting Cards is NOT illegal ANYWHERE. It's really difficult to prove that any individual is counting cards. Counting cards is just frowned upon by casinos. It's hard to throw someone in jail for being smart and skilled. Card counting is a strategy and skill. If it were in fact illegal, then everyone who plays using Basic Strategy should go to jail for playing smart.

Answer 2

Since there is really no way to prove whether someone is in fact counting cards, you will simply be asked to leave.

Answer 3

no lts not illegal

Answer 4

Card counting is a playing strategy, it is not illegal ANYWHERE period.

When you are cought countign cards, many things can happen.

-They may continue to deal you blackjack but shuffle frequently completely thwarting your efforts

-You may be asked not to play blackjack anymore, but you are free to play any other game

-They may limit your maximum bet

-They may just ask you to leave and walk you to the exit

-They may bar you from the casino premesis for a time period of a few years

-They may do Nothing at all because for some reason they descover that they still make money off of you even though you extract money from their blackjack tables.  The smart casinos will do this when they realise you always come with freinds who gamble, or bring your wife who shops and gambles, you play other games in addition to blackjack, or the amount you win is far less than you spend at the casino bar later that night.

They WILL NOT bring you into a backroom and beat you.