I'm not the one in decline. You are. You're out of a fucking job, ass clown. Hey, Walmart is hiring, 11 bucks an hour to start. But we all know that you are going to suck the government dry before you try to get a job.
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Yet you still go on this quest for the truth. KJ, you have always said that you didn’t care one way or the other if you were believed or not in regards to your BJ play or countless personal experiences you’ve had. Who cares? You will say, he made “extraordinary” claims and they require proof and yours are just run of the mill claims. Again, who cares. Most have formed opinions and don’t find a need to seek proof from someone on an Internet forum.
It’s gotten real personal. That’s the way these things always end up. That’s how stalkers are born.
Anyhow, carry on. It makes for good reading but there won’t be any winners here.
You really have lost it haven't you Crimm. You are on social security. "Social" security! As in Bernie Sander type social programs. This would have been a Sanders program if he was alive at the time. You are on the government dole! And you say something as stupid as this?
Of course I am going to accept anything the government is throwing at me and says I am eligible for, JUST THE SAME AS YOU.
And remember who the president is and who controls the Senate. This first Stimulus bill which included the direct payments and the expanded unemployment benefits started in the Senate. The bill was written entirely by Mitch McConnel and Steve Munckin, representing the President. There was initially no input from Democrats. remember them complaining about that? :confused: So why shouldn't I accept it. The great Donald Trump sent it to me. :confused:
Tell me about it when you stop accepting your Bernie Sanders like "Social" security. You have really become quite the douche bag Mickey. :(
KJ, I would like to focus on the second sentence in the above quote repeated again:
Someone just emailed me this point and I thought I would pass it along.
Jesus, now you are listening to Redietz who knows nothing about blackjack. You are grasping at straws here. Just shows how pathetic you really are. Not to mention how all of this secrecy is not looking good for you two bozos.
Kew, you represent your generation as a really stupid and ignorant fool.
Social security is paid to people who paid into it and is nothing like a "freebie dole" payment. You're worried because you already live on the govt dole, and figuring you hope you die before the time comes that you have zero income. And we can all see your mindset is that no one saves a dime for retirement.
What a sad lost soul you will be.
Well that's it Danny. Stay at home and all that. Gotta have something to do. I actually am trying to be responsible and not go outside until Tuesday when I get my antibody test, just to be sure I am no longer contagious and can spread to anyone else. So I am home and bored. Gotta have something to do. :)
Alan is the one that re-ignited this discussion over at WoV. And apparently it is going to lead to an interview between Wizard and Rob, so the topic becomes relevant again. I personally don't think Alans reasons were all that honorable. I believe it is more about him trying to hurt Rob, because of things Rob said about Alan, rather than get to the truth as he claims.
BUt regardless of his intent, Alan has raised a great point. Since Rob claims to have destroyed all tax and casino documentation, why can't he show as supporting evidence what he spent the money on. It is Rob's claim that he spent 1.5 million of DU bug money on an RV. Nobody made that up. That is his claim. Is it really unreasonable to expect to see something supporting this extraordinary claim?
Seriously, let me ask you that again, because you seem like a reasonable members here. I don't agree with some, probably even most of your positions, but you seem reasonable to me, so is it unreasonable to expect some sort of supporting evidence for a claim of this magnitude? I'll let you make the call Dannyj. :)
Nice try BoSox. Redietz has never ever, not once emailed me. If and when I communicate privately with Redietz, it is by PM here, and that really isn't very often. Additionally, I don't ever recall redeitz and I ever having much conversation about blackjack. That is not his thing. You should probably apologize to redeitz for that false accusation, but I am sure you wont.
I'll list a few reasons kew.
1. Because it is easy to create a bill of sale form and post it. Nobody who understands that would ever mention it unless and until one were to be presented. With you, THAT is guaranteed.
2. Because even if it were a bona fide, court approved, presidentially supported and signed document, an internet hack like you would IMMEDIATELY go back on his word and claim it doesn't prove anything because "he could have used other money" to purchase it.
3. And finally, since you were too stupid to locate or even call the dealer I bought it from, you used that incompetence to get all lathered up enuf to risk your privileges here. Someone as desperate and broke as you, if their intent were honorable, would never react like such a moron.
People pay into unemployment too. I also pay taxes which is where this stimulus comes from.
Are you guys really this stupid? It is government dole when it involves others, but not when it involves you? Ridiculous, you hypocrites. If you are against government programs, send back your social security!
And you represent your generation well Rob at least on these forums. On these forums you old dudes, especially old white dudes have become extremely bitter. I guess you are angry at yourselves and your own position and choices throughout life, but you have decided to blame and take it out on anyone that isn't an old white guy. Talk about entitlement. You clowns represent everything that America is NOT.
no Fuck you BoSox! the government, my government, your government says I am eligible. I don't make the rules.
Working on my second million? You know what that means? It means I am making a living. Someone making 50k a year is working on their second million in year 21. And where does that put them? probably below the average income.
I would have been fine if the eligibility for this was different and I didn't qualify. I would have been fine if they had not changed the rules of unemployment making me eligible. But if you are going to attempt to shame me because I am eligible, you are really blinded by your hate. Be better than this BoSox. Let it go.
You're probably getting used to being called stupid.
Unemployment isn't a govt dole program just as SS isn't.
Your generation is the bitter one. You people are paying for my monthly income and you'll never see any of it yourselves. That's where the "moronic" comes in. And that's why I encourage every one of you to get a second job. More for me :)
It is the magnitude of the claim BoSox. Singers claim amounts the great Brinks heist. Mine is a guy grinding out a living by decades old and universally accepted mathematic principals.
I can prove my claims if necessary BoSox. What would you like, a video of my high-rise condo overlooking the strip? Should I withdrawl funds from the bank so I can spread it out on my bed? What would you like BoSox. I mean what would a guy who criticizes me for even talking about what range of money I make want?
Are we all going to do this? prove every claim, no matter how routine?
Mickey's on social security? I would like him to post a picture of his check or direct deposit each month?
What's MaxPen do for a living? I believe he has a career beside that he is an AP. I would like to see his paycheck?
Someone else does this or that for a living. Let's see the pay check?
One guy said he lost weight on a juice diet, lets see some before and after pictures.
Slingshot seems to be a religious guy. I am going to need a picture of him in church singing his lungs out. I also would like to see documentation of what he has donated to the church.
These things are all routine Bosox, as is making money from card counting. They require no proof. But someone comes up with the double up bug claim, equivalent to the brink robbery and yeah, we need a little something to verify. ESpecially when that someone is the boy who cried Wolf a hundred times.
I made $12,618,544 just in the last 2.5 hours. Anybody that asks for proof......FUCK YOU!!! :D
That's always the way these things end up.Quote:
I believe it is more about him trying to hurt Rob, because of things Rob said about Alan, rather than get to the truth as he claims.
I don't know. Maybe he doesn't want to.Quote:
Since Rob claims to have destroyed all tax and casino documentation, why can't he show as supporting evidence what he spent the money on.
On an internet forum, I think your level of expectation may be high. Unreasonable? Probably not, but you have always said that you didn’t care one way or the other if you were believed or not. Why should Rob be any different.Quote:
Is it really unreasonable to expect to see something supporting this extraordinary claim?
Thanks, I'll wear that like a badge of honor.Quote:
I don't agree with some, probably even most of your positions, but you seem reasonable to me
Dannyj, you make a good point I haven’t thought about before. Stalkers are born from something trivial that grows into something bigger for no reason other than someone becomes obsessed with it, kind of like Kj is doing now.
Forums are to learn, to debate and for fun...and of course to troll! I know sometimes when I get too wrapped up in some argument, my best course of action is just to back off, and take a break. I mean what does it really matter.
I’m thinking MidWest Player has the best approach to forum life. He just throws out bombs here and there and moves on. He never answers anybody, so he never gets wrapped up in any controversy.
So that’s my new approach. Throw out bombs and never reply when someone follows up and asks me a question.
What do you think MWP? Can this forum handle two bomb throwers?
You're too dumb to get it kew.
It's been YOU who proclaimed dozens of time the NOBODY SHOULD HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING ON FORUMS--THEY'RE JUST FOR DISCUSSIONS, AND IF PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE ANY CLAIM THEN IT SHOULD BE LEFT TO THE READERS TO DECIDE.
Yes,THAT is very very close to a repeated direct quote from none other than YOU, and not once have your ever included any type of stipulations to your battle cry. Yet like Joe Biden and co., it suddenly doesn't apply to what you claim. And that's what's making you look so foolish.
So true story. South Point Casino. For those not familiar South Point is very sweaty when it comes to card counters. And their security a bit over-zealous. Their Blackjack conditions aren't even very good, penetration below average. Sometimes I think I only play there to fuck with them.
So one day a couple years ago, I was drawing heat at the table and decides to exit. I headed for the door without cashing out as I often do. I sort of passed one security dude that seemed to have an interest in me, but I kept going. I reached the door, just a little bit north of the main front door area. My partner was sitting in the car nearby and I jumped in. We were driving a Prius at the time as I was into my save the earth phase.
So we are trying to exit the property heading south right by the main front door, towards whatever those times shares are just south of Southpoint and we sort of got hung up in the congestion near the front door. There are several speed bumps and people picking up and dropping off. There is a South Point shuttle that goes some where? And a public transportation bus all in that congested area, so we weren't going anywhere fast. As I looked in the passenger mirror, I could see a security guard on a Segway approaching. He seemed to have an interest in us. For those that don't know South Point uses license plate reader technology. They probably already had our license plate, but I am yelling at my partner to go and we were having trouble out-running the Segway. ;)
This is actually one of two odd incidents with South Point security in the parking lot. The other involved a bicycle security dude. They really are quite over zealous, that South Point bunch.
The other part of that is, weak people like kew and grouchy, fit-to-be-tied people like maxpen are just too much fun not to poke. Where would we be without such extreme bozos, who take everything anybody else says about themselves as a direct-hit zinger if it makes them feel a bit inadequate or doesn't line up with their worldwide view?
Rob, I think I have proved my point. You are basically admitting that you are just playing games, so no one should take you seriously, not that anyone should or has for a while. So why are you even wasting Wizards time? That part of your troll too? See just how many people you can "play" into taking you seriously? What an existence. :(
Think kew. I'm playing games with YOU. You're a weakass, and even when you don't come out and asked to be bitch-slapped around, you do! So I simply oblige.
But help has arrived--you do have Alan on your side. He just whined to everybody that I suggested somewhere he kill himself. It WOULD take him out of his misery, and no more women would get abused by his gambling issues. :)
I have never broached anything about blackjack with kewlJ. As to the mickeycrimm PM, I PM'ed him, coach, maxPen, kewlJ, and AndrewG all together regarding what I know about the search sites, since my brother-in-law is a PI. That was it. Mickey responded in a PM explaining how I was a troll. I responded simply with my opinion regarding his credibility.
No secrecy involved. I mean, really, BoSox, why would you come to the conclusion that kewlJ was discussing blackjack with me? That's such a bizarre evidence-less thing to say. Obviously if I'm sending the same PM to coach and mickey and kewlJ, it's some basic fact they seem to be skipping over that is actually crucial to the "go ahead and post the site info" debate. Yeah, that's what I get for providing some actual information without posting. I explained this stuff on here maybe five years ago, but nobody remembers, I suppose.
All of the posts this morning regarding what those sites allow and do not was probably the result of my PM to the five people involved. I was saving them some wheel-spinning, as the sites do not want to be liable for errors, so they disavow their responsibility for the information they sell to you. The info, by the way, is taken from government sources obviously, and is accurate 99.9% of the time. But they don't want to be liable for the .1%
I don't really want to post here. It's an alt-right site and a somewhat anti-science site. I mean, Todd was embarrassed enough to divert the "Coronavirus is a scam" threads to their own heading.
Originally Posted by redietz
"I mean, really, BoSox, why would you come to the conclusion that kewlJ was discussing blackjack with me?"
Dietz, nothing personal, but it was the process of elimination as KJ only has two friends and I had a 50% shot. Actually, I know how you like to join up on different boards, even blackjack boards and ask perfect strangers to go meet you for a coffee. However I do understand as the times are tough and you need to solicit business any way that you can.
Axel misrepresented my position on the DUB on WoV. My position has always been it is highly likely rob put down the play. Axel says I’m “convinced” rob put down the play. Way to strong a word. I’m not entirely convinced of anything. Only Rob knows 100% whether he did or not.
I see little difference in the wording "you are convinced Rob put down the play" with "you believe it is highly likely Rob put down the play', especially when you are attacking other peoples credibility and especially other AP's credibility concerning mathematically sound advantage play in the manner that you are, simply to now enable Rob Singer and his claims.
I encourage people to read Axel's post especially the post at the top of page 6 of the Singer discussion at WoV, where he shares his feelings about both Singer's 'system' and Singer's DU claim and why he tried to act objective initially with the latter. The two claims are connected because they always come back to Singer's credibility. Kudos to Axelwolf. The following couple of follow up exchanges with Alan are notable as well. I mean Alan doesn't get a pass for his current position of "wanting to set the truth straight" after years of playing the role of Singer prime enabler on this forum, providing whatever platform Alan has to promote Singer on both his website and through his videos. Kudos for Alan now coming clean but that doesn't give him a free pass and I like that Axelwolf is still holding him accountable.
Unfortunately here, others have just stepped forward to fill the void Alan left of enabler. This guy Singer can't do what he has done for 20 years without someone playing the role of side kick.
One thing Redietz is correct about is that any sense of normalcy on this forum is long gone. This has become a conspiracy theory forum for any discussion, from politics, to Covid-19 coronavirus, to Rob's claim to what little gambling discussion there is. People have formed alliances and cliques based in large part on their political views and those alliances now carry forward to every discussion. This is precisely was I objected to airing political views here. This isn't a political forum. We shouldn't even know political views of different members. Once you head down that road, you end up with what you have here and that is anything but a forum about talk of Vegas, Casinos and gambling. Dan has proven anything for a few more views and little bit more traffic.
I'm sorry if it seemed like I overstated your position. I was under the impression you thought Rob played the double up bug. Would you like me to add a correction to what I said? If there's anything specific you would like me to say over at wizard of Vegas on your behalf, let me know, I'll gladly post it over there, if I get a suspension, I really don't care.
Unfortunately, Alan thinks I'm attacking him, I can see how it might seem that way but that's certainly not my intentions. I really just want to know what's going on in the mind of people who believe/consider nonsense strategies and systems. It's just mind-boggling that anyone can believe or consider this type of stuff as a being legitimate. Because, it's just so mind-boggling, I would have to believe there was some type of motivation. I'm not just talking Financial motivation sincere a lot of things that motivate people. Because she said something about wanting to chase a good story. It just seems like there are so many other good stories to chase that actually have Merit and proof.
That's all I was trying to understand. I guess I was hoping Alan would have a come-to-Jesus moment and tell us that he has finally come to the realization that only one way to beat casinos, and that's if the math adds up and you play the correct strategy.... Perhaps all the Advantage Players and math guys actually had it right all along.
Ya know I thought maybe Alan was coming to that as well. I am not going to look back at what post it was over there (WoV) but there was one post that started out like I thought he was going in that direction and then the second half went right back to voodoo beliefs. :D
I would really like it if Alan were to embrace a bit of advantage play / winning type strategy based on math. I mean if he enjoys casino play, why not win a little or at least break even and give yourself a chance to win (longterm)?
You know my late partner was a -EV casino player when I met him. -EV video poker just like Alan and Rob, and even some slots :eek: That was back in Pa. It wasn't until he followed me to Vegas and wanted to be part of what I was doing that I got him to give some of that up and move towards advantage play. And I am not sure he ever fully embraced only advantage play. He gave up slots completely and he handled our VP machine play when I was doing that and did pretty good. But I think occasionally he slipped in a little extra -EV play, when doing play though or playing a certain amount to generate mailers. Some times the numbers were a little lower than I was expecting. So I can't say he flipped to 100% AP, but he did pretty good making a transformation from -EV player to +EV player. So it can be done. I just don't get why anyone that spends like in casinos, wouldn't give themselves the best chance to win (longterm)? But that's me. :confused:
hell, I don't even know why I care if people play systems and believe in stupid s***. I mean overall it's beneficial to me cuz it helps keep the casinos in business, and there's less competition. I Guess a part of me believes it's such a long shot that it will affect anyone in the advantage play community. However, now that I'm thinking about it.... Alan might be the last one we want to convince if that's something that he would want to publish on his website. I was under the impression that his son actually understood Advantage Play to a certain level? I certainly got that impression when he talked about the Lost rebates and FreePlay.
I get that, but because we have been on forums with someone like Alan for so long, doesn't it almost seem like he is an "uncle" that we should help out if possible. :o At least steer in the right direction.
Back in the day, a lot of people really helped me on the blackjack forums. I guess I have never forgot that. The forums are a different world entirely today though.
axel you should know by now that it's futile to expect anything of Alan other than a long argument. Look at how he operates here as a sock vs. at WoV as the prime attention seeker. He started that thread over there by posting a few lies along with some provocative information, and he did so right after he saw me joining in with the crowd and criticizing him here. So he uses the theme that he is a bad reporter because he should've asked for some kind of proof from me, when it was always him who was chasing me around to put things about RS on his site. He also would have never started that thread if he wasn't angry with me. It will get him nowhere. He truly is his own worst enemy.
I don't really care about this stuff much any longer and I'm not that interested in being interviewed by anybody. Nothing will change history either way. People have their views, every argument's been made, kew's had his drama, and I've clearly seen how well my tactics of deflecting away and re-directing over-zealous but envious sleuths has worked. But Mike asked me and I accepted. Our waiting a few weeks to go on our trip is no big deal. In my opinion it would be better if you were there to comment and ask questions, and as requested, I will see if Mike's interested in doing it again in the fall.
The subject of "proof": everybody always stays away from it unless it is they who are asked for it. And has anybody in gaming ever supplied hard (not theoretical, which means nothing) proof of their claims, anywhere? Right here people are mocking kew for always having said one thing, then claiming he's exempt. The point is, there is no documentation that will ever suffice. Critics will simply keep unpeeling the onion until they can claim "see, I told you so!" Tax forms really mean squat. How many gamblers file a spot-on accurate return that doesn't mitigate winning with createful losses anyway? Are you telling me gamblers LIKE getting taxed on winnings in this country? And I understand the concept of showing big ticket item receipts, but those requests only eminate from little gamblers who have zero concept of how normal career type people have other methods of funding such purchases also. No amount of disclosure or fist-pounding will ever prove a thing to satisfy a hateful, JEALOUS critic.
Finally, I understand the fascination with my play strategy being able to win, but if you are SO sure it didn't, then that opinion tells me you really do not believe in the math of gambling probability. Sure, if 100,1% games were played then over time we'd see a small profit on paper, and at 99.9% we'd see a small loss. But transfer that effort to real casino play and on the +EV games you MORE THAN LIKELY will see a win, and on the -EV games you MORE THAN LIKELY will see a loss. We should agree on that.
However, what is missing here is the rest of the equation. Is there a possibility that over time, the +EV games will produce a loss or the -EV games will produce a win? The math I studied in college says yes to both.
So I developed a strategy that gives the unlikely a better chance of occuring, and that's all it is. I didn't rewrite books or defy theory. When I started out I wasn't sure what would happen and I was prepared for that. But the 200 sessions I played were a nice sort of surprise. An 85% session win rate? Where else do you find that in vp? But I could only guarantee to students and others that playing my strategy or variants thereof depending on a player's comfort level, would give them a better opportunity of winning.
So stating that my strategy is crazy or voodoo etc. is completely shortsighted. The math says negative games SHOULD lose, not WILL lose. My play strategy simply tells me it will lose less frequently. On paper, math is absolute. In casino gaming, it is not.
I do not understand your need to help other people when luckily for you the only one thing that you have going for you presently is some survival skills. I suppose that some part of sick society "Vegas Casino Talk" would probably like seeing you and Keystone pair up, and appear together on the Naked and Affraid show uncensored, but not me.
Originally Posted by kewlJ
Back in the day, a lot of people really helped me on the blackjack forums. I guess I have never forgotten that. The forums are a different world entirely today though.[/QUOTE]
Exactly, huge mistakes were made even early back when by people helping you out "who is now a menace to society". Obviously, this is real good lesson as a reminder for everyone to leave people alone, and let them sink or swim for themselves.
Yes, please change my position on WoV from "convinced" to "highly likely." And if you want to you can add my opinion is based on at least a few facts:
1. Rob's overall knowledge of the play, something that no one else on the internet has come close to matching.
2. The fact he knew the published sequence of events to get the machine to double up was wrong, and he published what he called the correct sequence of events. And after that fact KJ confirmed with the author of the Kane & Nestor story that the sequence was intentionally altered. No one has credibly disputed Rob's published sequence.
3. That Rob publicly "retired" from professional video poker play in 2009 a few months after Kane & Nestor got busted. Rob didn't quit playing video poker. What he did was quit filing schedule C on his income tax. He still played some over the years but basically made himself scarce in the casinos which is exactly what I would have done if I were waiting out the statute of limitations. Also, Rob never brought up the fact that he retired in 2009. It's because I've been following him so long that I remembered that about him and brought it up here. I'm the one that put it out there that Rob retired shortly after Kane & Nestor got busted. I thought, and still do, that it was more than coincidence.
4. Rob put this story out there knowing full well that if anyone else taught him the play then his story could easily be publicly shot down. I would not lie about something like this if I was fearful that someone could come forward and easily shoot my story down. It would be a tremendously stupid move and very embarrassing if caught. I think it has been over a year now and no one has come forward. I even put out a reward of $1000 for any good information anyone could provide that someone else knew the play before Rob.
I think it is highly likely Rob put the play down. But I am not 100% convinced . Only Rob knows 100% whether he did or not.
Of course you don't see the difference. It would go against your narrative to see the difference.
Now, as far as attacking someone else's credibility goes it was you and redietz that immediately attacked my credibility when you read my position on the DUB. At that time all three of us were anti-Singer. But I looked at the evidence at hand with neither a pro-singer nor anti-singer attitude. I was completely neutral in that respect. You and redeitz looked at it with an anti-Singer attitude. I took the high road while you two took the low road.
When you two read my opinion you both immediately attacked me. You said I was "duped." You said I was "played." You said my "credibility is lost forever." Well, hey, fuck you. My position has balls while you two are just a couple of little cunts. It was a big eye-opener to me just how petty you two could be.
There is a word in the English language. Magnanimity. Neither of you two have it. You both based your opinions on the DUB in your hatred of Rob Singer. When I gave my unbiased opinion you two attacked me. That's how far you both took your hatred of Singer. In your hatred of Singer you threw me under the bus. So fuck you.
Exactly, huge mistakes were made even early back when by people helping you out "who is now a menace to society". Obviously, this is real good lesson as a reminder for everyone to leave people alone, and let them sink or swim for themselves.[/QUOTE]
Hahaha...excellent BoTox, I like it...isn’t it almost time for your Monday morning dick slapping from Moses?
This anti-Singer attitude is also why redietz is being looked at as a weirdo at WoV for his posts over there. And it has turned into an absolute obsession of "turn people who can think for themselves into non-believers at any cost" likely to compensate for their feelings of inadequacy over this.
Kew, if there's one person who speaks their mind on these forums, it's mickey. He's never said he knows I made the play because he's right--only I "know" that, and it's exactly the way I've always wanted it. Imagine if it were a big mouth drama queen like you who discovered and played it. Would've lasted 3 days.
Oh BTW, how about. you provide a link to that Cigar magazine story you claim came out "just before" I told axel? I'd love to see it....somebody writing about it in early 2019. What happened, someone there catch a buzz and it suddenly came into their mind? So lets have it!
Wise up.
Not sure why Redietz posts his blog over here when he is against this Forum and it's Alt Right Attitude which is allowed by its leader Dan Druff?
Here's another inquiry for the all-knowing kew that'll likely not be answered or spun into Lake Mead.
How was I able to not only know the Wired article had the wrong sequence, but I also posted the CORRECT sequence at the same time? And I think it was axel who then checked with someone he knows in the business to confirm everything I said? Not sure if that's correct, but it was somebody.
Where was this info ever published in its entirety? How do you, Mr. Swami, account for this?
PS-- Don't forget to post a link to that Cigar mag. article dated early 2019 please.
You forgot to mention redietz also doesn’t like this alt right group since it’s “anti-scienctific”.
Having studied liberals over many years in their natural habitat I’ve come to understand “Anti-scienctific” is their code word for someone who believes in God. If you think about it, many of their code words are actually compliments.
You appear to be intentionally fucking with the timeline to create doubt. The first Wired article came out in 2011. The same article with updates about the court proceeding was out again in 2013 or 2014. Did you contact Axelwolf in 2011? 2013? 2014? No you contacted him much later, 5 years later maybe? So there is a 5-8 year gap that you at some point discovered or found the correct sequence and tried to used that as credibility. I don't know exactly how. You have owned and had access to these machines at various times in your life. If you had access to a machine it wouldn't take long to figure out the sequence for someone trying to figure out the sequence. It's not like stumbling onto something that you weren't looking for. If you knew there was a sequence, it wouldn't take long.
If you didn't own or have access to a machine in that 5 to 8 year gap, maybe you were able to locate a machine or two in a casino that hadn't had the fix and figured out the sequence that way. You have talked about visiting some smaller out of the way type casinos before. These are just the kind of place one might find a machine that hadn't been fixed or updated.
These are just two of the possibility of finding the correct sequence or information not generally publicly known after the fact. There are other possibilities. No one is disputing that you are a long-term gambler. Long-term (losing) gamblers have friends and acquaintances that are other longterm gamblers just as AP's have friends and acquaintances that are other AP's. So maybe you have a friend or acquaintance that knew something or even a friend or acquaintance that knew someone that knew something or even knew one of these guys.
You also tell us of this career you had in and out of government. Maybe you just happened to know someone linked to the case or investigation. Or had a family member or friend that did.
I am speculating, raising possibilities, but there are just numerous ways you could have come into the information after the fact. The fact that you knew of some information or the correct sequence 10 years after this play was busted just does not mean you knew about it back in 2009 and played this play for 5 years and 2.8 million dollars.
But we have been over all this. The one thing you are correct about is we are not going to get to the bottom of this because you (Rob) don't want to get to the bottom of this. I see you are pulling out of the interview with Mike now. THAT was to be expected. Anyway, I have had some fun rehashing this again and filling some down time, but absolutely nothing has or is going to change. Rob has a fantastical claim, of monumental proportions and absolutely nothing to support it. We are just supposed to take his (of all people) word for it. Well I don't believe it without some kind of supporting evidence or documentation. Everyone else can decide for themselves and from the looks of that recent poll....they have.
So again, good luck Rob with your continuing 20 year long troll of the gambling /AP community. I hope it brings you whatever it is that you are in need of.
It took you THAT long to make those things up? :)
A quick check shows the Wired article came out in 10/2014. Oops!
I'm pulling out of the Shack interview? Gee, we contact each other every day, and Heather will be in touch asap.
Are you ever right? But please don't stop being wrong. The entertainment is priceless.
Mr. Swami strikes again. So how about that Cigar article link. A little tougher when you're asked for evidence, isn't it....
Did you already forget that you posted this just a few hours ago? Dementia must be a bitch.
But whatever, I am growing tired of advancing your agenda. You need a foil. You need someone to keep making you and your stupid claim that no one believes relevant. I am done with that. No one believes it, so again, good luck with your continuing troll, Singer.
I haven’t been commenting much on this but have been following it. Only thing I have to say is.....
No, No you are not done with it. You will be all over it still. As for the no one believes it, you are wrong. Both Axel and Mickey believe there is a chance it happened. They are 2 of the most knowledgeable guys out there, so if they say it could have happened, I’ll stick with them.
As I’ve said before, Rob makes himself unlikable many times but I never doubted he has substantial assets.
And if he enjoys pissing you off, more power to him. We all chose to be here.
Why do you think this is Boz?
Answer: Rob seeks attention. Everything he does and says is about generating attention that he craves. If he were to come on this or any forum, as an experienced gambler and participate in a normal manner sharing his thoughts and experiences, winning and losing, he would just be another forum member. He needs much more that that. He needs the attention good or bad. He wants discussion to revolve around and be about him. He does that by saying and being as nasty as possible, as outrageous as possible. That is what gets people talking and laughing and draws the attention that he so desperately needs.
And once you accept this premise, then you should realize that everything out of his mouth is untrue and about generating that attention. Most of these attention seeking claims has been proven untrue over the years/decades because they defy the math. But once you realize that everything is about attention, then even when some claim comes along like this that doesn't defy the math, and technically is possible, you have remember that everything this guy has ever said and done on these forums is about one thing, generating the attention he so desperately craves.
None of this is new....it has been going on for 20 years. It is just as time goes on, each claim has to be bigger and grander and each attack more outrageous, to get the same attention. That is the way it works, unfortunately.
add on: need further proof. The guy has been caught multiple times posting phony pictures to back his phony claims. And although he hasn't done it too much recently because he gets caught every time he does, this guy is the King of sockpuppets. That is all about attention. When he can't get the attention he wants from real people, he uses make believe "people" to help.
Seriously, I can't tell if some of you people have fallen for this goofballs attention seeking bullshit for years now, or whether you know the truth but are just so amused watching it that you go along. Like I said recently. It is midget tossing. you know it's wrong but you don't want it to stop because it is so damn funny and amusing. I think THAT is what is at play here.
I think most people just don`t give a shit one way or the other....whether it`s true or not really makes no effect on anyone`s life. I don't really understand why it does on yours...as to your point above, you are correct. I think the back and forth is extremely funny...Rob knows without a shadow of a doubt that he gets under your skin
I've been asked numerous times and even recently what the chances are that I think Rob actually played this.
I'm personally not going to publicly commit either way. I will say this... Rob is either genius, or he is full of s***.
The fact that he found it(I can't even remember how he claims he figured it out at this point)
Then he played it, went totally undetected by any authorities, casinos or other Advantage players, made Millions while he had the forethought to make sure there was no evidence whatsoever and he was able to make it appear on the public records that he doesn't have a lot and he was able to maneuver ownership of properties into family members names, save some money by filing bankruptcy(not sure if that was before or after, not know what she did have a career prior) Or whatever etc etc.
Redietz is a COWARD and a whack job. He responded to my post above not on VCT where I originally made this post but on WoV where he knew I wouldn't be able to respond to it in front of the readers there. It was a shameful move but a good move by him because unfortunately for him his arguments are pure hogwash. Good for him that the WoV readers won't be reading my response where I totally destroy this poltroon.
To my first reason Redietz said in Rob's article on the Best Buys site there wasn't any detail or evidence. Sure, but here redietz is misleading the reader. Rob went into great detail in several posts on the subject. He published a different sequence than the Wired article. He advised everyone of the make and models involved. Went into great detail on the bill acceptors. Those posts are in the archives here. I CURRENTLY don't know where to look for them but THEY ARE DAMN SURE THERE. And a lot of people here will remember them. Maybe someone can job my memory.
Redietz keeps on with this thing about Rob working for others on the play. This is where redietz is just asshole ignorant on machine plays. He lives in the sportsbetting world where it takes substantial money to make any decent money. He doesn't know about machine plays that can be so easy it takes hardly any money at all. The DUB play is one of those plays. You got a hundred dollar bill? You are good to go. it can be pulled of with just $100. But let's say Rob didn't do it that way. Let's say he played quarters straight up until he had a DU hand. How much money do you think that takes? If you got a grand in your pocket you will never go broke. With a chump change bankroll and an abundance of machines available there would be absolutely no reason to work for someone else. It's just plain stupid of redietz to think that anyone with even a modicum of intelligence would work for someone else on this play. STUPID, REDIETZ. JUST PLAIN STUPID.
Now, for no one coming forward to this point and claiming they taught Rob the play. Redietz says anyone that did wouldn't come forward. Maybe not come all the way forward but i think we would have some rumors by now. You know, the AP, keep it under your hat, type of thing. The AP world is a small world. Something should have been in the grapevine by now.
Just pointing out all your logical flaws, redietz. And tell that snitch Billryan to eat shit.
Correct. And it had nothing to do with gaming. Look it up if you want details. It also was before Joe Biden and his corrupt friends in the banking industry got the bankruptcy laws changed to hurt filers and help banks. But in 1996, all filing did was increase our assets by eliminating debt. It was yet another advantage play in life.
axel, your interpretation is about the closest I've seen, up and down the line, to how I put my total plan together in the 96 waking hours after I found the play.
Boz I know to some I'm unlikeable, esp. those I poke. But the guy who will interview me soon is not one of them. And I'm not talking about Mendelson the great.
The one thing this whole topic did was make WoV and its minions look bad.
I mean you have a clear violation of rule breaking from the top to the bottom.
The rule breaking is constant and it appears that the whole thing is moderated in a very biased way.
Mix in BBB's approval and it seems to tarnish whatever reputation the Rules in Wizard Land had.
Seems unfair or wrong in many ways but makes for some entertainment.
I notice most people ignore Redietz but what is funny is that Alan and him aren't getting along.
This appears strange as Redietz is on Alan's side but Alan will have nothing doing as he loves to argue.
I laughed pretty hard when Redietz gave that spiel about: "I studied Journalism and I know what I am talking about!!"
Since they have gone this far, they might as well let all banned members out of exile.
This is one reason you have to love Dan Druff and VCT.
I tried to get banned from here for awhile.
Dan never flinched or made one comment.
I gave up after a few weeks of trying.
I realized, Dan Druff don't roll like that!
Very refreshing compared to Mike, Norm and others.
The modern day Religion is what they call Science.
I find it humorous because "Science" came from Alchemy.
The whole thing goes back to Aristotle and it wasn't long ago that they were using entrails to be "scientific."
In reality it all boils down to funding, like most things in this temporary/physical world.
The best part is that Scientists will admit they can't prove most of their ideas or theories.
They have the hardest time agreeing that 2+2=4.
I've never been a proponent of Religion and especially Organized Religion.
Jesus seemed to be very against the whole notion or idea.
His greatest example of a person was John the Baptist.
However, according to the written account, John the Baptist was nothing compared to the Least/Smallest Person in Heaven.
Axel I just read your post on the thread about me on WoV.
I believe you KNOW you can get the exact sequence(s) from me. But you also need to identify if you want the exact sequence for a hand that already exists on the machine (whether it's someone else's hit or one that you hit earlier) or for a hand that you hit in real time.
Someone owning a machine with the DU bug would be a real find.
Axel, for me this is the most critical part of Rob’s story. How did he find the bug? It seems like you give him a pass on this point.
All the rest of Rob’s story makes total sense, and wouldn’t be that hard to pull off by anybody with just a little common sense. I mean it goes without saying if you go into a casino and win 8 jackpots on one slot machine totaling $30,000 in one evening (which is what Kane did), it’s going to raise a casino’s suspicions, and you aren’t going to last long.
Here’s how Rob said he found it. Rob claims he was actively looking for a “bug.” To me this is where Rob’s story falls apart. If you know anything about bugs in a computer program, you don’t actively look for them. You’re more likely to find them by random chance, like Kane and Nester did.
And remember two main - unrelated - things had to happen for someone to find this bug: 1) the double up had to be turned on and 2) the right sequence of buttons had to be pressed.
In hindsight it’s easy to see why nobody happened on this bug before Kane and Nester. As the article pointed out, the majority of casinos didn’t have the DU activated since most players didn’t like it. So if someone was looking for a bug without DU activated, they would have never found it. And there is no reason someone would think they’d have to tell the casino to activate the DU to start looking for bugs.
So without knowing the double up feature activitated this bug (which then took several complicated steps), it’s hard to see how someone would have figured this out if they were looking for “bugs”.
The article said the steps to activate this bug once the DU was on were very “complex”, quoting the article. It took the IGT computer engineer several days to figure it out and this was after he was armed with surveillance footage of Kane activating it.
As for me, I don’t care if Rob exploited the DU bug or not. I’ve been following this story because I find it fascinating. Everybody seems to question the part of Rob’s story that to me makes the most sense. Nobody seems to question my concern: How would somebody ever find a bug like this by actively searching for it? What if the bug didn’t exist? That means Rob would’ve been spending hours each evening pushing buttons randomly for no reason. At some point most reasonable people would quit looking for a bug.
This is why I think it is highly unlikely Rob found it or exploited it. It’s based on how he said he found it. His explanation just didn’t add up in my book. If it did in yours, I’m okay with that.
Again, once the bug is discovered, everything else made sense. I think most reasonable commonsense people could’ve easily exploited it for five years or longer and never got caught. The key is just don’t get greedy, even with how much you move up in denomination to win your jackpot. Someone could play it at one dollar and move it to two dollars and you would have a huge advantage, and still stay under the casino’s radar. Kane and Nester were moving it up from $1 to $10 and staying at a machine to claim multiple large jackpots in an evening. It’s easy to see why they didn’t last long.
Anyway, it’s a very interesting story and I still think the Kane and Nestor version could make it to the big screen someday. If it does, I’m going to try to be one of the principal screen writers. Lol
Bob, it's a debate as to whether you're taking your marching orders from kew or not.
First of all, the machine I found it on had the DU option enabled--as many machines did back then and some do today. I never "asked for" it to be enabled.
Next, because the DU was enabled, that made my searching for anything that could be exploited a bit easier. In my career, I've had teams of software engineers (they program code) work on my programs. I quickly learned these people loved to program in their "signatures", detectable only thru a back door. In other words, it's nearly impossible to find. That's what I believe I discovered--an IGT personal signature hiding deep inside the program. It was too complicated and too deeply hidden to simply be an error. When you know what to look for and how to look for it, it only took me 4 years. All it then took was me asking myself "when is a hand over but not REALLY over? In DU mode of course.
And it looks like maxpen has been just anothe victim of Machine Gun Singer.
By the way people, how about being a little less abrasive to me today. It's my birthday. You would think the super sleuths who can't stop looking me up would have found that fact by now.
Yes, it's my 71st bday. I had a complete physical 2 weeks ago and went in to get handed my results in a drive-by at the Doctor's office. I laugh at this libtard nonsense. Anyway, I DID NOT see this coming. I always saw 71 as being a decrepit old man with all grey hair and sporting an oxygen tank.
My weight is within 2 lbs. of what it was when I was 39. Blood pressure, EKG, chest and brain xrays at my request) oxygen level, cholesterol, triglycerides, etc. etc. etc. are all just like they've always been: good. The only issue was one they said was of no real concern: a slightly elevated billyrubin level, which has been the same since my 20's.
So to any haters out there who would like to see me inhabit an early grave, my sincere apologies.
And I'm still REAL good with a Mossberg shotgun. :)
Bob between hands the bill acceptor light is on telling you that you can put money in the machine. In the middle of the hand the bill acceptor light is off telling you that you can't put money in the machine. Rob noticed that when you hit the button to activate the double up the bill acceptor light came on even though you are still in the middle of the hand. That was the starting point to finding the bug.