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Pro Plans to break Star City
The Sunday Telegraph
MEET Ron Parsons. He wants you to help him break the casino. It’s not an Ocean’s Eleven-style
invitation. Parsons, a professional gambler ranked in the top 200 by Crown in Melbourne, wants to distribute his system for winning at the roulette wheel at Sydney’s Star City Casino in response to what he says are unfair practices on the Black Jack table. ‘‘I am taking them on because as far as Black Jack is concerned, they are manipulative and punters have virtually zero chance to win,’’ he said. ‘‘I’ve been gambling all over the world for more than 30 years, making a good regular income from casinos and I recommend you don’t play Black Jack at Star City.’’ From tomorrow, gamblers will have free access to Parson’s system for winning at Roulette from his website, casinobusters.com
He says with the right number of people using his system, about $800 million will be stripped from the casino in the next 12 months. In 2004 Parsons launched a similar campaign against Melbourne’s Crown casino, claiming 500 students stripped more than $1 million from the casino’s Black Jack tables using another betting system he developed. He says both systems are legal. A spokesman for Star City said there are many gambling systems on the market and those who took up the offer should bet with caution. ‘‘We are happy for anyone to try any system which complies with the casino rules,’’ he said. ‘‘But we would urge anyone using a system to bet only what they can afford to lose.’’ Parsons claims Star City’s use of continuous card-shuffling machines disadvantages gamblers.
Casinos have had it too good for too long.
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DOUBLE OR NOTHING – How Crown tilts the odds in its favour (extract)
Herald Sun
A SLICE of Las Vegas came to Melbourne last year when Crown casino chiefs introduced a US-style blackjack game in its swish high-roller Teak Room. For local card sharks, it was seen as a chance to test their wares against a form of blackjack they only ever saw in the movies.
But within weeks, after Crown had stacked the deck, the game was gone. ‘It was a farce from the start,’ Crown high roller Ron Parsons tells the Herald Sun.
‘They sold it as Vegas-style blackjack — the only problem was, they modified it to their advantage and changed the splits, doubles and surrenders. People eventually woke up and realised they’d been suckered.’ The casino had altered the rules, depriving punters of betting options offered under traditional Las Vegas blackjack. Critics of the Southbank gambling complex, which last year sucked a record $1.06 billion from the pockets of its customers, say this is the way business is always done — Crown style.
For example, gamblers playing on Crown’s $30 blackjack tables are restricted from outlaying bets bigger than $1200. In Las Vegas, bets of up to $10,000 can be made on a $30 table, exposing the casino to far bigger losses.
‘Everything they do in Melbourne makes it harder for us to win — and harder for them to lose,’ Parsons says.And he would know. As a member of Crown’s elite top 200 Premium Club, he turns over $10 million a year. Last week he defied the casino by launching Casinobusters.com — a website that teaches gamblers to win at both blackjack and roulette. Parsons’ systems are based on capital preservation, coaching gamblers to gradually increase bets on winning runs and minimise bets on inevitable losing streaks.
He says the casino can be beaten, as long as players stick to the correct strategies. During a recent demonstration at Crown, he won $7100 playing roulette in just two hours. But not everyone is welcome to test his theory.
Punter on the ball
Herald Sun
A CASINO high roller says he can turn Crown’s collective $1 billion-a-year losers into winners.
Ron Parsons, a member of the Mahogany Room’s top 200 club, claims to have developed a system to beat roulette at any casino.
And he has risked his VIP membership by setting up a tell-all website to spruik his secrets.
The casinobusters.com strategy involves placing betting chips according to patterns.
Mr Parsons showed off his roulette prowess to the Herald Sun last week, winning $7100 in two hours.
‘This will revolutionise the way roulette is played,’ Mr Parsons said. Crown casino came under fire last month for doubling its chances of winning on the roulette wheels. Critics say the move pumps up casino profits at gamblers’ expense. Mr Parsons says his system gives casinos a ‘0 per cent chance’ of winning a player’s bankroll. Punters lost a record $1.06 billion at Crown last year.
Casinobusters International Blackjack.
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High-roller shows hand
Herald Sun – Michael Warner – Gaming Reporter
ONE of Crown’s biggest gamblers says he has developed a casino-beating blackjack system.
Mahogany Room member Ron Parsons – rated among Crown’s top 200 punters – is the master-mind of a tell-all website launched this week.
CasinoBusters.com teaches a mathematical betting formula it says gamblers of all levels can use to beat the house almost every time.
Mr Parsons has joined forces with five international blackjack professionals who claim they have stripped casino tables across the globe of millions of dollars.
The Herald Sun put the betting system to the test at Crown last week, winning $2200 after just 20 minutes of play under Mr Parsons’ guidance.
The Herald Sun then watched as Mr Parsons collected $12,000 in less than an hour.
The system does not include card counting – banned at all casinos.
Gamblers will pay about $300 to download betting systems, including detailed video footage and oral explanations.
Mr Parsons said the system was based on capital preservation, teaching gamblers to gradually increase bets on winning runs and minimise bets on inevitable losing hands.
But Crown spokesman Garry O’Neill said the casino was unconcerned.
Top punter’s prize formula
Herald Sun – Michael Warner – Gaming Reporter
Crown Casino has been bombarded by blackjack gamblers using a mathematical betting formula developed by one of its elite Mahogany Room punters.
The supposed casino-beating system is the brainchild of Premium Club member Ron Parsons — one of Crown’s top 200 ranked gamblers.
Mr Parsons claims 500 of his pupils have stripped the casino of more than $1 million since his website CasinoBusters.com was unveiled in May.
The betting system, which does not include card counting, is based on capital preservation, teaching gamblers to gradually increase bets on winning runs and minimise bets on inevitable losing hands.
“Crown knows it’s going on, but there’s nothing they can do to stop them — it’s totally legal,” Mr Parsons said.
One punter told the Herald Sun he had collected $15,000 in a single sitting.
Mr Parsons said more than 2500 punters in Australia, Asia and the United States were successfully using the system.
But Crown spokesman Gary O’Neill said the Melbourne casino was not at all concerned. “We’re not worried in the slightest,” he said.