When it comes to getting cash into gamblers hands, the casinos pull no punches. Score another one for the big guys. The casinos engineer the environment in a casino to make it easy for players to feel good about their losses. Score another one for the casinos. You get booted out the door.
Casinos can and do control the quality of their blackjack players.
If you know how to lose, you'll be pampered and welcomed. Score another one for the sore losers. Let's take a gut check. So far it looks like the casinos control just about every facet of blackjack - the rules, the odds, the betting spread, the credit, the atmosphere, and quality of players. From the players side comes some important weapons that we control to help us neutralize some of the casino's advantage and in fact allow us to gain the upper hand.