Mathew5000 wrote: ↑02 October 2025, 03:02
The Google search I linked to gives you refers to
NV Rev Stat § 465.075 which makes it a crime to use any computerized, electronic, electrical or mechanical device, or any software or hardware, which is designed to obtain an advantage at playing any game in a licensed casino.
Other links I researched seem a bit hazier on this matter. The key phrase seems to be "to gain an advantage". Playing basic strategy (which is available in numerous printed books) gives a player no advantage. Players can ask other players at the table, "what is the basic strategy play here?"
If I had an app on my phone that has basic strategy charts, would that fall under the definition of "using software to gain an advantage? Probably not; and this interpretation is supported by some additional website I reviewed. Do I know exactly how the judges and courts would rule in very specific situations? No, I do not. Again though, merely using software does not necessarily in and of itself constitute "gaining an advantage" or "cheating."
If I had a software app telling me how to use the martingale system, would I be arrested? Likely I would be comped a room, since the martingale system is idiotic and provides no advantage.
As for Azul, if a player is using a database of his own games, that means nothing to me. The player's own database might be filled with sub-optimal moves.
Note regarding the Vegas statute:
At the end, it says, "...except as may be made available as part of an approved game or otherwise permitted by the Commission."
Without further information on what that entails, we cannot know for sure whether a basic program giving basic strategy would be a crime.
