Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
Interesting situation. There's another difference. Singer didn't sell his system to anyone, did he? To the best of my knowledge he gave it away, even to the extent of free lessons. His books were more biographical than instructional. But here's another problem with Singer: his books really don't tell you how to play his system at all. And one of them is more of a report about his jaunt through Nevada casinos and what he experienced -- and he wasn't even playing his "system" in that book. What nerve!!

Now let's look at Dancer. Everything Dancer does has a price. And in the case of the lectures the casinos are paying the price. And Dancer fails to disclose the "math" that the consumers will lose who play the games using the books and software and strategy cards that he sells. Imagine that-- buying strategy cards for games that you will lose at!!

Damn, you can't even find an honest gaming author these days, can you?
Dancer's books, cards, guide books and software products (which I have nearly every one) all include in some fashion information and explanations about theoretical return, expected value, volatility, etc. There is no attempt at hiding the mathematical facts of the games. It's all there for the purchaser to read and learn from.

An excerpt (one of many) from his guide, The Winner's Guide To JOB:

"You probably noticed that all six versions of Jacks or Better described above have returns of less than 100%. You may well ask, "How can I be a WINNER if I am always playing games returning less than 100%?" The answer is you can't." (Accompanying explanation in the guide follows). To suggest that he isn't an honest gaming author is wrong.