Sometimes these misakes actually lead to players winning instead of losing, even though this of course is not an excuse for the mistakes that occurred.īut when the word 'illegitimate' is used in the media to describe the affected decks, over-reaction can and does occur. It appears that some blackjack games and poker tournaments were affected by the improperly shuffled decks and missing cards, but it is not clear if those problems actually caused casino patrons to lose any money or not. Okay the SugarHouse Casino was fined by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) for what it called the casino's using 'illegitmate' decks as a result of malfunctioning automatic card shufflers.
